...biggest terrorist in the world. Among the reasons he gave were a list of America's crimes, which included "occupying the lands of Islam in the holiest of places,...humiliating its people, terrorizing its neighbors and turnings its bases in the peninsula into a spearhead through which to fight the neighboring Muslim...

...Laden, extended this principle to justify war against the United States." It argues that the United States has been occupying the lands of Islam in the...Peninsula, plundering its riches, dictating to its rulers, and turning its bases into a spearhead through which to fight the neighboring Muslim peoples. Thus...

...committed by the United States against Muslims. They are: First, that for over seven years the United States has been occupying the lands of Islam in the...places, the Arabian Peninsula, plundering its riches humiliating its people. . . . Second, . . . the great devastation inflicted on the Iraqi people by...

...to everyone; we will list them, in order to remind everyone: First, for over seven years, the United States has been occupying the lands of Islam in the...through which to fight the neighboring Muslim peoples. If some people have in the past argued about the fact of the occupation, all the people of the peninsula...

...to everyone; we will list them, in order to remind everyone: First, for over seven years the United States has been occupying the lands of Islam in the...through which to fight the neighboring Muslim Peoples. If some people have formerly debated the fact of the occupation, all the people of the Peninsula have...

...justification for this fatwa was based on three grievances: • "First, for over seven years, the United States has been occupying the lands of Islam in the...a spearhead through which to fight the neighboring Muslin peoples." • "Second, despite the great devastation inflicted on the Iraqi people by the crusader-Zionist...

...Upon its establishment, it issued afatwah, signed by bin Laden: 31 For over seven years the United States has been occupying the lands of Islam in the...people, terrorizing its neighbors, and turning its bases into a spearhead through which to fight the neighboring Muslim peoples. Despite the huge number of...

...had (in the eyes of Bin Laden): ... been occupying the lands of Islam in the holiest of places ... plundering its riches, dictating to its rulers, humiliating...through which to fight the neighboring Muslim peoples. If some people have formerly debated the fact of the occupation, all the people of the Peninsula have...

...the Middle East. Bin Laden's edict or fatwa against America issued in February 1998 stated: 'the US has been occupying the lands of Islam in the holiest...its rulers, humiliating its people, terrorizing its neighbours, and turning its bases in the peninsula into a spearhead through which to fight the neighbouring...

...remembering may remember. t. For over seven years America has been occupying the lands of Islam in its holiest of places, the Arabian Peninsula — plundering...neighbors, and turning its bases in the Peninsula ioto a spearhead with which it fights the neighboring Muslim peoples. While some people may have argued...