BinLaden,Osama

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Official Mastermind of the Sep11th attacks. On September 16th, 2001, Bin Laden said in an interview with Al-Jazeera: "I stress that I have not carried out this act, which appears to have been carried out by individuals with their own motivation" Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=1916646549dcccccbm

In another suppressed interview on Friday, 28 September 2001 with Urdu magazine Ummat, Bin Laden said: "I have already said that I am not involved in the 11 September attacks in the United States. As a Muslim, I try my best to avoid telling a lie. I had no knowledge of these attacks, nor do I consider the killing of innocent women, children and other humans as an appreciable act. Islam strictly forbids causing harm to innocent women, children and other people. Such a practice is forbidden even in the course of a battle..." Bin Laden has denied the involvement on at least one other occasion: Jamal Ismail, a Palestinian journalist, has said "a bin Laden aide called him after Tuesday's attack" to say bin Laden denied being involved but "thanked almighty Allah and bowed before him when he heard this news." Bin Laden did not only give interviews to Ummat and Dawn during the week of Sep11th to Sep 16th, 2001, he faxed a statement to Afghan Islamic Press (AIP), too. In all three press releases he always denied any involvement in the attack. None of the three interviews had ever been released in any american media publication. Since October 2001, nothing is really known about Bin Ladens whereabouts. In December 2002, Bin Laden was still either dead or alive, sighted at several places worldwide or released his "last will". Bin Ladens ties with the CIA had been still denied by the agency. Sources: khilafah.com/1421/category.php?DocumentID=2392&TagID=2 vanguardnewsnetwork.com/index141.htm ananova.com/news/story/sm_410936.html?menu=news.latestheadlines afghan-info.com/Politics/Analysis/Ben_Laden_Interview.htm timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=1916646549dcccccbm