Bin Laden's "Letter to America"

Georgelemental

TLD checks out

jamesdvance

At the end of the day it’s envy and hate. He considers Westerners lesser and it fills him with rage that the West is so prominent and his culture is not. It’s a tale as old of Islam itself. Any prominent culture must be attacked and conquered

madspindel

> It is commanded by our religion and intellect that the oppressed have a right to return the aggression. Do not await anything from us but Jihad, resistance and revenge. 27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

mjd

I guess this was written in the early 2000s, while OBL was hiding in Afghanistan?

Dig1t

ctrl-f search for "Israel" Yeah there's a strong theme in this letter.

thomassmith65

Bin Laden: Separation of church and state, jews, homosexuals, gender equality, and America are bad. Every failure and every war in the arab world is because of the West. Therefore my terrorism is all your fault. Internet: He really makes some astute points.