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8-23-96 part of OBL's call to war, this is only a small part, every word that we have researched comes from this letter.

http://www.humanunderground.com/archive/usamah-war.html

For more than a decade, they carried arms on their shoulders in
Afghanistan and they have made vows to Allah that as long as they
are alive, they will continue to carry arms against you until you are
-Allah willing- expelled, defeated and humiliated, they will carry on as
long as they live saying:

O William, tomorrow you will know which young man is confronting
your misguided brethren!

A youth fighting in smile, returning with the spear coloured red.

May Allah keep me close to knights, humans in peace, demons in war.

Lions in Jungle but their teeth are spears and Indian swords.

The horses witness that I push them hard forwarded in the fire of
battle.

The dust of the battle bears witnesses for me, so also the fighting
itself, the pens and the books!

So to abuse the grandsons of the companions, may Allah be pleased
with them, by calling them cowards and challenging them by refusing
to leave the land of the two Holy Places shows the insanity and the
imbalance you are suffering from. Its appropriate 'remedy ,however,
is in the hands of the youths of Islam, as the poet said:

I am willing to sacrifice self and wealth for knights who never
disappointed me

Knights who are never fed up or deterred by death, even if the mill of
war turns

In the heat of battle they do not care, and cure the insanity of the
enemy by their 'insane' courage.

Terrorising you, while you are carrying arms on our land, is a
legitimate and morally demanded duty. It is a legitimate right well
known to all humans and other creatures. Your example and our
example is like a snake which entered into a house of a man and got
killed by him. The coward is the one who lets you walk, while carrying
arms, freely on his land and provides you with peace and security.

Those youths are different from your soldiers. Your problem will be
how to convince your troops to fight, while our problem will be how to
restrain our youths to wait for their turn in fighting and in operations.
These youths are commendation and praiseworthy.

They stood up tall to defend the religion; at the time when the
government misled the prominent scholars and tricked them into
issuing Fatwas (that have no basis neither in the book of Allah, nor in
the Sunnah of His prophet (Allah's Blessings and Salutations may be
on him)) of opening the land of the two Holy Places for the Christians
armies and handing the Al-Aqsa Mosque to the Zionists. Twisting the
meanings of the holy text will not change this fact at all. They deserve
the praise of the poet:

I rejected all the critics, who chose the wrong way

I rejected those who enjoy fireplaces in clubs discussing eternally

I rejected those, who inspite being lost, think they are at the goal

I respect those who carried on not asking or bothering about the
difficulties

Never letting up from their goals, inspite all hardships of the road

Whose blood is the oil for the flame guiding in the darkness of
confusion

I feel still the pain of (the loss) Al-Quds in my internal organs.

That loss is like a burning fire in my intestines

I did not betray my covenant with God, when even states did betray it!

As their grand father Assim Bin Thabit said rejecting a surrender offer
of the pagans:

What for an excuse I had to surrender, while I am still able, having
arrows and my bow having a tough string?!

Death is truth and ultimate destiny, and life will end any way. If I do
not fight you, then my mother must be insane!

The youths hold you responsible for all of the killings and evictions of
the Muslims and the violation of the sanctities, carried out by your
Zionist brothers in Lebanon; you openly supplied them with arms and
finance. More than 600,000 Iraqi children have died due to lack of
food and medicine and as a result of the unjustifiable aggression
(sanction) imposed on Iraq and its nation. The children of Iraq are our
children. You, the USA, together with the Saudi regime are
responsible for the shedding of the blood of these innocent children.
Due to all of that, what ever treaty you have with our country is now
null and void.

