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Convention

& political

video

on

your television,

24/7.

ABCNEWS

correspondent John

Miller

interviews Osama

bin

Laden

in hissecret hideawayin

the

mountains,

of

Afghanistan.

(ABCNEWS)

To Terror's

Source

John Miller's

1998

Interview With Osama

Bin Laden

Former ABCNEWS correspondent John Miller interviewed Osama

bin

Laden

in May

1998, threemonths after

bin

Laden issued

a

fatwa

calling

for the deaths of all Americans. Bin Laden is now the

main suspect

in the

attacks

on the

World Trade Center

and the

Pentagon.

The interview was conducted on May

28,1998.

Miller and his crew were led by armed Islamic militants by footthrough the mountains of southern Afghanistan to meet bin Laden at a secret hideaway.

JOHN

MILLER

Mr. bin Laden, to Americans you are an interesting figure: A man who comes from a background of wealth and comforts whoended

up fighting on the

front

lines.

Many Americans would

think that'sunusual.

OSAMA

BIN LADEN

Thanks be to Allah. It is hard for one to understand if the person does not understand Islam. In our religion we believethatAllah createdus toworship him. Allahis the one whocreatedus andblesseduswith this religion,andordersus tocarryout theholystruggle

jihad

lo

raise the word of Allah above the words of the unbelievers.

We

believe this is a form of worship we must follow despite our financial ability. This is a response to Westerners and secularists in the Arab

world

who claim the reason for the awakening and the return to Islam is financial difficulties. This is untrue. In fact, the return of the people toIslam is a blessing from Allah, and their return is a need for Allah.This is not astrange issue. Duringthedays

of

jihad,

thousandsofyoungmen whowere wellofffinancially lefttheArabian Peninsulaandother

areas

and joined the fighting — hundreds of them were killed in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Chechnya. We pray Allah grants them martyr status.

JOHN

MILLER

You have been described as the "World's Most Wanted Man." There is word that the American government intends to put aprice on your head in the millions for your capture. Do you think about that? Does it worry you?

OSAMA

BIN LADEN

Praise be to Allah. It does not

worry

us what the Americans think. What worries us is pleasing Allah. The Americansimpose themselves

on

everyone

who

believes

in his

religion

and his

rights. They accuse

our

children

in

Palestine

of

being terrorists. Thosechildren that have no weapons and have not even reached maturity. At the same time they defend a country with its airplanes and tanks, and

the

state of the Jews, that has a policy to destroy the future of these children.Clinton stands after Qana

and

defends

the

horrible massacre that severed

the

heads

of

children

and

killed about

100

persons. Clinton stands

and

claims Israel has the right to defend itself. We do not

worry

about American opinion, or the

fact

the place prices on our heads.

We

as Muslims believe that our fate is set. If the whole world decides to get together and

kill

us before our time has come, we will not die, our

livelihood

is

set.

No

matter

how

much pressure America

places

on the

regime

inRiyadhto

freeze

ourassetsand to

prevent

people

fromcontributing to this great cause, we rely on Allah.

JOHN

MILLER

try?

You have said, "If the Americans are so brave they will come and arrest me." Do you think that is something my country will

OSAMA

BIN LADEN

We have seen in the last decade the decline of the American government and the weakness of the American soldier

who

is ready to wage Cold Wars and unprepared to fight long wars. This was proven in Beirut when the Marines fled after two explosions. It

also

proves they can run in less than 24 hours, and this was also repeated in Somalia. We are ready for all occasions. We rely on Allah.

Fatwa

AgainstAmericans

JOHN MILLER

Mr. bin

Laden,

you

have

issued

a

fatwa

calling

on all

Muslims

to

kill

Americans where they

can,

when they

can.

Is

that directed

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"TO^TUesponse

|

Bin

Laden: Focus

on

Saudi Arabia

Pagel

of

10

j[**

JUST

Response

Focus

onSaudi Arabia- an

interview

with Osama

Bin

Laden

By

Peter Arnett

QT.

Mr Bin

Ladin,

could

you

give

us

your main

criticism

of the

Saudi royal

Family that

is ruling Saudi

Arabia today?

Osama

Bin

Laden:

Regarding

the

criticisms

of the

ruling

regime in

Saudi Arabia

and the

Arabian peninsula,

the

first

oneis

their subordination

to the US.

So,

our

main problem

is the

US

government while

the

Saudi regime

is but a

branch

or an

agent

of the US. By

being loyal

to the US

regime,

the

Saudi

regime

has committed an act against Islam. And this, based

on the

ruling

of

Shari'a [Islamic jurisprudence], casts

theregime

outside the religious community. Subsequently, the

regimehas

stopped ruling people according

to

what

God

revealed, praise

and

glory

be to

Him,

not to

mention many

other

contradictory acts. When this main foundation

was

violated, other corrupt acts followed

in

every aspect

of thecountry,

the economic, the social, government services and soon.

Q2:

Mr Bin

Ladin,

if the

Islamic

movement

takes over

Arabia,

what

kind of

society

will

be

created

and

will

Saudi

Arabia,

for

example,

returnto the

laws

of theKoranat the time of the

Prophet?

Bin

Laden:

We are

confident, with

the

permission

of

God,

Praise and

Glory

be to

Him, that Muslims will

be

victorious

inthe

Arabian

peninsula

and that God's

religion, praise

and glory

be

to

Him, will prevail

in

this peninsula.

It is a

great pride

and abig

hope that

the

revelation unto Muhammad, Peace

be

upon

him,

will

be

resorted

to for

ruling.

When

we

used

to

followMuhammad's revelation, Peace

be

upon him,

we

were

in

greathappiness

and in

great dignity,

to God

belong credit

and

praise.

Q3:

Mr Bin Ladin, if the

Islamic

movement

takes over SaudiArabia,

what would

your attitude

to the

West

be and

will

the

price

of oil be

higher?

Bin Laden:

We are a nation and have a long history, with thegrace

of

God, Praise

and

Glory

be to

Him.

We are now in the15th

century

of

this great religion,

the

complete

andcomprehensive

methodology, has clarified the

dealing

between an

individual

and

another,

the

duties

of the

believer

towards

God, Praise

and

Glory

be to

Him,

and the

relationship

between the

Muslim country

and

other countries

in

time

of

peace

and in

time

of

war.

If we

look back

at our

history,

we

will

find

there were many types

of

dealings between

the

Muslim

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