Where can I find the original Arabic version of bin Laden's 1996 fatwa?
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At the 'Combating Terrorism' site at West Point we find:
This document is a declaration of war issued by Usama bin Laden and al-Qa`ida against the United States and the Saudi Arabia regime.
Presenting both an English translation and a supposedly original, in Arabic, PDF.
Background:
Declaration of Jihad against the Americans — 1. On August 23,1996, a fax was sent from the mountains of the Hindu Kush, in Afghanistan, to several Arab newspapers. It was signed as follows:
“A message from Osama Bin Laden to his Muslim brothers worldwide, and in the Arabian Peninsula in particular, dated Friday, April 9, 1417 / August 23, 1996. From the mountains of the Hindu Kush, Khorasan, Afghanistan.”
It also bore the title “Expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula,” or “Expel the Pagans from the Arabian Peninsula.” The title is taken from an unauthenticated hadith the Prophet is said to have uttered shortly before he died.
— Gilles Kepel & Jean-Pierre Milelli: "Al Qaeda In Its Own Words", Belknap Press: Cambridge, London, 2008, p274.
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