Motives for the September 11 attacks
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motives-for-the-september-11-attacks-190-1414766
title:
Motives for the September 11 attacks
text:
The September 11 attacks were carried out by 19 hijackers of the Islamist militant organization al-Qaeda. In the 1990s, al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden declared a militant jihad against the United States, and issued two fatawa in 1996 and 1998. In the 1996 fatwa, he quoted the Sword Verse. In both of these fatawa, bin Laden sharply criticized the financial contributions of the American government to the Saudi royal family as well as American military intervention in the Arab world. These motivat
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Al-Qaeda claims and arguments for attacking the United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motives_for_the_September_11_attacks
date created:
2009-11-29T21:53:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T15:58:41Z
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