He told me that bin Laden is saying to President Clinton that the battle has not started yet and they will answer these raids with actions, not words.

He senses Sudan will soon become a failed state that will be dismantled.

It's very dangerous. The timing is extremely important. He's sensing that there's a failed state in Sudan and he would like to extend his bases.

But they will also do the minimum to stop people from going to fight in Iraq to avoid a sectarian conflict at home.

These elections ... will put an end to the era of dictatorship by one party or faction in decision-making in Palestinians political life. They will set the cornerstone for new nationalist institutions based on merit and probity ... and will establish a nation of law.

He is presenting himself not as a terrorist, a bloodsucker, a man who would like to destroy the world -- he also has a political agenda, he is using this terrorism for political ends.