He also called President Bush an ?idiot? and ?the Pharaoh of this era,? accusing him of waging a ?new crusade to divide the region for the sake of Israel.?
       ?The September 11 attackers destroyed the idols of infidel America and rubbed the nose of the United States in the dirt,? the newspaper quoted bin Laden as saying.
       ?They proved that it (the United States) could be defeated and humiliated,? he added. ?Oh Muslims, do not fear America because we have defeated them repeatedly and they are the most cowardly of people when you meet them face to face.?