Why did Osama Bin Laden form al Qaeda in the late 1990s?

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Sim W.
May 23, 2017

He wanted to free muslim nations from American military occupation

Explanation:

Bin laden was originally a CIA stooge who opposed the Soviet Union after the 1979 invasion.
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In 1996 he issued a world jihad declaration against the USA blaming them for the military violence towards muslim nations such as Iraq. He also criticized the military occupation of Saudi Arabia which is a holy land of Islam. He committed two attacks against US embassies in Africa.

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