” ‘Our missiles sent the following message to Saddam Hussein,’ remarked the president [Clinton] in his [September 3, 1996] statement announcing a 1996 strike in retaliation for Saddam’s aggression in Northern Iraq. ‘When you abuse your own people or threaten your neighbors, you must pay a price.’ ” – Lawrence F. Kaplan and William Kristol, […]
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9/3/1996
On September 3, 1996, “the United States launched a modest number of cruise missiles against Iraqi military targets after Iraq moved tanks into the northern part of the country. The coalition (essentially down to the United States and Great Britain) also expanded the southern no-fly zone to further reduce Saddam’s ability to control his country […]
8/23/1996
“[I]n August [23] 1996, bin Laden declared war on America from a cave in Afghanistan. The stated cause was the continued presence of United States forces in Saudi Arabia five years after the first Gulf War. …He presumed to speak on behalf of all Muslims, and even directed some of his lengthy fatwa to Secretary […]
8/23/1996
On August 23, 1996, Osama bin Laden issued a statement to the ummah (Muslim world). “This was the manifesto declaring war on America. Written in anger, it recounts the ‘oppression, hostility and injustice [committed] by the Judeo-Christian alliance’ against the ummah. …Invoking several sayings from the Prophet on the importance of jihad, bin Laden concludes […]
8/23/1996
In bin Laden’s ‘Declaration of Jihad Against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Sanctuaries,’ delivered on August 23, 1996, he said: ” ‘Each of you knows the injustice, oppression, and aggression the Muslims are suffering from the Judeo-crusading alliance and its lackeys. The blood of Muslims no longer has a price… Their […]
8/23/1996
“In his August [23] 1996 declaration of war against the United States, bin Laden approvingly quoted a hadith, a saying attributed to the Prophet: ‘The martyr has a guarantee from God… [He] marries him to seventy-two of the pure virgins of paradise.’ Al-Qaeda took the idea of martyrdom, which had traditionally been death in battle, […]
8/23/1996
“In August [23, 1996, Osama bin Laden] issued an open call for war titled ‘The Declaration of Jihad on the Americans Occupying the Country of the Two Sacred Places,’ meaning Saudi Arabia, where more than five thousand U.S. soldiers and airmen were based. Bin Laden asked his followers to attack Israelis and Americans and cause […]
8/23/1996
Osama bin Laden’s August 23, 1996, ‘Declaration of Jihad Against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Sacred Places‘ read: ” ‘Terrorizing you while you are carrying arms in our land is a legitimate duty we are morally obliged to fulfil…in order to re-establish the greatness of the umma [Muslim community] and to liberate […]
8/23/1996
On August 23, 1996, “Bin Laden signed and issued a declaration of jihad outlining his organization’s goals: drive US forces from the Arabian Peninsula, overthrow the Government of Saudi Arabia, liberate Muslim holy sites, and support Islamic revolutionary groups around the world. He declares that Saudis have the right to strike at US troops in […]
8/23/1996
In Osama bin Laden’s August 23, 1996, ‘Declaration of War Against the Americans,’ he wrote: ” ‘We must completely topple the United States and we hope to be the ones who can topple its entire system.’ ” – Fawaz A. Gerges, The Far Enemy, Page 150 […]