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Article: Making of a terrorist; Every Muslim has a duty to kill any American he can, Osama bin Laden says. Just how did he get to that point?(NEWS)(AFTER THE ATTACK: OSAMA BIN LADEN)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- September 23, 2001
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Byline: Eric Black; Staff Writer
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Osama bin Laden is tall - 6 feet 4 or 5 by some accounts - thin, devout, humble, very rich and soft-spoken, even when explaining why he believes every Muslim in the world is justified, even obligated, to kill every American he can.
According to the U.S. government, Bin Laden is the world's top terrorist, the suspected mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that took more than 6,000 lives.
Bin Laden returns the favor, calling the United States the chief force for terrorism in the world. His expressed goal is to eradicate U.S. influence from the ...