A 2002 letter written by Osama bin Laden attempting to justify the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks he masterminded has been spreading on TikTok, and some users are drawing connections between the letter and the Israel-Hamas war. The “Letter to America” went viral after TikTok users began linking to a copy that was translated and published by The Guardian in November 2002. The left-wing British newspaper has since removed the letter because the page in question now says, “the text was had been widely shared on social media without the full...

Young Americans are embracing and promoting Osama bin Laden's "Letter to America" – a document from 2002 that attempts to justify the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Osama bin Laden's letter to U.S. citizens was released just over a year after the 9/11 terror attacks that took the lives of nearly 3,000 Americans. The document from the al Qaeda leader reveals bin Laden's grievances toward Western nations' involvement in the Middle East. The radical Islamist also lambastes the United States for supporting the state of Israel. The al Qaeda...

The al-Qaeda terrorist mastermind's letter went viral this week on the platform. A Republican lawmaker suggested that the U.S. ban social media app TikTok after videos showed people showing sympathy for a letter written by slain terrorist leader Osama bin Laden amid the Israel–Hamas conflict. In one video with about 1 million views, a TikTok user claimed that “everything we learned about the Middle East, 9/11, and ‘terrorism’ was a lie.” However, some on social media have criticized the trend and said al-Qaeda and bin Laden were, in part, responsible...

The text of an inflammatory “letter to America” from 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden has gone viral on TikTok and drawn praise from young users – and US lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are blasting the China-owned app for promoting “terrorist propaganda.” In the letter, bin Laden claimed that he orchestrated the deadly attacks on the World Trade Center that killed nearly 3,000 Americans because the US “attacked us in Palestine.” The terrorist also described the creation of Israel as a “crime which must be erased.” The Guardian,...