Osama bin Laden is winning from the grave

Osama Bin Laden Won

The architect of the September 11 attacks dreamed of the destruction of America. In the last 25 years, his wish has come true. The post Osama Bin Laden Won appeared first on The Intercept .

Sep 11, 2026

The man who made Osama bin Laden

There’s no shortage of documentaries or books tracing the “road to 9/11,” or the decadeslong wars that followed in the attack’s wake. But surely one of those paths both began and ended on a street in Peshawar, Pakistan, in November 1989, not far from a mosque on a dead-end road. Many of the architects of […]

Sep 10, 2026

Osama bin Laden’s Revenge

His manifesto is reaching a new generation of unmoored Americans.

Sep 9, 2026

Osama bin Laden is winning from the grave

As we mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, it is difficult to commemorate the gravity of that day without confronting what is happening in America today. Parts of our political culture have become increasingly comfortable rationalizing political violence and the deliberate murder of civilians. If Osama bin Laden were alive, I suspect […]

Sep 8, 2026