Osama himself referred to the U.S. forces in Saudi as "USA Crusader military forces." To my atheist ear, that sounds like a religious beef. He did not refer to them as oil thieving nor corrupt dictator supporting nor poverty maintaining. There are legitimate reasons for Saudis to hate America, but they aren't going to be resolved via terrorism. The amount of wealth we are stealing is too great for us to be dissuaded by terrorists.

I don't think characterizing the American military forces in Saudi as "occupying" is accurate. Our forces in Iraq are occupying forces. The ones in Saudi are there at the rulers invitation. Sure, they might be propping the government up to some extent, but I doubt the U.S. would interfere if the Tunisia, Egyptian, and Libyan revolution spread to Saudi. We might take action to maintain the flow of oil, but we don't have much love for the Saudi royal family. I also doubt the Kuwaitis minded those "occupying" forces in the early 90s.

Israel repeatedly violates UN Security Counsel Resolution 242 along with other international laws, just as the United States does.

I don't care what Israel and the United States have done. If the Muslims had the power to do so, they would expel the Jews. Israel is never going away completely, so the Muslims are going to have to eventually accept them. The religious basis for this conflict is inherent. The religious Jews think the land belongs to them because God says so. The Muslims think the same thing. As long as religious thought persists, I don't foresee an end to this conflict. My belief is that if it weren't for the Nazis, the Israelis would have already exterminated the Palestinians. Their response to irrational terrorist attacks has been pretty reasonable (how else are you going to stem the tide of suicide bombers? Complete capitulation?). That said, they need to fucking stop with the settlement expansions. They need to improve the flow of aid and stop provoking more hostility. Frankly, the two sides deserve each other. I personally would sell bigger and bigger arms to both sides. If you removed religion from the equation, they could all just be neighbors.

On the attack Saddam point, I was more suggesting that Al Qaeda help the Iraqis overthrow him. Blaming the U.S. for sanctioning Iraq, is like blaming the doctor for telling you that you have cancer. If you tolerate leadership that causes sanctions that make your life miserable, then you pretty much deserve your lot. The Americans rebelled against the British in 1776 for a hell of a lot less.