article_snippet: Al-Fawwaz would arrange Osama bin Laden's first television interview for CNN's Peter Arnett and Peter Bergen in 1997 and a sit-down for ABC News' John Miller a year later.
article_snippet: But before then, Al-Fawwaz called on a Palestinian print journalist, whose 1996 journey to Afghanistan yielded these photos.
article_snippet: Osama bin Laden's had declared war on the United States and wanted more people to know the United States, especially in the Arab world.
article_snippet: Osama bin Laden's reached out to Abdel Barri Atwan, the founder and then-editor-in-chief of Al-Quds Al-Arabi, an independent Arabic weekly published in London that had been critical of certain Arab regimes and the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
article_snippet: Abdel Barri Atwan had broken the story about Osama bin Laden's first fatwa, or religious decree, stating Osama bin Laden's grievances against the United States, such as the presence of U.S troops in Saudi Arabia.
article_snippet: The next month, Al-Fawwaz went to Abdel Barri Atwan's office to offer Abdel Barri Atwan the first print interview with the emerging jihadist leader in Afghanistan.
article_snippet: I was told that Osama bin Laden's was fond of my writing, Osama bin Laden's liked my style, and Osama bin Laden's wanted to meet me personally,Abdel Barri Atwan Abdel Barri Atwan recalled in an interview for Bergen's 2006 book, "The Osama bin Laden
highlights_snippet: Palestinian journalist went to interview Osama bin Laden's in 1996 in Afghanistan's Tora Bora area .
  