Bin laden Quote by Malcolm Nance

Al Qaeda has dominated the battlefield of the soul among the disaffected, disenfranchised, and dissatisfied. It promises action instead of discussion.

— Malcolm Nance

Osama bin Laden, the Saudi-born revolutionary who is believed by most Arab and Iranian observers to be the inspiration of the attacks in New…

— James Buchan

Al-Qaida became the new Soviet Union, and in the process, Bin Laden became a demonic, terrifyingly powerful figure brooding in a cave while he…

— Adam Curtis

Al Qaeda's leaders seek to reverse what they claim are corrupt Islamic practices bookended by the Mongol invasions in 1256 and Ataturk's ending the…

— Malcolm Nance

For many, embracing the ideology of Osama bin Laden or ISIS allowed them to become the heroes of their own story as well as…

— Peter Bergen

The fact that there are now many entities that may have some loose affiliation with a former core Al Qaeda - or who have…

— Graham T. Allison

I totally disagree with the premise that al Qaeda is on the path to defeat. Quite the contrary, al Qaeda has deliberately decentralized its…

— Jack Keane

Osama bin Laden fervently hoped that attacking the United States would create pressure on American leaders to reduce their support for Middle Eastern regimes.…

— Peter Bergen

Abu Musab al Zarqawi had such a view of holy war. More barbaric, more monstrous even than Osama bin Laden. So much so that…

— Michael Ware

“Al Qaeda's central political objective is the creation of an Islamic republic, not the progressive realignment of American foreign policy.”

— Simon Cottee

“The transmogrification of Islam into Islamism is bad news not only for the West but also for the majority of Muslims who have no…

— Robert R. Reilly

What is al Qaeda? It's an open source religious political movement that works off the global supply chain.

— Thomas Friedman