“Osama bin Laden’s first declaration that he was at war with the United States was issued in August 23, 1996, three months after his return to Afghanistan. …’The presence of the USA Crusader military forces on land, sea and air in the states of the Islamic Gulf is the greatest danger threatening the largest oil […]
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8/23/1996
In Osama bin Laden’s August 23, 1996, ‘Declaration of War Against the Americans,’ he wrote, regarding the presence of American troops in Saudi Arabia: ” ‘The [Saudi] King [Fahd] said that *the issue is simple, the American and the alliance forces will leave the area in a few months.* Today, it is seven years since […]
8/23/1996
On August 23, 1996, Osama bin Laden said, ” ‘My Muslim Brothers of The World…Your brothers in Palestine and in the land of the two Holy Places [Saudi Arabia] are calling upon your help and asking you to take part in fighting against the enemy–your enemy and their enemy–The Americans and Israelis. They are asking […]
8/23/1996
“…in his [August 23, 1996] ‘Declaration of War’ bin Laden lists 10 or 12 world hot spots where Muslims have recently died (including Bosnia, Chechnya, and Lebanon) and attributes all of these deaths to a conspiracy led by the United States, even though Americans actually played no role in pulling the trigger.” – Foreign Affairs, […]
8/23/1996
Continuing with his ‘Declaration of War Against America‘ on August 23, 1996, bin Laden said, we ” ‘hold you responsible for all the killings and evictions of the Muslims and the violation of the sanctities, carried out by your Zionist brothers in Lebanon; you openly supplied them with arms and finance. More than 600,000 Iraqi […]
8/23/1996
” ‘I say if the American government is serious about avoiding the explosions inside the U.S.,’ said bin Laden [in his ‘Declaration of War Against America‘ on August 23, 1996], ‘then let it stop provoking the feelings of 1,250 million Muslims. Those hundreds of thousands who have been killed or displaced in Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, […]
8/23/1996
“In August [23] 1996, Bin Ladin had issued his own self-styled fatwa calling on Muslims to drive American soldiers out of Saudi Arabia. The long, disjointed document condemned the Saudi monarchy for allowing the presence of an army of infidels in a land with the sites most sacred to Islam, and celebrated recent suicide bombings […]
8/23/1996
Senator Bob Graham (D-FL) wrote, quoting Frontline: “On August 23, 1996, from his base in Afghanistan, bin Laden issued a Declaration of Jihad, outlining his organization’s goals to drive U.S. forces from the Arabian Peninsula, to overthrow the government of Saudi Arabia, to ‘liberate’ Muslim holy sites, and to support Islamic revolutionary groups around the […]
8/23/1996
Summarizing bin Laden’s Declaration of Jihad on August 23, 1996: “Al-Qaeda had declared war on America.” – Bob Graham with Jeff Nussbaum, Intelligence Matters, Page 31 […]
8/23/1996
“On August 23 [1996], Osama bin Laden signs a declaration of jihad against the United States.” – Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud, Page 303 […]