The treaty of Hudaybiyyah was cancelled by the messenger of Allah
(Allah's Blessings and Salutations may be on him) once Quraysh had
assisted Bani Bakr against Khusa'ah , the allies of the prophet (Allah's
Blessings and Salutations may be on him). The prophet (Allah's
Blessings and Salutations may be on him) fought Quraysh and
concurred Makka. He (Allah's Blessings and Salutations may be on
him) considered the treaty with Bani Qainuqa' void because one of
their Jews publicly hurt one Muslim woman, one single woman, at the
market. Let alone then, the killing you caused to hundred of thousands
Muslims and occupying their sanctities. It is now clear that those who
claim that the blood of the American solders (the enemy occupying the
land of the Muslims) should be protected are merely repeating what is
imposed on them by the regime; fearing the aggression and
interested in saving themselves. It is a duty now on every tribe in the
Arab Peninsula to fight, Jihad, in the cause of Allah and to cleanse the
land from those occupiers. Allah knows that there blood is permitted
(to be spilled) and their wealth is a booty; their wealth is a booty to
those who kill them. The most Exalted said in the verse of As-Sayef,
The Sword: {so when the sacred months have passed away, then slay
the idolaters where ever you find them, and take them captives and
besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush} (At-Tauba;
9:5). Our youths knew that the humiliation suffered by the Muslims as
a result of the occupation of their sanctities can not be kicked and
removed except by explosions and Jihad. As the poet said:

The walls of oppression and humiliation cannot be demolished except
in a rain of bullets

The freeman does not surrender leadership to infidels and sinners

Without shedding blood no degradation and branding can be removed
from the forehead

I remind the youths of the Islamic world, who fought in Afghanistan
and Bosnia-Herzegovina with their wealth, pens, tongues and
themselves that the battle had not finished yet. I remind them about
the talk between Jibreel (Gabriel) and the messenger of Allah (Allah's
Blessings and Salutations may be on both of them) after the battle of
Ahzab when the messenger of Allah (Allah's Blessings and Salutations
may be on him) returned to Medina and before putting his sword
aside; when Jibreel (Allah's Blessings and Salutations may be on him)
descend saying: "are you putting your sword aside? By Allah the
angels haven't dropped their arms yet; march with your companions
to Bani Quraydah, I am (going) ahead of you to throw fears in their
hearts and to shake their fortresses on them". Jibreel marched with
the angels (Allah's Blessings and Salutations may be on them all),
followed by the messenger of Allah (Allah's Blessings and Salutations
may be on him) marching with the immigrants, Muhajeroon, and
supporters, Ansar. (narrated by Al-Bukhary).

These youths know that: if one is not to be killed one will die (any
way) and the most honourable death is to be killed in the way of Allah.
They are even more determined after the martyrdom of the four
heroes who bombed the Americans in Riyadh. Those youths who
raised high the head of the Ummah and humiliated the Americans-the
occupier- by their operation in Riyadh. They remember the poetry of
Ja'far, the second commander in the battle of Mu'tah, in which three
thousand Muslims faced over a hundred thousand Romans:

How good is the Paradise and its nearness, good with cool drink

But the Romans are promised punishment (in Hell), if I meet them I
will fight them.

And the poetry of Abdullah Bin Rawaha, the third commander in the
battle of Mu'tah, after the martyrdom of Ja'far, when he felt some
hesitation:

O my soul if you do not get killed, you are going to die, anyway. This
is death pool in front of you!

You are getting what you have wished for (martyrdom) before, and
you follow the example of the two previous commanders you are
rightly guided!

As for our daughters, wives, sisters and mothers they should take
prime example from the prophet (Allah's Blessings and Salutations
may be on him) pious female companions, may Allah be pleased with
them; they should adopt the life style (Seerah) of the female
companions of courage, sacrifice and generosity in the cause of the
supremacy of Allah's religion. They should remember the courage and
the personality of Fatima, daughter of Khatab, when she accepted
Islam and stood up in front of her brother, Omar Ibn Al-Khatab and
challenged him (before he became a Muslim) saying: "O Omar , what
will you do if the truth is not in your religion?!" And to remember the
stand of Asma', daughter of Abu Bakr, on the day of Hijra, when she
attended the Messenger and his companion in the cave and split her
belt in two pieces for them. And to remember the stand of Naseeba
Bent Ka'b striving to defend the messenger of Allah (Allah's Blessings
and Salutations may be on him) on the day of Uhud, in which she
suffered twelve injuries, one of which was so deep leaving a deep
lifelong scar! They should remember the generosity of the early
woman of Islam who raised finance for the Muslims army by selling
their jewellery. Our women had set a tremendous example of
generosity in the cause of Allah; they motivated and encouraged their
sons, brothers and husbands to fight- in the cause of Allah- in
Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Chechenia and in other countries.
We ask Allah to accept from them these deeds, and may He help their
fathers, brothers, husbands and sons. May Allah strengthen the belief
- Imaan - of our women in the way of generosity and sacrifice for the
supremacy of the word of Allah. Our women weep not, except over
men who fight in the cause of Allah; our women instigate their
brothers to fight in the cause of Allah.

