We declared jihad against the U.S. government because the U.S. government is unjust, criminal and tyrannical. It has committed acts that are extremely unjust, hideous and criminal, whether directly or through its support of the Israeli occupation. — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
Any thief or criminal or robber who enters another country in order to steal should expect to be exposed to murder at any time. For the American forces to expect anything from me personally reflects a very narrow perception. — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
We have not found it difficult to deal with the Bush administration in light of the resemblance that it bears to the regimes in… — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
“We are following with great concern the preparations of the crusaders to launch war on the former capital of Muslims...and to install a puppet government... Fight these despots. I remind you that victory comes only from God. The fighting should be in the name of God only, not in the name of national ideologies nor to seek victory for the… — Osama bin Laden Copy Share
The war is between us and the Jews. Any country that steps into the same trench as the Jews has only itself to blame. — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
As long as I am alive there will be no rest for the enemies of Islam. I will continue my mission against them. — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature they will like the strong horse. — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
They were overjoyed when the first plane hit the building, so I said to them: be patient. — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
We treat them in the same way. Those who kill our women and innocent, we kill their women and innocent, until they refrain. — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
Acquiring weapons for the defense of Muslims is a religious duty... If I seek to acquire these weapons, I am carrying out a duty. — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
For us, the idea was not to get involved more than necessary in the fight against the Russians, which was the business of the Americans, but rather to show our solidarity with our Islamist brothers. I discovered that it was not enough to fight in Afghanistan, but that we had to fight on all fronts against communist or Western oppression.… — Osama bin Laden Copy Share
Even as you enter the fourth year after the Sept. 11 attacks, Bush is still misleading and deluding you and hiding the real reason… — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
All that we have to do is to send two mujahedeen to the furthest point east to raise a piece of cloth on which… — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
