The speaker says Saudi Arabia tried to resolve internal conflict with Wahhabis by exporting Wahhabism globally, including through Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and the formation of Al-Qaeda.
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Osama BIN Laden
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...culture where you know you go back to the um osama bin laden capture and that was that was like huge news uh and..."
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"...by the expansion of the Islamic State. So for example, Osama bin Laden was a Saudi citizen responsible for spreading Wahhabism in Afghanistan. And..."
"...culture where you know you go back to the um osama bin laden capture and that was that was like huge news uh and..."
"...are passing through. I actually started to notice this through Osama bin Laden's letter to America, which, you know, the deep state did"
"...the Middle East than you. And, of course, you killed Osama bin Laden. So I just want to ask you, from a pure military..."
"...statistic that one quarter of young Americans now believe that Osama bin Laden was a good guy, okay? And, you know, when I grew..."
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