After sending 75 tomahawk cruise missiles in the general direction of Afghanistan and Sudan, Mr. Clinton said this about Osama bin Laden and the "terrorists"....
Mr. Clinton neglected to mention the "terrorists" clearly stated reasons for their hatred towards the U.S. These include quotes from bin Laden himself which outline his 3 major grievances towards America:
1. "The ordinary man knows that [Saudi Arabia] is the largest oil producer in the world, yet at the same time he is suffering from taxes and bad services. Now the people understand...that our country has become an American colony. They act decisively with every action to kick the Americans out of Saudi Arabia.
2. "The evidence overwhelmingly shows America and Israel killing the weaker men, women and children in the Muslim world and elsewhere. A few examples of this are seen in the recent Qana massacre in Lebanon..."
3. "...and the death of more than 600,000 Iraqi children because of the shortage of food and medicine which resulted from the boycotts and sanctions against the Muslim Iraqi people"
Content and Osama bin Laden quotes from 1996 as reported by PBS Frontline
