There is no denying the fact that when Bin Laden speaks, the people across the world, particularly the Western media, usually ask—Is he really alive? Where is he? What did he say? A curiosity to know more about him yet remains. The present book aims at catering to this curiosity of the readers. It is an excellent compilation of the key declarations, interviews and speeches of Osama bin Laden. Included are his major pronouncements, beginning with his “Open Letter to King Fahd” (3 August 1995) and a complete translation of his “Sermon for the Feast of the Sacrifice” (16 February 2003). Some translations have been provided by the BBC, PBS, Dawn, and the Middle East Media Research Institute, and others have been independently translated from the original Arabic by native-born Middle Eastern scholars.

Table of Contents:
1. An Open Letter to King Fahd (3 August 1995) 2. Declaration of Jihad Against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Sacred Mosques (23 August 1996) 3. Interview with Nida’ul Islam (October-November 1996) 4. Declaration of the World Islamic Front for Jihad Against the Jews and Crusaders (23 February 1998) 5. Interview with John Miller of ABC (28 May 1998) 6. An Open Letter to Fellow Muslims in Pakistan (24 September 2001) 7. Interview in Ummat (Karachi, Pakistan) (28 September 2001) 8. A Warning to the United States (7 October 2001) 9. Interview with Tayseer Allouni (21 October 2001) 10. Speech Against the Crusaders and the U.N. (3 November 2001) 11. Interview with Hamid Mir (7 November 2001) 12. Message to the Youth of the Muslim Nation (9 December 2001) 13. Bin Laden’s Supplication (14 December 2001) 14. The Gaunt Tape (26 December 2001) 15. On Palestine (28 March 2002) 16. The Nineteen Martyrs’ Video (9 September 2002) 17. Letter to the American People (September/October 2002) 18. Message to U.S. Allies (12 November 2002) 19. Message to Iraqis (11 February 2003) 20. Sermon for the Feast of the Sacrifice (16 February 2003) 21. On Saudi Clerics and the Meaning of Jihad (July 2003) 22. American Hell in Afghanistan and Iraq (10 September 2003) 23. Messages to the Iraqis and the U.S. (18 October 2003) 24. Message to the Islamic Nation (4 January 2004) 25. A Reconciliation Initiative to Europe (15 April 2004) 26. Message to the Islamic Nation in General and to Our Muslim Brothers in Iraq in Particular (6 May 2004) 27. Address to the American People (29 October 2004) 28. To the Muslims of Saudi Arabia in Particular and to the Muslims in Other Countries in General (16 December 2004) 29. To the Muslims in Iraq in Particular and the Islamic Nation in General (27 December 2004) 30. Offers to Accept a Truce (19 January 2006) 31. Speech to the Muslim Nation on the Zionist-Crusader War Against Islam (23 April 2006) Terms