Prior to the September 11 attacks, a rare face-to-face meeting with Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan provided early insight into the leadership and strategic goals of al-Qaeda. Conducted in a remote mountain redoubt during the late 1990s, the encounter highlighted bin Laden’s formal declaration of war against the United States. Despite an unassuming, soft-spoken personal demeanor, the militant leader outlined the ideological motivations and violent objectives that later manifested in coordinated international attacks, representing an early warning of the emerging threat.
- Travel to the meeting required navigating covert security protocols into remote, mountainous Afghan territory during the late 1990s.
- Bin Laden utilized the interview to publicly announce a declaration of war targeting the United States and its citizens.
- Observers noted a distinct contrast between bin Laden’s calm, measured speaking style and the violent nature of his rhetoric.
- The encounter foreshadowed the operational evolution of al-Qaeda years before the September 11, 2001 attacks brought widespread international focus to the network.
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Always forget 11/9/01, never forget 11/9/73.
Did you talk about which branch of the CIA created 'Al Qaeda' and where it came from? Presenter is hot btw.
He got stitched up it was USA 🇺🇸 did it 😢😢😢❤😢😢😢
I heard he was sound
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Free western media works yes full of lies to protect Israel anything and everything for Israel no other countries or people lives matter
bin laden was an agent of the cia
Arnett, Bergen, all those guys turned out to be giants in journalism. Those days are over.
Name of Presenter?
https://youtu.be/O74JiC4L60Q?si=TSPmJ_8ZRNujMlj8
Those poor girls that grow up without the Taliban just to have them come back….
Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.. what a bar
Yall still talking about osama?
What's actually happening right now in the UK? I guess if you come here you'll never know.
when will you talk about the 2.1 Trillion dollar payout the at the time new owner (Larry Silverstein) of the twin towers got from the convenient terrorist attack insurance he maxed out mear months before the attack? obviously not so he didnt have to replace the asbestos costing more than the towers, that would be outlandish! Dont get me started on the indestructible passports!!
The good strategy against ISIS, ended with America pulling the rug under their kurdish allies. Not a strategy that will work again in the future.
Biggest mistake after 9/11 was US troops and contractors withdrawing from Afghanistan. Those whom argue otherwise don’t know the human condition and rights behind the small contingent of soldiers creating safe spaces for women’s rights and humanitarian aid. Iran war would make more sense if we demanded women stop being hanged by morality police.
You forgot to mention that US and Western created ISIS
Great interview with Peter Bergen, but once again the interviewer is anonymous. Who is she? It really annoys me how bad the BBC are at giving credit to the presenters and people responsible for making these videos, especially since they are a publicly funded, public broadcaster. It is pure unprofessional negligence and laziness not to put the credits on the video content and in the video description.
Mental trump goes with gut doesn’t think from brain,he betrayed his country,nation by not fulfilling his ( No foreign wars,bringing peace in world,stopping the wars but unfortunately took U turn ) he is living in the world of fools,
Native Americans they were killers, terrorists, savages, that's how American government portrayed American Indians we know it's not true, they were defending themselves.
Me personally I think Osama will be the guy that was fighting evil empire.
Just wait till all classified informations are declassified. 😂
Lol
Have you MET Americans?
Paranoia kept him alive
A CNN reporter found Bin Laden for a interview BUT the CIA couldn't find him to capture him!?🤔 Make it make sense.
"It was an own goal of fairly spectacular dimensions" — very good way of putting it.
Where have Sarah and Justin gone. I am not sure that I can listen to this presenter's tone. I always miss Emily and John but Sarah and Justin are good – not sure about this presenter
The BBC so-called journalist wouldn't surprise anybody if they knew the top terrorist
and their families by the way they conduct their self when broadcasting it, like with
the Palestinian propaganda they issue weekly about "the full picture" from
Far-Left point of view bouldering on hysterical Delirium!
9/ 11 all are done by usa own criminal politics
WILL ISLAM SAVE BRITAIN?
THE ANSWER IS KNOW AND NEVER…
Going to be honest if you look at the towers designs you'd realise it was built to stand against anything except bombs, the planes and even my uncle who went to the war said when he came back was "we were the enemies not the terrorists" and I always wondered why he said that until he told me to look at the design and description of the twin towers and I discovered that they were built to withstand basically everything and I've realised, the Americans staged it and planted bombs on the towers and then faked the planes and used bombs to blow up the top of. The towers and all I have to say the governments control what is released to the public
Poor dude had nothing to do with it, it was Obama who planned everything because the racist white house didn't allow him to run for the presidency back in 2000, the u.s replaced "B" with an "S" and set victimized Osama up as a scapegoat for something he didn't do to cover up the truth for political purposes.
They are all just a bunch of idiots didn't the United States of America hired Osama bin Laden to do their dirty work in the first place? Osama was funded by the United States trained by the CIA and boy did he pay attention to the lessons then Bush senior dubbel crossed his formal friend and I call Osama his formal friend because Osama bin laden used to attend visits with the Bush family maybe Bush junior called him uncle Bin Laden ones for that matter. There are so many red flags about it that I won't be surprised it was an inside job but that is just one of the many secrets from the United States of America I guess
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