Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1996, bin Laden akabudisa fatwa, achidana uto reU.S. kuti ribve muSaudi Arabia. MuchiIslam, fatwa inogona kubudiswa bedzi nenyanzvi yechiIslam; zvisinei, bin Laden, akanga ari murwi wezvematongerwe enyika uyo akashandisa chiIslam kukurudzira varwi vake. Kuputika kwebhomba paAmbassy reU.S. muna 1998
Bin Laden akabudisa imwe fatwa muna February 1998, pamwe chete naAyman al Zawahiri, achizivisa hondo kurwisana neU.S. Akati "Hatifaniri kusiyanisa pakati pemasoja kana kuti 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".