Exiled Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, speaks in 1998 at a meeting at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan. A man identified as Osama bin Laden, speaking on an audiotape posted on an Islamic Web site Thursday, Dec. 16, 2004 praised the men who attacked a U.S. consulate in Saudi Arabia earlier this month and called on militants to stop the flow of oil to the West.(AP Photo)