According to at least some reports, Bin Laden rejected the suggestion of a closer alliance -- preferring to pursue his own concept of jihad.
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|VerbForm=Ger	6	case	6:case	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	1:fixed	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	4:case	_
4	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	nmod	5:nmod:at	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	_	6	det	6:det	_
6	reports	report	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	10:obl:according_to	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	10:punct	_
8	Bin	Bin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	10:nsubj	_
9	Laden	Laden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	8:flat	_
10	rejected	reject	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	12:det	_
12	suggestion	suggestion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	10:obj	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	16:case	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	16:det	_
15	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	16	amod	16:amod	_
16	alliance	alliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	12:nmod:of	_
17	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	10:punct	_
18	preferring	prefer	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	advcl	10:advcl	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	20:mark	_
20	pursue	pursue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	18:xcomp	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	23:nmod:poss	_
22	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	23:amod	_
23	concept	concept	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	20:obj	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	25:case	_
25	jihad	jihad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	23:nmod:of	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	10:punct	_
