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To kill Americans and their allies, both civil and military, is an individual duty of… — Osama bin Laden

To kill Americans and their allies, both civil and military, is an individual duty of every Muslim who can, in any country where this is possible, until the Aqsa mosque and the Haram mosque are freed from their grip, and until their armies, shattered and broken-winged, depart from all the lands of Islam, incapable of threatening any of the lands of Islam, incapable of threatening any Muslim.

Osama bin Laden
Statement of the World Islamic Front · 1998
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Islamic extremism
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1998
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Osama bin Laden
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Bin Laden, Osama. "World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders: Initial "Fatwa" Statement." Al Quds Al Arabi, 23 Feb. 1998.

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