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** Statement in ''al-Quds al-Arabi'', as quoted in "Bin Laden: I Didn't Do It" CBS News (12 September 2001); also at [http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/quotes/scar_l.htm Positive Atheism's "Big List of Scary Quotes"]
* I was not involved in the [[September 11 attacks]] in the United States nor did I have knowledge of the attacks.<br>There exists a [[government]] within a government within the United States.<br>The United States should try to trace the perpetrators of these attacks within itself.<br>That secret government must be asked as to who carried out the attacks.<br>The American system is totally in control of the Jews, whose first priority is Israel, not the United States.
** 22 September 2001, statement of denial published by the BBC, per 2008 book [https://books.google.ca/books?id=EQACBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT123#v=onepage&q&f=false The 9/11 Mystery Plane]
* Neither I had any knowledge of these attacks nor I consider the [[Civilian casualties|killing of innocent women, children, and other humans]] as an appreciable act. Islam strictly forbids causing harm to innocent [[women]], [[children]], and other people. Such a practice is forbidden ever in the course of a battle. … I have already said that we are against the American system, not against its people, whereas in these attacks, the common American people have been killed.
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** [http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/world/0302/timeline.bin.laden.audio/content.1.html Video statement broadcast on the Arabic-language ''Al-Jazeera'' TV station. (7 October 2001)].
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**[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/1362113/Bin-Laden-Yes-I-did-it.html 11 November 2001]
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** Al-Jazeera interview, (21 October 2001), as reported in [http://articles.cnn.com/2002-01-31/us/gen.binladen.interview_1_al-jazeera-qatar-based-network-bin-laden?_s=PM:US "Bin Laden's sole post-September 11 TV interview aired" ''CNN'' (31 January 2002)].
* When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature they will like the strong horse.
** Video interview, quoted in ''Analyzing Leaders, Presidents and Terrorists'' by Diane E. Holloway [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Jc7CY1yV1g8C&pg=PA325 page 325], with [https://www.npr.org/news/specials/response/investigation/011213.binladen.transcript.html NPR transcript] (9 November 2001)
* We say our terror against America is blessed terror in order to put an end to suppression, in order for the United States to stop its support to Israel.
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:<small>'''[http://web.archive.org/web/20130826184301/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/nov/24/theobserver "Letter to the American people"], ''The Observer'' (24 November 2002), via the Internet Archive. On 15 November 2023, the website [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/nov/24/theobserver took down] the original article.'''</small>
* The first thing that we are calling you to is [[Islam]]. The religion of the Unification of God; of freedom from associating partners with Him, and rejection of this; of complete love of Him, the Exalted; of complete submission to His Laws; and of the discarding of all the opinions, orders, theories and religions which contradict with the religion He sent down to His Prophet [[Muhammad]] (peace be upon him). Islam is the religion of all the prophets, and makes no distinction between them - peace be upon them all. It is to this religion that we call you; the seal of all the previous religions. It is the religion of Unification of God, sincerity, the best of manners, righteousness, mercy, honour, purity, and piety. It is the religion of showing kindness to others, establishing justice between them, granting them their rights, and defending the oppressed and the persecuted. It is the religion of enjoining the good and forbidding the evil with the hand, tongue and heart. It is the religion of [[Jihad]] in the way of Allah so that Allah's Word and religion reign Supreme. And it is the religion of unity and agreement on the obedience to [[Allah]], and total equality between all people, without regarding their colour, sex, or language. It is the religion whose book - the [[Quran]] - will remained preserved and unchanged, after the other Divine books and messages have been changed. The Quran is the miracle until the Day of Judgment. Allah has challenged anyone to bring a book like the Quran or even ten verses like it.
* You are the nation who, rather than ruling by the [[w:Quran|Shariah of Allah in its Constitution and Laws]], [[United States Constitution|choose to invent your own laws as you will and desire]]. [[w:Establishment Clause|You separate religion from your policies]], contradicting the pure nature which affirms Absolute Authority to the [[w:Allah|Lord and your Creator]]. You flee from the embarrassing question posed to you: How is it possible for Allah the Almighty to create His creation, grant them power over all the creatures and land, grant them all the amenities of life, and then deny them that which they are most in need of: knowledge of the laws which govern their lives?
