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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (41814)	4/22/2013 6:38:01 PM
From: d[-_-]b	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) of 85487

google.com middleeast.about.com Question: When and Why did Bin Laden Declare War on the United States in 1996? Answer: On August 23, 1996, Osama bin Laden signed and issued the "Declaration of Jihad Against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Mosques," meaning Saudi Arabia. It was the first of two explicit declarations of war against the United States. The declaration summed up bin Laden's belief, categorical and uncompromising, that "there is nothing more imperative, after faith, than to repel the aggressor who corrupts religion and life, unconditionally, as far as possible." In that line was the seed of bin Laden's stance that even the killing of innocent civilians was justified in defense of the faith. Bin Laden issued the 1996 declaration from the southern mountains of Afghanistan. It appeared on Aug. 31 in in al Quds, a newspaper published in London. The response from the Clinton administration was close to indifferent. American forces in Saudi Arabia had been on a higher state of alert since the bombings, but bin Laden's threats changed nothing.

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