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Tag: Osama bin Laden

Al Qaeda is dead! (Again!)

On September 22, 2011June 29, 2020 By Martin Kramer

Fawaz Gerges declares Al Qaeda finished. He said the same thing on the eve of 9/11.

Chas Freeman and 9/11

On March 7, 2009March 7, 2019 By Martin Kramer

How important has resentment of Israel been to Al Qaeda's terrorism? Here is one side of the argument, by an American who knows Saudi Arabia well: The heart of the poison is the Israel-Palestinian conundrum. When I was in Saudi Arabia, I was told by Saudi friends that on Saudi TV there were three terrorists …

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Osama Blockbuster

On December 14, 2001July 2, 2020 By Martin Kramer

This article by Martin Kramer was published at National Review Online on December 14, 2001. Posted retroactively at Sandbox. The video released Thursday is overwhelming evidence for the role of Osama bin Laden as mastermind of the terror attacks of September 11. Its effect nearly everywhere will be to persuade viewers that he was responsible …

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The War on Terror

On October 20, 2001July 2, 2020 By Martin Kramer

It's contempt, not hatred, that made 9/11 possible. America must banish it.

Martin Kramer

I am a historian of the Middle East at Tel Aviv University, and research it at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

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