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- ↑ Plotz, David (2001) What Does Osama Bin Laden Want?, Slate
- ↑ Bergen, Peter L. (2001). Holy War Inc. Simon & Schuster. p. 3.
- ↑ Opinion Briefing: U.S. Image in Middle East/North Africa, dated January 27, 2009