USAMA BIN LADEN contributed to the downfall of the Taliban. — Sulaiman Abu Ghaith

"The Americans should know that the storm of plane attacks will not abate, with Gods permission. There are thousands of the Islamic nations youths who are eager to die just as the Americans are eager to live."

"The actions by these young men who destroyed the United States and launched the storm of planes against it have done a good deed."

"US interests are spread throughout the world. So, every Muslim should carry out his real role to champion his Islamic nation and religion. Carrying out terrorism against the oppressors is one of the tenets of our religion and Shariah."

"We have not reached parity with them yet. We have the right to kill four million Americans - two million of them children - and to exile twice as many and wound and cripple hundreds of thousands. Furthermore, it is our right to fight them with chemical and biological weapons. America is kept at bay by blood alone..."

"I address Muslim youths, men, and women and urge them to shoulder their responsibility. They should know that the land of Afghanistan and the mujahidin there are really facing an all-out Crusader war which is aimed at eliminating this group which believes in God and fights on the basis of a creed and religion."

"We thank Almighty God, who said in his holy book: Ye who believe, take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors. They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them is of them."