Prof publishes bin Laden's words
(09/13/05 4:00am)
Only days after the fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, a Duke professor is trying to explain the motivations of the tragedy's organizer-jihadist Osama bin Laden.
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Only days after the fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, a Duke professor is trying to explain the motivations of the tragedy's organizer-jihadist Osama bin Laden.
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