Oussama ben Laden , né le 10 mars 1957 à Riyad et mort le 2 mai 2011, tué par un commando américain des SEAL,, à Abbottabad , est un djihadiste apatride d'origine saoudienne, chef du réseau terroriste Al-Qaïda. Il a revendiqué la responsabilité et l'idée des attentats du 11 septembre 2001 commis aux États-Unis,,.
Le FBI, qui l'a placé à partir de juin 1999 sur sa liste des dix criminels les plus recherchés à la suite des attentats des ambassades américaines au Kenya et en Tanzanie, offrait 25 millions de dollars américains pour tout renseignement permettant sa capture, somme portée par le Sénat à 50 millions en 2007,. L'ONU a établi une liste, diffusée par Interpol en 2006, recensant les organisations et les personnes proches d'al-Qaïda, d'Oussama ben Laden et des talibans.
S'il a pu être considéré comme un héros par certains musulmans, d'autres le rejetaient et le condamnaient. Al-Qaïda elle-même provoque des réactions variées parmi les mouvements islamistes, militarisés ou non,.
“Just like you kill us, we will kill you.”
Audiotape aired on Al-Jazeera (12 November 2002) http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/world/0302/timeline.bin.laden.audio/content.11.html.
2000s, 2002
2000s, 2004, 2004 Video Broadcast on Al-Jazeera October 29
Reported in Strategic Culture and Violent Non-state Actors: Weapons of Mass Destruction and Asymmetrical Operations Concepts and Cases https://books.google.com/books?id=zUYhAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA33 by James M. Smith, Jerry Mark Long, Thomas H. Johnson, p. 33, USAF Institute for National Security Studies, 2008
2000s, 2004
2000s, 2002, Letter to the American people (2002)
1990s, ABC interview (1998)
1990s, ABC interview (1998)
Video statement broadcast on the Arabic-language Al-Jazeera TV station. (26 December 2001) http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/world/0302/timeline.bin.laden.audio/content.5.html.
2000s, 2002
2000s, 2004, 2004 Video Broadcast on Al-Jazeera October 29
In response to the interviewer stating: 'Do you know the men who have been arrested for these attacks?'
1990s, Time magazine interview (1998)
In response to the interviewer stating: 'Are you responsible for the bomb attacks on the two American embassies in Africa?'
1990s, Time magazine interview (1998)
As quoted in Messages to the World (2005), by Bruce Lawrence, p. 190. Also from 53-minute audiotape that "was circulated on various websites" dated February 14, 2003. "Among a Band of Knights".
2000s, 2002
In response to the interviewer stating: 'The U.S. says you are trying to acquire chemical and nuclear weapons.'
1990s, Time magazine interview (1998)
2000s, 2004, 2004 Video Broadcast on Al-Jazeera October 29
As quoted in The Looming Tower, by Wright, p. 187, 8 August 2006.
2000s, 2004, 2004 Video Broadcast on Al-Jazeera October 29
Al - Jazeera Broadcast Tape - On 9/11 and the American reaction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dls5JTD-uG0 (The date of this tape is not provided, though it seems to be 2002 or 2003, but could be as early as October 2001.)
2000s
In response to the interviewer stating: 'But there are many Muslims who do not agree with your kind of violence.'
1990s, Time magazine interview (1998)
Full transcript of bin Ladin's speech http://www.aljazeera.com/archive/2004/11/200849163336457223.html Aljazeera, (01 Nov 2004)
2000s, 2004
2000s, 2002, Letter to the American people (2002)
On the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, in an audiotape broadcast on Al Jazeera (23 May 2006).
2000s, 2004, 2004 Video Broadcast on Al-Jazeera October 29
2000s, 2002, Letter to the American people (2002)
As quoted in The Washington Post http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2007/09/bin_laden_rumsfeld_responsible.html, Osama bin Laden, video, September 2007.
1990s, Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders (1998)
