Journalist Peter Bergen wrote: “The first such [bin Laden] statement surfaced on October 7, 2001–the very night the United States launched its initial cruise missile attacks and bombing raids on Taliban and al-Qaeda targets. At the very moment that tens, perhaps hundreds, of millions of people around the world were glued to the grainy green […]
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10/7/2001
After 9/11, “Washington…gave al-Qaeda twenty-six more days to disperse its resources by not attacking until October 7 [2001]; the delay was due to the Pentagon’s lack of planning for Afghanistan and the Bush administration’s fear of casualties or captured servicemen–especially pilots–before enough search-and-rescue units could be deployed to the war zone.” – Michael Scheuer, Osama […]
10/7/2001
On October 7, 2001, Osama bin Laden said: ” ‘God Almighty hit the United States at its most vulnerable point. He destroyed its greatest buildings. …I swear by Almighty God who raised the heavens without pillars that neither the United States nor he who lives in the United States will enjoy security before we can […]
10/7/2001
“On October 7, 2001, Osama broke with Al Qaeda’s tradition of never claiming responsibility for attacks and praised the 9/11 operations, vowing that the United States would never ‘enjoy security’ till ‘infidel armies leave’ the Gulf. [Al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman] Al-Zawahiri called on Muslims everywhere to join in their battle against the United States while […]
10/7/2001
Referring to an October 7, 2001, televised appearance by bin Laden, author Giles Keppel noted: “Bin Laden has used abundant audiovisual, as opposed to ideological, references, which have an impact on a young Arab audience that owes its education to television rather than to the crumbling educational system…” – Gilles Kepel and Jean-Pierre Milelli, eds., […]
10/7/2001
“That same night [as the United States launched attacks on Afghanistan, October 7, 2001], Osama bin Laden delivered a chilling message to the American people through a pre-recorded video aired on Qatar’s Al Jazeera television, promising more terrorist attacks on America. ‘Neither America nor the people who live in it will dream of security before […]
10/7/2001
“The Western media had ignored [al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-] Zawahiri for the most part until 9/11, but after he appeared seated next to Bin Laden…on a videotape…on October 7, 2001…analysts realized that even if Bin Laden was the charismatic figure and the symbol of Qaedat al-Jihad, Zawahiri was its unofficial spokesman, chief polemicist, and […]
10/7/2001
On October 7, 2001, “Osama bin Laden issued a statement on the 9/11 attacks. ‘There is America, hit by God in one of its softest spots. Its greatest buildings were destroyed, thank God for that. There is America, full of fear from its north to its south, from its west to its east. Thank God […]
10/7/2001
In a videotape released by Al Jazeera on October 7, 2001, “Osama gloated that America ‘has been filled with horror north to south, and east to west, and thanks be to God that what America is tasting now is the copy of what we have tasted.’ ‘Every Muslim must rise to defend his religion,’ he […]
10/7/2001
Following the attacks of 9/11, Osama bin Laden said, in a statement on October 7, 2001: ” ‘What the United States tastes today is a very small thing compared to what we have tasted for tens of years. Our nation has been tasting this humiliation and contempt for more than eighty years. Its sons are […]