Bruce Riedel, The Search for al-Qaeda: Its Leadership, Ideology, and Future (Washington, DC: Brookings Institute Press, 2008), p. 47. 6. Ibid., p. 47. 7. Abu Jandal, Osama bin Laden's body guard, in ibid., p. 112. 8.
Osama bin Laden was connected to the October 12, 2000, bombing attack on the U.S. Navy destroy- er the USS Cole. The ship had stopped to refuel in the port of Aden, Yemen, when terrorists blasted it, killing seventeen sailors.
Osama Bin Laden: Dead Or Alive?
Osama bin Laden: Tot oder lebendig?
"In this book, David Ray Griffin examines the evidence for the claim - made by everyone from former CIA agent Robert Baer to Oliver North - that bin Laden is surely no longer with us.
A biography of Osama bin Laden, radical leader of al-Queda, the international Islamic terrorist organization, including his involvement in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
Bin Laden's hero status had begun to grow even while he was in Afghanistan , and both the Saudi government and his family's business profited from his being in the limelight . By embracing a jihadist hero , Saudi rulers hoped to quell ...
In this book, Scheuer provides a much-needed corrective--a hard-headed, closely reasoned portrait of bin Laden, showing him to be a figure of remarkable leadership skills, strategic genius, and considerable rhetorical abilities.
Here are just some of your questions that will be answered: Who will take over from OBL now that al Qaeda's iconic leader has been assassinated?
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the Islamic extremist leader who has been linked to many terrorist attacks since the 1980s and briefly discusses important world events that have taken place during his lifetime.
The book pays particular attention to the spread of radical Islam from Egypt to Saudi Arabia and beyond, as well as the development of Al Qaeda and its current scope and capabilities.
Examines the life and leadership skills of Osama bin Laden, whose terrorist network, al-Qaeda, is believed to be responsible for terrorist attacks on people and buildings around the world.
In this book, Scheuer provides a much-needed corrective--a hard-headed, closely reasoned portrait of bin Laden, showing him to be a figure of remarkable leadership skills, strategic genius, and considerable rhetorical abilities.