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The Rants, Raves and Thoughts series examines the speeches and writings of a variety of the world's high-profile totalitarian dictators and terrorist leaders, in a highly unusual and original way. The books also feature political jokes by their contemporaries, both friends and enemies, and the dictator's own opinions of other world leaders. The goals and inspiration of these books is to seek to explain what makes dictators and terrorists so ruthless, in their own words and in the words of others. To let these evidently psychotic people reveal who they are, what they believe and what they hope to achieve and to strike a blow for the freedom to say and publish what we want about them.

Contents: 1. Declaration of Jihad, August 23, 1996; 2. Jihad against Jews and Crusaders, February 23, 1998; 3. World's most wanted terrorist: an interview with Osama bin Laden, January 2, 1999; 4. Bin Laden's warning, October 7, 2001; 5. Osama bin Laden rails against the United States and the United Nations, November 3, 2001; 6. Osama bin Laden claims to possess nuclear weapons, November 9, 2001; 7. "What happened to America was natural", May 2002; 8. "We will target the nodes of your economy", October 5, 2002; 9. "America must leave the lands of Islam", October 8, 2002; 10. Bin Laden warns U.S. and allies: "As you kill, so shall ye be killed", November 12, 2002; 11. Bin Laden's "Letter to America", November 24, 2002; 12. Transcript of bin Laden video, February 12, 2003; 13. Text of al-Zarqawi message threatening more attacks, April 6, 2004

Introduction / by Bruce Lawrence -- From Sudan, 1994-1995. The betrayal of Palestine. The invasion of Arabia -- In Khurasan, 1996-1998. Declaration of jihad. The Saudi regime. From Somalia to Afghanistan. The world Islamic front -- Towards 9/11, 1998-2001. A Muslim bomb. Under Mullah Omar. To our brothers in Pakistan. The winds of faith. Terror for terror -- War in Afghanistan, 2001-2002. Crusader wars. The example of Vietnam. Nineteen students. To the people of Afghanistan. To the Americans. To the allies of America -- War in Iraq, 2003-2004. To the people of Iraq. Among a band of knights. Quagmires of the Tigris and Euphrates. Resist the new Rome. To the peoples of Europe. The towers of Lebanon. Depose the tyrants