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 […]
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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 […]
10/6/2001
In an October 6, 2001, article in the National Journal, according to former Saudi Ambassador Chas W. Freeman: ” ‘Al Qaeda is directed first and foremost at the overthrow of the Saudi monarchy. You can be damn sure that any al Qaeda operative is on the Saudi wanted list and that any senior operative is […]
10/5/2001
“On October 5 [2001], the photo editor of a Florida tabloid newspaper died after apparently inhaling anthrax spores in a letter, and worries spread the following week when an employee at NBC News in New York tested positive for the disease after handling two threatening letters addressed to the network’s anchor, Tom Brokaw.” – Elisabeth […]