Letter To The American People
''Letter to the American People'' (; also known as ''Letter to America'') is a manifesto of Osama bin Laden, published by al-Qaeda in November 2002. Initially appearing on a Saudi Arabia, Saudi website linked to al-Qaeda, its English translation was widely shared online and was published by ''The Observer'', a British Sunday newspaper affiliated with ''The Guardian''. The letter criticizes United States foreign policy in the Middle East, American foreign policy in the Middle East—particularly as it applies to its support of Israel—to justify attacks on American targets; it also employs antisemitic tropes. The content blends religious, moral, and political critiques against the United States, portraying it as American imperialism, an imperial power hostile to the Muslim world and justifies war against the U.S. The letter criticizes the U.S. for not adopting ''sharia'' (Islamic law), condemns its economic practices like usury, and accuses it of moral decay due to the social a ...
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Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda (; , ) is an Islamic extremism, Islamic extremist organization composed of Salafist jihadists. Its members are mostly composed of Arab, Arabs, but also include other peoples. Al-Qaeda has mounted attacks on civilian and military targets in various countries, including the 1998 United States embassy bombings, the September 11 attacks, and the 2002 Bali bombings; it has been designated as a List of designated terrorist groups, terrorist group by the United Nations Security Council, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union, India, and Al-Qaeda#Designation as a terrorist group, various other countries. The organization was founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden and other volunteers during the Soviet–Afghan War. Following the withdrawal of the Soviets in 1989, bin Laden offered ''mujahideen'' support to Saudi Arabia in the Gulf War in 1990–1991. His offer was rebuffed by the Saudi authorities, which instead sought the aid of the United States. Th ...
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