Bin Laden Quotes - Page 6

• He [Osama bin Laden] is clearly an odd combination of a 12th-century theologian and a 21st-century CEO. He runs an absolutely unique organization in the Islamic world. It's multiethnic, multilinguistic, multinational. He is a combat veteran, three times wounded. He has a huge reputation in the Islamic world for generosity and leadership. He's a man who speaks eloquent, almost poetic Arabic, according to Bernard Lewis.

  Michael Scheuer

  Running, Islamic, Unique

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• What I tried to do is to present the evidence that's available and that no one has been able to refute. Not even the Arab governments who own their media have been able to denigrate bin Laden as a man.

  Michael Scheuer

  Men, Media, Able

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I think one of the most destructive things in terms of American security has been for all of our leaders, without exception in both parties, to identify Osama bin Laden as a gangster or as a madman, as an apocalyptic character who's out to destroy our civilization.

  Michael Scheuer

  Party, Character, Thinking

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• If Martin [Luther King, Jr.]'s philosophy had been embraced and lived out in Iraq and other places, we wouldn't have bin Ladens.

  Coretta Scott King

  Kings, Philosophy, Iraq

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• One of the problems of not allowing the American people to read what bin Laden has said is that in October 2001 just after the war began in Afghanistan, he gave a speech that had two parts to it.

  Michael Scheuer

  War, Two, People

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• There is a direct correlation between what al Qaeda says and what it does. And the one thing that has been the gold standard of correlation has been bin Laden's 1995 - or was it 1996? - pledge that every attack is going to be more powerful than the last. If you go back to the first attack in Yemen in 1992 and chart it out, every attack has been more powerful, more destructive than the last one.

  Michael Scheuer

  Powerful, Gold, Doe

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Although my own view is that bin Laden does not want to stage an attack that looks like 9/11 in Europe simply because he does not want to be the agent of Trans-Atlantic reconciliation. I think they will continue to do attacks like Madrid, the British attack, the subway systems, because those attacks have proven that the European response so far has been to blame the domestic government, not to side with the Americans.

  Michael Scheuer

  Thinking, Government, Views

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• But more important, I think, is the criticism bin Laden has made publicly over the past 10 years that Muslim governments cannot even protect their own people. And more than that, they'll often collude with the infidels. And if you recall, the initial reaction of the Arab league was to criticize Hezbollah and damn Hezbollah for the war. And they eventually had to turn 180degrees and support Hezbollah.

  Michael Scheuer

  War, Past, Thinking

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I've said before: If Osama bin Laden was a Christian, Iraq was the Christmas present he always wanted but never expected his parents to give. It validated for the Muslim world virtually all of bin Laden's rhetoric. He had always said the Americans will destroy any strong Muslim regime, and we did.

  Michael Scheuer

  Christian, Strong, Iraq

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• In 1995, we had evidence of the brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden being in the Philippines, living in the Philippines. We had evidence of front organizations set up in the Philippines. And we uncovered evidence about, which would help the U.S. with - about the perpetuators of the World Trade Center bombing.

  Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

  Brother, Law, Organization

  "Will World Economic Forum Actually Deal With Tough Issues?". "Diplomatic License" with Richard Roth, www.cnn.com. February 2, 2002.

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• Osama bin laden organized an attack that was carried out against the United States, New York, Pentagon, and the other aircraft, with 19 attackers, 19 guys with box cutters. An attack that's probably cost almost nothing.

  Richard Engel

  New York, Guy, United States

  "Richard 'War of Fear' Engel Tells Jay Leno: 'End the Global War on Terrorism'". www.newsbusters.org. June 23, 2011.

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• I think that people like the Howard Sterns, the Bill O'Reillys and to a lesser degree the bin Ladens of the world are making a horrible contribution.

  Sean Penn

  Thinking, People, Degrees

  "Penn, O'Reilly Trade Barbs". abcnews.go.com. January 3.

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• I can only express satisfaction that the Dear Leader is joining the likes of Gaddafi, Bin Laden, Hitler, and Stalin in a warm corner of hell.

  John McCain

  Leader, Gaddafi, Joining

  "'I Hope He's in a Warm Corner of Hell': McCain Says the World Is Better Off Without Kim Jong Il Who's Gone to Join Gaddafi, Bin Laden and Hitler". www.dailymail.co.uk. December 20, 2011.

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• Mr Hitchens's policy has succeeded in making 10,000 new Bin Ladens.

  George Galloway

  Policy

  "Hitchens vs Galloway: The big debate", The Independent, September 16, 2005.

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• Postal will be so politically incorrect and harsh, it's like a mirror to American society, and I don't think the movie will be well received by everybody. For example, Osama Bin Laden will be one of the lead characters - I think that shows the mood of the movie.

  Uwe Boll

  Character, Thinking, Mirrors

  "Uwe Boll bites back" by Ellie Gibson, www.eurogamer.net. February 15, 2006.

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• Today the United States has admitted that after months and months of searching, we still have no idea where Osama bin Laden is. Osama bin Laden? We can't even find Kenneth Lay.

  Jay Leno

  Ideas, United States, Today

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• The death of Osama bin Laden marks the most significant development in our fight against al-Qa'ida. I salute President Obama ... in achieving this major accomplishment. ... The death of Osama bin Laden is historic.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Fighting, Accomplishment, President

  "U.S. leaders, political groups, welcome news of bin Laden's death", www.cnn.com. May 2, 2011.

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• Unfortunately, on May 2, 2011, we killed bin Laden, but we didn't kill his message. His message lives.

  Ali Soufan

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• In Germany, people are saying, "George W. Bush is an asshole. Osama Bin Laden is an asshole." But then I make jokes about Auschwitz, and how the Germans are lederhosen-wearing sausage freaks - and they hate me for this! And I'm like, "You all are sitting there because you want to relax and have a nice evening, and now you're pissed because I put also a mirror in front of you."

  Uwe Boll

  Hate, Nice, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Look, President Clinton had opportunities to get Osama bin Laden. President Bush had opportunities to get Osama bin Laden. I know how to do it and I'll do it. And I understand and I have the knowledge and the background and the experience to make the right judgments. Sen. Obama does not. He was wrong on Iraq. He underestimated Iran. He has no knowledge or experience or judgment. That's - he doesn't know how - how the world works nor how the military works. I do and I can lead and I'll secure the peace.

  John McCain

  Military, Opportunity, President

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Abu Musab al Zarqawi had such a view of holy war. More barbaric, more monstrous even than Osama bin Laden. So much so that Bin Laden opposed many of his ideas. And he did not join al Qaeda, except for one brief period after 2004 where he agreed to be badged as al Qaeda in Mesopotamia.

  Michael Ware

  War, Osama Bin Laden, Holy

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I think it was fully justified after 9/11 to initiate a military action against Afghanistan, because we hoped to create a democracy, and have a flourishing economy, and to do away with al-Qaida, and to capture Osama bin Laden.

  Jimmy Carter

  Military, Thinking, Democracy

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• I'm a democrat - I don't support Bush, I don't support Blair, I don't support Bin Laden.

  Tony Benn

  Support, Democrat

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• As I have said for two years now, when Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda were cornered in the mountains of Tora Bora, it was wrong to outsource the job of capturing them to Afghan warlords who a week earlier were fighting against us.

  John F. Kerry

  Jobs, Fighting, Years

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• I think it was Osama bin Laden's [idea to start a pre-emptive war in Iraq].

  Karl Rove

  War, Thinking, Ideas

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