Readings on bin Laden part 3: No end to leader's bloody legacy | The Australian

No end to leader's bloody legacy | The Australian: "After al-Qa'ida's deadly attacks on the US on September 11, 2001, bin Laden directed most of his attacks in the global south, mostly in the Muslim world. Riding on the success of 9/11, al-Qa'ida inspired and instigated two dozen groups it had ideologised, trained and financed to emulate al-Qa'ida tactics. With the difficulty of attacking the US, Europe and Australia, al-Qa'ida attacked Western targets in the global south. However, more Muslims have been killed, maimed and injured in al-Qaida-directed and inspired operations and in conflict zones. Under criticism, bin Laden and his fellow ideologues argued that if a good Muslim were killed by accident, he would go to heaven."