passage: Bin Laden began delivering diatribes against the United States before he left Saudi Arabia .
  He continued to do so after he arrived in Sudan .
  In early 1992 , the al Qaeda leadership issued a fatwa calling for jihad against the Western " occupation " of Islamic lands .
  Specifically singling out U.S. forces for attack , the language resembled that which would appear in Bin Laden 's public fatwa in August 1996 .
  In ensuing weeks , Bin Laden delivered an often - repeated lecture on the need to cut off " the head of the snake . "
  By this time , Bin Laden was well - known and a senior figure among Islamist extremists , especially those in Egypt , the Arabian Peninsula , and the Afghanistan - Pakistan border region .
  Still , he was just one among many diverse terrorist barons .
  Some of Bin Laden 's close comrades were more peers than subordinates .
  For example , Usama Asmurai , also known as Wali Khan , worked with Bin Laden in the early 1980s and helped him in the Philippines and in Tajikistan .
  The Egyptian spiritual guide based in New Jersey , the Blind Sheikh , whom Bin Laden admired , was also in the network .
  Among sympathetic peers in Afghanistan were a few of the warlords still fighting for power and Abu Zubaydah , who helped operate a popular terrorist training camp near the border with Pakistan .
  There were also rootless but experienced operatives , such as Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , who - though not necessarily formal members of someone else 's organization - were traveling around the world and joining in projects that were supported by or linked to Bin Laden , the Blind Sheikh , or their associates .
  In now analyzing the terrorist programs carried out by members of this network , it would be misleading to apply the label " al Qaeda operations " too often in these early years .
  Yet it would also be misleading to ignore the significance of these connections .
  And in this network , Bin Laden 's agenda stood out .
  While his allied Islamist groups were focused on local battles , such as those in Egypt , Algeria , Bosnia , or Chechnya , Bin Laden concentrated on attacking the " far enemy"-the United States .
  After U.S. troops deployed to Somalia in late 1992 , al Qaeda leaders formulated a fatwa demanding their eviction .
  In December , bombs exploded at two hotels in Aden where U.S. troops routinely stopped en route to Somalia , killing two , but no Americans .
query_and_answer: How did   Bin Laden 's agenda differ from his peers ? || Bin Laden focused on enemies of the West, versus his peers focusing on local battles
evidences: Bin Laden began delivering diatribes against the United States before he left Saudi Arabia . And in this network , Bin Laden 's agenda stood out . While his allied Islamist groups were focused on local battles , such as those in Egypt , Algeria , Bosnia , or Chechnya , Bin Laden concentrated on attacking the " far enemy"-the United States . In early 1992 , the al Qaeda leadership issued a fatwa calling for jihad against the Western " occupation " of Islamic lands .