Quote Originally Posted by Cloud No.9
i want to try something here

i will be very impressed if someone who replies to this post can tell my why al-qaeda attacked america. two hints it's not jealousy and it's not to convert you all to islam.

if someone can actually give a moderately informed answer to that i will be stunned.

it's a point that we are fighting an unknown enemy who's cause we don't know.

I thought it was really because he was angry that the Saudi's didnt want him and his army to defend the holy land, and the opted for US troops in their place. He sees it as a corruption and the US invading the Holy Land. Not because they hate freedom or something, thats for the grunts to hear.

Now i havent spoken to Bin Laden, (call off the FBI strike team) but based on the information ive seen i am pretty sure that was the last straw in his mind. I could however be wrong.