Terrorist Leader Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden
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Shortly after the embassy bombings, bin Laden (seen here in 1998) said, "If the instigation for jihad against the Jews and the Americans in order to liberate al-Aqsa Mosque and the Holy Kaaba is considered a crime, then let history be a witness that I am a criminal."

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