* Your law is the law of the rich and wealthy people, who hold sway in their political parties, and fund their election campaigns with their gifts. Behind them stand the Jews, who control your policies, media and economy.▼
* We also advise you to pack your luggage and get out of our lands. We desire for your goodness, guidance, and righteousness, so do not force us to send you back as cargo in coffins.▼
▲*Your law is the law of the rich and wealthy people, who hold sway in their political parties, and fund their election campaigns with their gifts. Behind them stand the Jews, who control your policies, media and economy.
▲*We also advise you to pack your luggage and get out of our lands. We desire for your goodness, guidance, and righteousness, so do not force us to send you back as cargo in coffins.
* Sixthly, we call upon you to end your support of the corrupt leaders in our countries. Do not interfere in our politics and method of education. '''Leave us alone, or else expect us in [[New York City|New York]] and [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]].'''
* We also call you to deal with us and interact with us on the basis of mutual interests and benefits, rather than the policies of sub dual, theft and occupation, and not to continue your policy of supporting the Jews because this will result in more disasters for you.
* If you fail to respond to all these conditions, then prepare for fight with the Islamic Nation. The Nation of Monotheism, that puts complete trust on Allah and fears none other than Him. The Nation which is addressed by its Quran with the words: 'Do you fear them? Allah has more right that you should fear Him if you are believers. Fight against them so that Allah will punish them by your hands and disgrace them and give you victory over them and heal the breasts of believing people. And remove the anger of their [Muslims'] hearts'.
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=====[[w:2004 Osama bin Laden video|2004 Video Broadcast on ''Al-Jazeera'' October 29]]=====
<small>Al-Jazeera transcript [https://web.archive.org/web/20150317132224/http://www.aljazeera.com/archive/2004/11/200849163336457223.html]</small>
* Your security is not in the hands of [[John Kerry|Kerry]] or [[George W. Bush|Bush]] or al Qaeda. Your security is in your own hands. Each and every state that does not tamper with our security will have automatically assured its own security.
* Contrary to Bush's claim that we hate freedom. If so, then let him explain to us why we don't strike for example - [[Sweden]]?
* No, we fight because we are free men who don't sleep under oppression. We want to restore freedom to our nation, '''just as you lay waste to our nation. So shall we lay waste to yours.'''
* '''And as I looked at those demolished towers in Lebanon, it entered my mind that we should punish the oppressor in kind and that we should destroy towers in America in order that they taste some of what we tasted and so that they be deterred from killing our women and children.'''
* And it's no secret to you that the thinkers and perceptive ones from among the Americans warned Bush before the war and told him: "All that you want for securing America and removing the weapons of mass destruction - assuming they exist - is available to you, and the nations of the world are with you in the inspections, and it is in the interest of America that it not be thrust into an unjustified war with an unknown outcome."
* All that we have mentioned has made it easy for us to provoke and bait this administration. All that we have to do is to send two mujahidin to the furthest point east to raise a piece of cloth on which is written al-Qaida, in order to make the generals race there '''to cause America to suffer human, economic, and political losses without their achieving for it anything of note other than some benefits for their private companies.''' All Praise is due to Allah. So we are continuing this policy in bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy. Allah willing, and nothing is too great for Allah.
====2006====
* No one except a dumb thief plays with the security of others and then makes himself believe he will be secure. Whereas thinking people, when disaster strikes, make it their priority to look for its causes, in order to prevent it happening again.
* I am the one in charge of the 19 brothers … I was responsible for entrusting the 19 brothers … with the raids.
** On the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks]], in an audiotape broadcast on Al Jazeera (23 May 2006).
