God knows it did not cross our minds to attack the towers, but after the situation became unbearable and we witness the injustice and tyranny of the American Israeli alliance against our people in Palestine and Lebanon I thought about it.And the events that affected me directly were that of 1982 and the events that followed when America allowed the Israelis to invade Lebanon, helped by the U.S. Sixth Fleet. As I watched the destroyed towers in Lebanon, it accourred to me punish the unjust the same way: to destroy towers in America so it could taste some of what we are tasting and to stop killing our children and women.
Osama bin Laden,2004
After repeated denials, in 2004, Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States. The attacks involved the hijacking of four commercial passenger aircraft, the subsequent destruction of those planes and the World Trade Center in New York. City, New York, sever damage to The Pentagon in Arlington, Virgina, and the deaths of 2,974 people and the nineteen hijackers.In response to the attacks, the United States launched a War on Terror to depose the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and capture al-Qaeda operatives, and several countries strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation to preclude future attacks. The CIA's Special Activities Division was given the lead in tracking down and killing or capturing bin Laden.
The Federal bureau of Investigation has stated that classified evidence linking al-Qaeda and bin Laden to the September 11 attacks is clear and irrefutable. The UK Government reached a similar conclusion regarding al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden's culpability for the September 11 attacks, although the government report notes that the evidence presented is not necessarily sufficient for a prosecutable case.
Bin Laden initially denied involvement in the attacks. On September 16, 2001, bin Laden read a statement later broadcast by Qatar's Al Jazeera satellite channel denying responsibility for the attack.
In a video tape recovered by U.S. forces in November 2001 in Jalalabad, bin Laden was seen discussing the attack with Khaled al-Harbi in a way that indicates foreknowledge. The tape was broadcast on various news networks on December 13, 2001. The merits of this translation have been disputed. Arabist Dr. Abdel EIM Husseini stated: "This translation is very problematic. At the most important places where it is held to prove the guilt of bin Laden, it is not identical with the Arabic."
In the 2004 Osama Bin Laden video, bin laden abandoned his denials without retracting past statements. In it he stated he had personally directed the nineteen hihackers. In teh 18 minute tape, played on Al-Jazeera, four days before the American presidential election, bin laden accused U.S. President George W. Bush of negligence on the hijacking of the plane on September 11.
According to the tapes, bin Laden claimed he was inspired to destroy the World Trade Center after watching the destruction of towers in Lebanon by Israel during the 1982 Lebanon War.
In two other tapes aired by Al Jazeera in 2006, Osama bin Laden anounces,
I am the one in charge of the ninteen brothers. I was responsible for entrusting the nineteen brothers with the raids[5 minute audio tape broadcast May23, 2006]. and is seen with Ramzi bin al-Shibh, as well as two of the 9/11 hijackers, hamza al-Ghamdi and Wail al-Shehri, as they make preparations for the attacks (video tape broadcast September 7, 2006).
Identified motivations of the September 11 attacks include the support of Isreal by the United States, presence of the U.S. military in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the U.S. enforcement of sanctions against Iraq.
Criminal Charges
On March 16, 1998, Libya issued the first official Interpol arrest warrant against bin Laden and three other people. They were charged for killing two German citizens in Libya on March 10, 1994, one of whom is thought to have been a German counter intelligence officer. Bin Laden was still wanted by the Libyan government at the time of his death. Osama bin Laden was first indicted by the United States on June 8, 1998,when a grand jury indicted Osama bin Laden on charges of killing five Americans and two Indians in the November 14,1995, truck bombing of a U.S.operated Saudi National Guard Training center in Riyadh.
Osama bin Laden,2004After repeated denials, in 2004, Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States. The attacks involved the hijacking of four commercial passenger aircraft, the subsequent destruction of those planes and the World Trade Center in New York. City, New York, sever damage to The Pentagon in Arlington, Virgina, and the deaths of 2,974 people and the nineteen hijackers.In response to the attacks, the United States launched a War on Terror to depose the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and capture al-Qaeda operatives, and several countries strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation to preclude future attacks. The CIA's Special Activities Division was given the lead in tracking down and killing or capturing bin Laden.
The Federal bureau of Investigation has stated that classified evidence linking al-Qaeda and bin Laden to the September 11 attacks is clear and irrefutable. The UK Government reached a similar conclusion regarding al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden's culpability for the September 11 attacks, although the government report notes that the evidence presented is not necessarily sufficient for a prosecutable case.
Bin Laden initially denied involvement in the attacks. On September 16, 2001, bin Laden read a statement later broadcast by Qatar's Al Jazeera satellite channel denying responsibility for the attack.
In a video tape recovered by U.S. forces in November 2001 in Jalalabad, bin Laden was seen discussing the attack with Khaled al-Harbi in a way that indicates foreknowledge. The tape was broadcast on various news networks on December 13, 2001. The merits of this translation have been disputed. Arabist Dr. Abdel EIM Husseini stated: "This translation is very problematic. At the most important places where it is held to prove the guilt of bin Laden, it is not identical with the Arabic."
In the 2004 Osama Bin Laden video, bin laden abandoned his denials without retracting past statements. In it he stated he had personally directed the nineteen hihackers. In teh 18 minute tape, played on Al-Jazeera, four days before the American presidential election, bin laden accused U.S. President George W. Bush of negligence on the hijacking of the plane on September 11.
According to the tapes, bin Laden claimed he was inspired to destroy the World Trade Center after watching the destruction of towers in Lebanon by Israel during the 1982 Lebanon War.
In two other tapes aired by Al Jazeera in 2006, Osama bin Laden anounces,
I am the one in charge of the ninteen brothers. I was responsible for entrusting the nineteen brothers with the raids[5 minute audio tape broadcast May23, 2006]. and is seen with Ramzi bin al-Shibh, as well as two of the 9/11 hijackers, hamza al-Ghamdi and Wail al-Shehri, as they make preparations for the attacks (video tape broadcast September 7, 2006).
Identified motivations of the September 11 attacks include the support of Isreal by the United States, presence of the U.S. military in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the U.S. enforcement of sanctions against Iraq.
Criminal Charges
On March 16, 1998, Libya issued the first official Interpol arrest warrant against bin Laden and three other people. They were charged for killing two German citizens in Libya on March 10, 1994, one of whom is thought to have been a German counter intelligence officer. Bin Laden was still wanted by the Libyan government at the time of his death. Osama bin Laden was first indicted by the United States on June 8, 1998,when a grand jury indicted Osama bin Laden on charges of killing five Americans and two Indians in the November 14,1995, truck bombing of a U.S.operated Saudi National Guard Training center in Riyadh.
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