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Combat Engineer When bin Laden decided to become active inside
Combat Engineer When bin Laden decided to become active inside Afghanistan, he began, naturally enough, with construction work. He would later say tha...

The Riyadh Narrative The 9/11 attacks undermined the Saudi
The Riyadh Narrative The 9/11 attacks undermined the Saudi regime’s ability to keep Ameri- cans and their government believing the Kingdom was a tru...

Yemen It was in Yemen, bin Laden wrote, that the al-Sauds began
Yemen It was in Yemen, bin Laden wrote, that the al-Sauds began “a habit of supporting the enemies of Islam.” The Yemeni people led by their ulema...

Played for a Fool and Time to Go Though but thirty-two years old
Played for a Fool and Time to Go Though but thirty-two years old on his arrival in Sudan, bin Laden had nonetheless already had experience some men do...

Declaring War Bin Laden’s August 23, 1996, declaration of war
Declaring War Bin Laden’s August 23, 1996, declaration of war on the United States was published in the London-based Al-Quds al-Arabi and, to ensure...

Discrediting the King’s Scholars The most dramatic shift to
Discrediting the King’s Scholars The most dramatic shift to date in bin Laden’s thinking involved the deterioration of his reverence for Islamic s...

With smoke still rising from lower Manhattan, the Pentagon, and a
With smoke still rising from lower Manhattan, the Pentagon, and a Pennsylvania pasture, bin Laden had little time for celebra- tion. He had sought to ...

Luck or Planning? There is a good deal of solid analysis of the
Luck or Planning? There is a good deal of solid analysis of the escape of bin Laden and his fighters from the Tora Bora Mountains to Pakistan in Decem...

Logistics Bin Laden’s Afghan experience as a benefactor,
Logistics Bin Laden’s Afghan experience as a benefactor, engineer, and fighter taught him that the mujahedin would always be under “continuous pre...