Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1996, bin Laden akapa murayiro, achida kuti mauto eUnited States abve muSaudi Arabia. MuchiIslam, fatwa inogona kubudiswa bedzi nenyanzvi yechiIslam; zvisinei, bin Laden, akanga ari murwi wezvematongerwe enyika uyo akashandisa chiIslam kukurudzira varwi vake. Nhamba
1998 U.S. Embassy bombings yakaratidza shanduko, naBin Laden vaine chinangwa chekurwisa U.S. Bin Laden vakaburitsa imwe fatwa muna Kukadzi 1998, pamwe naAyman al Zawahiri, vachizivisa hondo neU.S. Akataura kuti "Hatifanire kusiyanisa pakati peuto kana vanhuwo zvavo. Kana toreva nezvedu, ivo [vaAmerica] vose vari vavariro". Bin Laden akadudza zvichemo zvinosanganisira kuvapo kwevasingatendi veU.S. (varwi) munyika tsvene yeSaudi Arabia, kutambura kwevanhu veIraq nekuda kwezvirango zvakatemerwa mushure mePersian Gulf War, uye rutsigiro rweU.S. rweIsrael. Mukubvunzurudzwa kwake kwaDecember 1999 naRahimullah Yusufzai, bin Laden akadzokorora pfungwa yake uye akashora kuvapo kwemauto eU.S. muSaudi Arabia. Iye akazivisa kuti U.S. yakanga "iri pedyo zvikuru neMecca", iyo yaaifunga kuti yakanga iri nyanduko kunyika yose yechiMuslim. Iye aidavirawo kuti Israeri "akanga achiuraya nokuranga vaPalestine nemari yeAmerica nezvombo zveAmerica".