In an interview conducted by ABC reporter John Miller on May 28, 1998, Osama bin Laden said: ” ‘The hostility that America continues to express against the Muslim people has given rise to feelings of animosity on the part of Muslims against America and against the West in general.’ “ – Raymond Ibrahim, ed./trans., The […]
5/28/1998
In an interview conducted by ABC reporter John Miller on May 28, 1998, Osama bin Laden said: ” ‘The leaders in America and in other countries as well have fallen victim to Jewish Zionist blackmail. They have mobilized their people against Islam and against Muslims. These are portrayed in such a manner as to drive […]
5/26/1998
“On May 26, 1998, a press conference was held at al-Badr [an Al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan] where Osama called once again for jihad against US troops and announced the formation of the ‘World Islamic Front for the Jihad Against Jews and the Crusaders.’ In addition to Osama, [Egyptian Islamic Jihad leader Ayman] al-Zawahiri and […]
5/26/1998
On May 26, 1998, when Osama bin Laden “held a press conference in Afghanistan to announce that he had formed ‘the International Islamic Front to do jihad against the Crusaders and Jews,’ also present were the sons of the Egyptian cleric Omar Abdel Rahman, ‘the Blind Sheikh.’ They distributed small cards to the journalists attending […]
5/26/1998
Bin Laden held a press conference on May 26, 1998, in which he shared the fatwa of militant Islamist Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman. Excerpts include: ” ‘Cut off all relations with [the Americans, Christians, and Jews], tear them to pieces, destroy their economies, burn their corporations, destroy their peace, sink their ships, shoot down their […]
5/26/1998
In an interview in May 2002, Pakistani journalist and bin Laden biographer Hamid Mir explained: ” ‘The language by [militant Islamist] Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman in his will [featured on a laminated plastic card that was distributed during bin Laden’s press conference of May 26, 1998] is very, very strong. [Up until 1998] bin Laden […]
5/26/1998
“On May 26, 1998, bin Laden held a press conference to announce that he had ‘formed with many other Islamic groups and organizations in the Islamic world a front called the International Islamic Front to do jihad against the Crusaders and Jews.’ ” – Peter Bergen, The Osama bin Laden I Know, Pages 202-203 […]
5/26/1998
“In May [26] of this year [1998], bin Laden stated at a press conference in Afghanistan that we would see the results of his threats ‘in a few weeks.’ “ – Simon Reeve, The New Jackals, Page 272 […]
5/26/1998
In his 5th declaration of war against the West, issued on May 26, 1998, bin Laden said: ” ‘By God’s grace, we have formed with many other Islamic groups and organizations in the Islamic world a front, called the International Islamic Front, to do jihad against the Crusaders and Jews. And by God’s grace, the […]
5/26/1998
” ‘It has been nine years since we have been struggling against the United States,’ Osama bin Laden told the media in May [26] 1998, ‘and I am alive in front of you despite all the attempts to kill me. In these nine years we have inflicted considerable damage on the United States and will […]