Our women bemoan only fighters in the cause of Allah, as said:

Do not moan on any one except a lion in the woods, courageous in the
burning wars

Let me die dignified in wars, honourable death is better than my
current life

Our women encourage to Jihad saying:

Prepare yourself like a struggler, the matter is bigger than words!

Are you going to leave us else for the wolves of Kufr eating our
wings?!

The wolves of Kufr are mobilising all evil persons from every where!

Where are the freemen defending free women by the arms?!

Death is better than life in humiliation! Some scandals and shames will
never be otherwise eradicated.

My Muslim Brothers of The World:

Your brothers in Palestine and in the land of the two Holy Places are
calling upon your help and asking you to take part in fighting against
the enemy -your enemy and their enemy- the Americans and the
Israelis. They are asking you to do whatever you can, with one own
means and ability, to expel the enemy, humiliated and defeated, out
of the sanctities of Islam. Exalted be to Allah said in His book: { and if
they ask your support, because they are oppressed in their faith, then
support them!} (Anfaal; 8:72)

O you horses (soldiers) of Allah ride and march on. This is the time of
hardship so be tough. And know that your gathering and co-operation
in order to liberate the sanctities of Islam is the right step toward
unifying the word of the Ummah under the banner of "No God but
Allah" ).

From our place we raise our palms humbly to Allah asking Him to
bestow on us His guide in every aspects of this issue.

Our Lord, we ask you to secure the release of the truthful scholars,
Ulama, of Islam and pious youths of the Ummah from their
imprisonment. O Allah, strengthen them and help their families.

Our Lord, the people of the cross had come with their horses
(soldiers) and occupied the land of the two Holy places. And the
Zionist Jews fiddling as they wish with the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the route
of the ascendance of the messenger of Allah (ALLAH'S BLESSING AND
SALUTATIONS ON HIM). Our Lord, shatter their gathering, divide them
among themselves, shaken the earth under their feet and give us
control over them; Our Lord, we take refuge in you from their deeds
and take you as a shield between us and them

Our Lord, show us a black day in them!
Our Lord, show us the wonderment of your ability in them!
Our Lord, You are the Revealer of the book, Director of the clouds,
You defeated the allies (Ahzab); defeat them and make us victorious
over them.
Our Lord, You are the one who help us and You are the one who assist
us, with Your Power we move and by Your Power we fight. On You we
rely and You are our cause.
Our Lord, those youths got together to make Your religion victorious
and raise Your banner. Our Lord, send them Your help and strengthen
their hearts.
Our Lord, make the youths of Islam steadfast and descend patience on
them and guide their shots!
Our Lord, unify the Muslims and bestow love among their hearts!
Our Lord, pour down upon us patience, and make our steps firm and
assist us against the unbelieving people!
Our Lord, do not lay on us a burden as Thou didst lay on those before
us; Our Lord, do not impose upon us that which we have no strength
to bear; and pardon us and grant us protection and have mercy on us,
Thou art our patron, so help us against the unbelieving people.
Our Lord, guide this Ummah, and make the right conditions (by which)
the people of your obedience will be in dignity and the people of
disobedience in humiliation, and by which the good deeds are
enjoined and the bad deeds are forebode.
Our Lord, bless Muhammad, Your slave and messenger, his family and
descendants, and companions and salute him with a (becoming)
salutation.
And our last supplication is: All praise is due to Allah .

Usamah bin Muhammad bin Laden
Friday, 9/4/1417 A.H (23/8/1996 AD)
Hindukush Mountains, Khurasan, Afghanistan.

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