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14.12.02, 22:17
Letter From Usamah Bin Muhammad Bin Ladin to the American People
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
“Permission to fight (against disbelievers) is given to those (believers) who
are fought against, because they have been wronged and surely, Allah is Able
to give them (believers) victory” [Quran 22:39]
“Those who believe, fight in the Cause of Allah, and those who disbelieve,
fight in the cause of Taghut (anything worshipped other than Allah e.g.
Satan). So fight you against the friends of Satan; ever feeble is indeed the
plot of Satan.”[Quran 4:76]
Some American writers have published articles under the title ‘On what basis
are we fighting?’ These articles have generated a number of responses, some
of which adhered to the truth and were based on Islamic Law, and others which
have not. Here we wanted to outline the truth – as an explanation and a
warning – hoping for Allah’s reward, seeking success and support from Him.
While seeking Allah’s help, we form our reply based on two questions directed
at the Americans:
Q1) Why are we fighting and opposing you?
Q2) What are we calling you to, and what do we want from you?
As for the first question: Why are we fighting and opposing you? The answer
is very simple:
(1) Because you attacked us and continue to attack us.
a) You attacked us in Palestine:
i- Palestine, which has sunk under military occupation for more than 80
years. The British handed over Palestine, with your help and your support, to
the Jews, who have occupied it for more than 50 years; years overflowing with
oppression, tyranny, crimes, killing, expulsion, destruction and
devastation. The creation and continuation of Israel is one of the greatest
crimes, and you are the leaders of its criminals. And of course there is no
need to explain and prove the degree of American support for Israel. The
creation of Israel is a crime which must be erased. Each and every person
whose hands have become polluted in the contribution towards this crime
must pay its price, and pay for it heavily.
ii- It brings us both laughter and tears to see that you have not yet tired
of repeating your fabricated lies that the Jews have a historical right to
Palestine, as it was promised to them in the Torah. Anyone who disputes with
them on this alleged fact is accused of anti-semitism. This is one of the
most fallacious, widely—circulated fabrications in history. The people of
Palestine are pure Arabs and original Semites. It is the Muslims who are the
inheritors of Moses (peace be upon him) and the inheritors of the real Torah
that has not been changed. Muslims believe in all of the Prophets, including
Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon them
all. If the followers of Moses have been promised a right to Palestine in the
Torah, then the Muslims are the most worthy nation of this.
When the Muslims conquered Palestine and drove out the Romans, Palestine and
Jerusalem returned to Islaam, the religion of all the Prophets peace be upon
them. Therefore, the call to a historical right to Palestine cannot be raised
against the Islamic Ummah that believes in all the Prophets of Allah (peace
and blessings be upon them) - and we make no distinction between them.
iii- The blood pouring out of Palestine must be equally revenged. You must
know that the Palestinians do not cry alone; their women are not widowed
alone; their sons are not orphaned alone.
b) You attacked us is Somalia; you supported the Russian atrocities against
us in Chechnya, the Indian oppression against us in Kashmir, and the Jewish
aggression against us in Lebanon.
c) Under your supervision, consent and orders, the governments of our
countries which act as your agents, attack us on a daily basis;
i- These governments prevent our people from establishing the Islamic
Shariah, using violence and lies to do so.
ii- These governments give us a taste of humiliation, and places us in a
large prison of fear and sub dual.
iii- These governments steal our Ummah’s wealth and sell them to you at a
paltry price.
iv- These governments have surrendered to the Jews, and handed them most of
Palestine, acknowledging the existence their state over the dismembered limbs
of their own people.
v- The removal of these governments is an obligation upon us, and a necessary
step to free the Ummah, to make the Shariah the supreme law and to regain
Palestine. And our fight against these governments is not separate from out
fight against you.
d) You steal our wealth and oil at paltry prices because of you international
influence and military threats. This theft is indeed the biggest theft ever
witnessed by mankind in the history of the world.
e) Your forces occupy our countries; you spread your military bases
throughout them; you corrupt our lands, and you besiege our sanctities, to
protect the security of the Jews and to ensure the continuity of your pillage
of our treasures.
f) You have starved the Muslims of Iraq, where children die every day. It is
a wonder that more than 1.5 million Iraqi children have died as a result of
your sanctions, and you did not show concern. Yet when 3000 of your people
died, the entire world rises and has not yet sat down.
g) You have supported the Jews in their idea that Jerusalem is their eternal
capital, and agreed to move your embassy there. With your help and under your
protection, the Israelis are planning to destroy the Al-Aqsa mosque. Under
the protection of your weapons, Sharon entered the Al-Aqsa mosque, to pollute
it as a preparation to capture and destroy it.
(2) These tragedies and calamities are only a few examples of your oppression
and aggression against us. It is commanded by our religion and intellect that
the oppressed have a right to return the aggression. Do not await anything
from us but Jihad, resistance and revenge. Is it in any way rational to
expect that after America has attacked us for more than half a century, that
we will then leave her to live in security and peace?!!
(3) You may then dispute that all the above does not justify aggression
against civilians, for crimes they did not commit and offenses in which they
did not partake:
a) This argument contradicts your continuous repetition that America is the
land of freedom, and its leaders in this world. Therefore, the American
people are the ones who choose their government by way of their own free
will; a choice which stems from their agreement to its policies. Thus the
American people have chosen, consented to, and affirmed their support for the
Israeli oppression of the Palestinians, the occupation and usurpation of
their land, and its continuous killing, torture, punishment and expulsion of
the Palestinians. The American people have the ability and choice to refuse
the policies of their Government and even to change it if they want.
b) The American people are the ones who pay the taxes which fund the planes
that bomb us in Afghanistan, the tanks that strike and destroy our homes in
Palestine, the armies which occupy our lands in the Arabian Gulf, and the
fleets which ensure the blockade of Iraq. These tax dollars are given to
Israel for it to continue to attack us and penetrate our lands. So the
American people are the ones who fund the attacks against us, and they are
the ones who oversee the expenditure of these monies in the way they wish,
through their elected candidates.
c) Also the American army is part of the American people. It is this very
same people who are shamelessly helping the Jews fight against us.
d) The American people are the ones who employ both their men and their women
in the American Forces which attack us.
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