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They have actually been very consistent.
Taliban Still Denies 9/11 Involvement, Says Was “Excuse” for War on 20th Anniversary
As the crisis in Afghanistan unfolds, a Taliban spokesman has followed up on bin Laden’s repeated denial of involvement in 9/11, and said it was blamed on him by the US as an “excuse fo…
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Rolling his eyes when MSNBC’s Richard Engels asserted that “this war started when Osama bin Laden, the guest of the Taliban, organized the 9/11 attacks,” Zabihullah Mujahid answered (Newsweek):
“There is no evidence. Even after 20 years of war, we have no proof he was involved,”
Bin Laden denied repeatedly that he had anything to do with 9/11.
CNN reported in 2001:
“In a statement issued to the Arabic satellite channel Al Jazeera, based in Qatar, bin Laden said, “The U.S. government has consistently blamed me for being behind every occasion its enemies attack it.
“I would like to assure the world that I did not plan the recent attacks, which seems to have been planned by people for personal reasons,” bin Laden’s statement said.
“I have been living in the Islamic emirate of Afghanistan and following its leaders’ rules. The current leader does not allow me to exercise such operations,” bin Laden said.”
Bin Laden maintain that the true perpetrators were “within” the US “system.” He said soon after the attacks:
“The United States should try to trace the perpetrators of these attacks within itself; the people who are a part of the US system …”
“Then there are intelligence agencies in the US, which require billions of dollars worth of funds from Congress and the government every year.… They needed an enemy.… Is it not that there exists a government within the government in the United Sates? That secret government must be asked who carried out the attacks.”