“fight the people until they say there is no God but Allah, and his prophet Muhammad.” • Years before the 9/11 attacks (which bin Laden called “Operation Holy Tuesday”), when he declared war on Americans, bin Laden again quoted the Quran, saying it is permissible to spill even the blood of American civilians, after getting approval from fatwas, or religious decrees, issued by Saudi clerics. He called on every Muslim who believes in Allah and wishes to be rewarded to obey Allah’s “order to kill Americans