It wasn't until August 1996 when Bin Laden issued a fatwa to declare war on the United States, following the June bombing of a U.S. Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 service members and injured 515 people (Hellman.) He laid out the multitude of reasons why the group intentionally targeted the United States and its allies. The fatwa outlines 7 main reasons with a multitude of sub-reasons in conjunction with its main points. The first is that of “us”, since the Western world attacked them first and they only resist foreign aggression. The rest of his reasons include everything from the exploitation of the resources and economies of Islamic countries to moral issues such as the acceptance of homosexuality, pornography, sex for pleasure and so on that we commonly accept. If we accept and resolve the reasons he has stated towards the United States, he invites us as a whole to deal and interact with the Islamic peoples of the world on the basis of mutual interest (Osama Bin Laden). deal with us and interact with us on the basis of mutual interests and benefits, rather than on policies of subjugation, theft and occupation, and not to continue your policy of support for the Jews because this will result in further disasters for you” (Osama Bin laden.) The issuance of the 1996 fatwa was followed by the issuance in 1998 of a second fatwa which was a restatement of the original. That same year, two American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed. The death toll from these two attacks was 301 people with over 5,000 injured (Hellman). In response to this, President Clinton authorized the use of cruise missiles to strike terrorist targets, including training camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons factory in Sudan. One... half of a document... a mission on terrorist attacks against the United States. Network. August 01, 2011.Hellman, Chris. “Timeline of major attacks against US targets). Center for Defense Information. Network. 01 August 2011.Bin Laden, Osama. “Bin Laden's Letter to America.” August 1996. Web. 01 August 2011.Bin Laden, Osama. “Jihad against Jews and Crusaders”. 23 February 1998. Web. 01 Aug 2011. “Reactions to the September 11 attacks”. Wikipedia. 21 July 2011. Web. 03 August 2011.Dr. Robinson, Matthew. "9/11: More Warnings to the U.S. Government Before the September 11, 2001 Attacks." Appalachian State University. Network. 01 August 2011.Thompson, Paolo. “They tried to warn us: foreign intelligence warnings before 9/11.” Network. 03 August 2011. “September 11 attacks the debate on advanced knowledge”. Wikipedia. 07 July 2011. Web. 01 August 2011. “F16 Falcon specifications”. Lockheed Martin. Network. 03 August 2011.