--Oct. 21, 2001 [Never aired on al-Jazeera, aired on CNN on Feb 5. 2002] In a controversial interview with al-Jazeera reporter Tayseer Alouni -- later indicted as a messenger for bin Laden -- the bin Laden makes threats against the United States and says the United States will be easier to defeat in Afghanistan than the Soviets. We experienced the Americans through our brothers who went into combat against them in Somalia, for example. We found they had no power worthy of mention. There was a huge aura over America -- the United States -- that terrified people even before they entered combat. Our brothers who were here in Afghanistan tested them, and together with some of the mujahedeen in Somalia, God granted them victory. America exited dragging its tails in failure, defeat, and ruin, caring for nothing. The tape never airs on Al Jazeera, which apparently thought it was too incendiary. CNN obtains it in February and airs it internationally. - back when Al Jazeera was almost like an outlet for AQ... The link starts 1995 and goes on pretty extensively in a timeline of AQ statements. nbcnews/id/4686034/ns/world_news-hunt_for_al_qaida/t/timeline-al-qaida-statements/#.VBoy67z9Vpk
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