====2007====
* People of America: the world is following your news in regards to your invasion of Iraq, for people have recently come to know that, after several years of tragedies of this war, the vast majority of you want it stopped. Thus, you elected the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] for this purpose, but the Democrats haven't made a move worth mentioning.
** [http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/09/new-obl-tape-ir.html "New OBL Tape: Iraq, Democratic Control" ''ABC News'' (7 September 2007)].
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[[File:King Abdul Aziz Army.jpg|thumb|They did not condemn that message. They condemned bin Laden. ... Bin Laden learned this in Saudi Arabia. He didn't learn it in the moon. That message that Bin Laden received, it still is taught in Saudi Arabia. And if bin Laden dies, and this policy or curriculum stays, we will have other bin Ladens. ~ Ahmed Ali ]]
* I would like to emphasize here, on [[w:Al-Arabiya_TV|Al-Arabiya TV]], that I place Sheik Osama on the same level as my father, and I love him perhaps even more than my father.
** Nasser Al-Bahri, AKA "Abu Jandal," former bodyguard of Osama bin Laden, on Al-Arabiya TV (4 May
*We know those responsible. In Afghanistan are scores of training camps for the export of terror. Chief amongst the sponsors and organisers is Usama Bin Laden. He is supported, shielded and given succour by the [[Taliban]] regime. Two days before the 11 September attacks, [[Ahmad Shah Massoud|Masood]], the leader of the opposition [[w:Northern Alliance|Northern Alliance]], was assassinated by two suicide bombers. Both were linked to Bin Laden. Some may call that coincidence. I call it payment - payment in the currency these people deal in: blood. Be in no doubt: Bin Laden and his people organised this atrocity. The [[Taliban]] aid and abet him. He will not desist from further acts of terror. They will not stop helping him.▼
* At a time when the name Osama bin Laden had appeared almost nowhere in the Western press, Bennett named the man to beware of. “Among private donors to the new generation [of fighters], Usama Bin Ladin is particularly famous for his religious zeal and financial largesse,” she wrote.
**[[Tony Blair]], Address to the 2001 Labour Party Conference, (7 October 2001)▼
** Gina Bennett, “The Wandering Mujahidin: Armed and Dangerous”; as quoted by Liza Mundy, [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/cia-women-counterterrorism-9-11-al-qaeda-warnings/676041/ “The Women Who Saw 9/11 Coming”], ''The Atlantic'', (November 18, 2023); adapted from ''The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA.''
▲* We know those responsible. In Afghanistan are scores of training camps for the export of terror. Chief amongst the sponsors and organisers is Usama Bin Laden. He is supported, shielded and given succour by the [[Taliban]] regime. Two days before the 11 September attacks, [[Ahmad Shah Massoud|Masood]], the leader of the opposition [[w:Northern Alliance|Northern Alliance]], was assassinated by two suicide bombers. Both were linked to Bin Laden. Some may call that coincidence. I call it payment - payment in the currency these people deal in: blood. Be in no doubt: Bin Laden and his people organised this atrocity. The [[Taliban]] aid and abet him. He will not desist from further acts of terror. They will not stop helping him.
▲** [[Tony Blair]], Address to the 2001 Labour Party Conference, (7 October 2001)
* Not only did [[w:Islamabad|Islamabad]] have advance knowledge of the impending strikes, but at the very least it warned the Taliban leadership—whom Islamabad created and is sponsoring—so that they could ensure that bin Laden, Zawahiri, and their lieutenants were not harmed in the strike. According to Arab sources, the ISI even sent a senior official to Afghanistan to personally warn bin Laden about the impending U.S. strike.
** Bodansky, Yossef - Bin Laden_ the man who declared war on America (2011)
* I will screw him in the ass.
** [[George W. Bush]], as quoted in ''Ariel Sharon: An Intimate Portrait'' (2007), by Uri Dan.
* Fighting the inflated menace of Osama bin Laden has become big business, generating hundreds of billions of dollars for government agencies and contractors in what one friend of mine in the [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] policy-making stratosphere calls "the [[Military-industrial complex|counterterrorist-industrial complex]]."
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