"The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies--civilians and military--is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it."
Three guesses as to who issued this fatwa?
But yes Nilisen I agree this is largely a matter of perspective, I take this 911 attack very personally. In part because it showed me how impermenant the things we take for granted, in part because I feel very strongly for the opportunities and gifts this nation gave me - including citizenship and freedom - and perhaps very personally because I was almost there on 911 myself. On september 9th I had an opportunity to fly to new york and I know that the WTC was a place I would have visited fore sure and probably in the morning. Thankfully i did not go.
Take that as dramatics or not but I will telly you that I did not think on Spetember 10 that somebody might want to kill me, that changed on 911, bigtime.
Maybe you dont feel that personally for whatevewr reason but I do and I'm very sensitive to this issue. I take it personally, just as imagine you take certain things personally.
So thats why I really object vto this idea of "bonus" victims, its clear from Bin Laden's fatwa above that he wants to kill americans. Obviously the targets were symbolic but the people were very real.
