The fatwa signed by Sheikh Usamah Bin-Muhammad Bin-Ladin and Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of the Jihad Group in Egypt, et al, was published in Al-Quds al-'Arabi on Febuary 23, 1998:
"...despite the great devastation inflicted on the Iraqi people by the crusader-Zionist alliance, and despite the huge number of those killed, in excess of 1 million... despite all this, the Americans are once against trying to repeat the horrific massacres, as though they are not content with the protracted blockade imposed after the ferocious war or the fragmentation and devastation."
"The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies--civilians and military--is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it..."
"O ye who believe, what is the matter with you, that when ye are asked to go forth in the cause of God, ye cling so heavily to the earth! Do ye prefer the life of this world to the hereafter? But little is the comfort of this life, as compared with the hereafter. Unless ye go forth, He will punish you with a grievous penalty, and put others in your place; but Him ye would not harm in the least."
You could say that McVeigh took the advice on preferring "the hereafter," rather than talk. Or did he fear that others (his family) would be the victims of a "grevous penalty?"
Didn't McVeigh flunk out of special ops training? I heard someone on Fox say that Scott Ritter was turned down by the CIA. It seems that Saddam has a knack for recruiting frustrated and bitter wannabe's with authority issues.
I read that McVeigh had been all happy to be accepted in Delta Force,or some elite special forces unit.The article spoke to his bravery in Iraq and the honors he received and went on to relate the exemplary qualities necessary for selection to this force.I believe the first articles I read only knew he did not complete the training.The next few news releases stated that he had washed out or didn't make the grade.
Shortly thereafter the story that stuck was released. Tim McVeigh had reported for duty was given a psychological test the first day.It was graded and/or evaluated(evidentally)quite quickly because on the second day he was found to be not suitable for the force and was sent away. They said he was bitter.
I mean,really,we are supposed to believe the military can process someone in,administer a test,grade it and determine the person unfit within 24 hours. It does seem they should at least share this efficient system with big government.