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Was his goal to provide for his people? I thought his goal was to bring down the Great Satan.


As mentioned above his main beef was American troops in the holy Land in Saudi Arabia.


No Bin Laden's beef was the flow of history. The Islamic world has lost its power and influence to control events.

What really hurt Bin Laden was the knowledge that the Saudi elite WANTED American troops in the holy land. His real enemy was never America, the West or crusaders it was his fellow Muslims- who have for the large part rejected his insane ramblings.




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