After the 9/11 attacks, President Bush made several announcements in which he tried to advertise the rationale behind Al-Qaeda's attack on American soil as their hatred for American freedoms and the barbarity of the bearded jihadists. No bigger lie exists in the post-World War II world. Osama bin Laden was fighting against the Soviets because he was fighting a war against the infidel invaders of a Muslim land. This was a jihad for which the Arabs came to Afghanistan not necessarily just to win but to die for. At the time Bin Laden was America's favourite hero fighting the battle the CIA wanted him to fight.

Then came the 90s, Bin Laden turned against his own Saudi government because they allowed American soldiers to roam on Islam's holy land. In the same decade, Bin Laden launched a jihad against the other occupier and invader of Muslim lands, more commonly known as the United........

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