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Osama bin Laden
Available biographies depict Osama bin Laden as a historical figure, the mastermind behind 9/11, but no longer relevant to the world it created. In this book, Scheuer, the first head of the CIA's bin Laden Unit, provides a closely reasoned portrait of bin Laden.
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Osama bin Laden
9/11 almost instantaneously remade American politics and foreign policy. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Patriot Act, water boarding, and Guantanamo are examples of its profound and far-reaching effects. Most biographies of Osama bin Laden depict him as an historical figure, the mastermind behind 9/11, but no longer relevant to the world it created. These accounts, it is argued here, have contributed to a widespread and dangerous denial of his continuing significance and power as al-Qaeda chief. This book provides a corrective portrait of bin Laden, showing him to be a figure of remarkable leadership skills, strategic genius, and considerable rhetorical abilities. Written by first head of the Central Intelligence Agency’s bin Laden Unit, the book draws from a wealth of information about bin Laden and his evolution from peaceful Saudi dissident to America’s Most Wanted. Shedding light on his development as a theologian, media manipulator, and paramilitary commander, the book makes use of all the speeches and interviews bin Laden has given as well as lengthy interviews, testimony, and previously untranslated documents written by those who grew up with bin Laden in Saudi Arabia, served as his bodyguards and drivers, and fought alongside him against the Soviet Union.
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في قلب المملكة : حياتي في السعودية
الكتاب يغوص فعليا في الوجه الذي رأته كارمن من حياة عائلة سعودية ثرية كونها رجل تزوج اثنتين وعشرين مرة وأنجب 54 ولدا ما بين بنت وصبي كان أسامة واحدا منهم غير أن الشخصية التي تفوق أسامة أهمية في السيرة الذاتية التي يعرضها الكتاب هي \"يسلم\"، الأخ العاشر في الترتيب ذو الذكاء المتوقد والبصيرة المالية الفتى التي كانت أمه كوالدة المؤلفة فارسية، الرجل الذي أحب كارمن وتزوجها، وبزواجهما في جدة يبدأ الوصف السوداوي لحياة متشحة بالسواد قبلية وخلافات عائلية دفينة لا تخرج للنور، وصراع على السلطة ومكائد، وروابط أسرية تظل قائمة رغم كل المشاكل وشركة عملاقة تدار بغير حنكة بعد وفاة مؤسسها، وفوضى حارة لامنطقية وكئيبة.
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The search for al Qaeda
Profiles the most important figures in the al Qaeda movement--Osama bin Laden, Ayman Zawahiri, Abu Musaib al Zarqawi, and Mullah Omar, giving a comprehensive analysis of its origins, leadership, ideology, and strategy. Focuses more closely on what has happened to al Qaeda since 9/11 and outlines its ultimate goals
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إنه بن لادن : كل شيء عنه بلسان زوجته وابنه
كتاب يعرض للسيرة الكاملة لأسامة بن لادن كما رواها ابنه عمر وزوجته نجوى ودونتها جين ساسون صديقتهما الموثوقة. يعرِفنا بحياته الشخصية وأسراره الدفينة، من خلال أقرب الناس إليه. يدخل إلى عمق تفكير أسامة بن لادن ومخطّطاته، يتابع نشاطاته السياسية والعسكرية وانطلاق حركته الجهادية. يتناول تمركزه في أفغانستان ومغادرتها وعودته إلى السعودية وارتباطه الملتبس بأحداث 11 أيلول / سبتمبر، كما يرصد تحركاته المعلنة والسرية وإقامته الاختيارية والقسرية في مختلف المدن والكهوف يطرح شبكة علاقاته وتعرضه للمخاطر ومحاولات الاغتيال التي استهدفته وأفراد أسرته. يتحدث عن حياته الزوجية مع جميع زوجاته. يفصل علاقته بأبنائه الذين كان يطلب إليهم القيام بعمليات انتحارية والذين حرمهم العلم والطعام. كتاب يذهب إلى أبعد من ذلك مؤرخا للقاعدة ولأسامة بن لادن شخصيا ويحدد مصير أفراد عائلته.
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The Search for al Qaeda: Its Leadership, Ideology, and Future
Several outstanding books have been written about the road to September 11. The Search for Al Qaeda has a different mission. While it does review how al Qaeda was created and developed, it focuses more closely on what has happened to the terrorist network since that awful day. According to Riedel, al Qaeda's ultimate goals are to drive America from the Muslim world (the ummah); to destroy Israel; and to create a jihadist caliphate along the lines of the Ottoman Empire at its height. The book reveals al Qaeda's multi-pronged strategy for accomplishing those goals; draw America into the type of \"bleeding wars\" that drove the Soviets from Afghanistan, build a safe haven for al Qaeda in Pakistan; develop other \"franchises\" in the Islamic world that can overthrow pro-American regimes; and conduct more Western attacks along the lines of 9-11 or the transit bombings in Madrid and London. Bruce Riedel is an expert on the Middle East and South Asia, with 30 years of policymaking experience in regional diplomacy and counterterrorism. He draws on this experience and firsthand knowledge in profiling the four most important figures in the al Qaeda movement: Osama bin Laden, its creator and charismatic leader: ideologue Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian co-leader of al Qaeda and its principal spokesman; Abu Musaib al Zarqawi, the tenacious leader of al Qaeda in Iraq until his death in 2006; and Mullah Omar, Taliban host to al Qaeda. These profiles provide the base from which Riedel delivers a much clearer understanding of al Qaeda and what must be done to counter it.
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Covering bin Laden : global media and the world's most wanted man
Starting in 2001, much of the world media used the image of Osama bin Laden as a shorthand for terrorism. Bin Laden himself considered media manipulation on a par with military, political, and ideological tools, and intentionally used interviews, taped speeches, and distributed statements to further al-Qaida's ends. In Covering Bin Laden, editors Susan Jeffords and Fahed Yahya Al-Sumait collect perspectives from global scholars exploring a startling premise: that media depictions of Bin Laden not only diverge but often contradict each other, depending on the media provider and format, the place in which the depiction is presented, and the viewer's political and cultural background. The contributors analyze the representations of the many Bin Ladens, ranging from Al Jazeera broadcasts to video games. They examine the media's dominant role in shaping our understanding of terrorists and why/how they should be feared, and they engage with the ways the mosaic of Bin Laden images and narratives have influenced policies and actions around the world -- Provided by publisher.
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Dollars for terror : the United States and Islam
How long have the United States and their Saudi allies been sponsoring and financing the radical Islamists, and why doesn't anyone stop them? Labévière uncovers the money-laundering, the organized crime and the interlocking world of business and politics.
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Jihad and international security
This book explores the global jihad movement and its emergence in the latter half of the twentieth century. Roshandel and Chadha investigate the nature and extent of this threat, tracing its religious and ideological roots, relevant history, and its goals.
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