New translations of Osama bin Laden's personal documents show that the intention behind 9/11 was not only to kill Americans, but to incite U.S. protests, like those seen during the Vietnam War.
Nelly Lahoud and 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfosni go through documents recovered from Osama bin Laden's compoundAccording to Lahoud, bin Laden's papers revealed a disconnect between his ambition and capability.
"The number of American deaths in Afghanistan is… so miniscule compared to their losses in Vietnam," he wrote one of his associates in 2010, according to Lahoud's book. Lahoud says the terrorist's intention was to incite protests in the U.S., to turn the American people against their government because, as a letter from 2010 read, direct pressure can only be applied to the"White House, Congress and Pentagon .. when [al Qaeda] directly influences the American people."Bin Laden sought to strip the U.S. of its sense of security, in hopes it would cause the U.S. to pull troops out of the Middle East.
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