Full text: Bin Laden's 'letter to America'
The 'Bin Laden letter' remains to be authenticated, however it is still of interest. Even if not by Bin Laden himself it expresses sentiments he is known to have, such as in the November 13 tape, and elsewhere; sentiments which are known to be common throughout the muslim world. What is interesting is that the author of the letter realises that it is the American public which is the only force which can change the policies that he disagrees with, hence the letter is addressed to the public. The sophistication of the analysis of US foreign policy is remarkable too, stripping aside certain fundamentalist formulations. It is an exceptionally coherent statement of grievances. The author clearly knows a good deal more about it than the American public, who are kept in the dark by the mass media about the policies of their own government.

Full text: Bin Laden's 'letter to America'
The 'Bin Laden letter' remains to be authenticated, however it is still of interest. Even if not by Bin Laden himself it expresses sentiments he is known to have, such as in the November 13 tape, and elsewhere; sentiments which are known to be common throughout the muslim world. What is interesting is that the author of the letter realises that it is the American public which is the only force which can change the policies that he disagrees with, hence the letter is addressed to the public. The sophistication of the analysis of US foreign policy is remarkable too, stripping aside certain fundamentalist formulations. It is an exceptionally coherent statement of grievances. The author clearly knows a good deal more about it than the American public, who are kept in the dark by the mass media about the policies of their own government.