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Description edit
On September 11, 2001, the world changed forever as more than three thousand men, women, and children lost their lives in the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil. The attack was masterminded by Osama bin Laden and his Jihad group -- an organization that CNN's terrorism analyst Peter... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Ali Mohamed: Add a description of this character.
- Osama Bin Laden
- Hekmatyar
- Abdullah Azzam
- Massoud
- Muslim
- Khaled
- Yousef
- Clinton
- Milt Bearden
- Cole
- Shalabi
- Mullah Omar
- Mohammed
- Medina
- Omar Abdel Rahman
- Isiah
- Rahimullah
- Bush
- Ressam
- Abu Hassan
- Anderson
- Maulana Ul-haq
- Muhammad Atef
- Deraz
- Bhutto
- Ayman Al-zawahiri
- Abdul Rasool Sayyaf
- Muntazir
- Mohamed Odeh
- Shajea
- Carter
- Ismail
- Idris
- Albright
Setting & Locations edit
- Afghanistan
- United States
- Pakistan
- Yemenis
- Saudi Arabia
- Sudan
- Islamabad
- Egypt
- Kabul
- Kenya
- London
- Middle East
- Peshawar
- Iraq
- America
- New York
- Africa
- India
- Nairobi
- Israel
- Kashmir
- Washington
- Somalia
- Al-qaeda
- Iran
- Chechnya
- Manhattan
- Kandahar
- Lebanon
- Cairo
- Ramadan
- Russia
- Khartoum
- Paldstan
- Hadramawt
- Gulf
- Jordan
- Bosnia
- Khost
- Riyadh
- Jeddah
- Salem
- Tanzania
- Syria
- Germany
First Sentence edit
September 11, 2001, was the kind of morning when everything seemed right with the world.
Table of Contents edit
Note from the Author
Prologue: How to Find the World's Most Wanted Man
1. While America Slept
2. The Afghan Jihad: The Making of a Holy Warrior
3. Blowback: The CIA and the Afghan War
4. The Koran and the Kalashnikov: Bin Laden's Years in Sudan
5. From the Peaks of the Hindu Kush: The Declaration of War
6. Investigation and Retaliation: The Embassy Bombings
7. The American Connection: From Brooklyn to Seattle
8. True Believers: The Taliban and Bin Laden
9. The Holy Warriors of Yemen: The Bombing of the U.S.S. Cole
10. The Global Network: Around the World in Eighty Jihads
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Notes
About the Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Peter L. Bergen (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Free Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0743205022
Page Count: 304
Publisher: Free Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0743205022
Page Count: 304
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 958.1046092
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › International › Relations
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › Terrorism
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › International
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