{"product_id":"inside-al-qaeda-global-network-of-terror-hardcover","title":"Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRohan Gunaratna\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInside Al Qaeda\u003c\/i\u003e examines the leadership, ideology, structure, strategies, and tactics of the most violent politico-religious organization the world has ever seen. The definitive work on Al Qaeda, this book is based on five years of research, including extensive interviews with its members; field research in Al Qaeda-supported conflict zones in Central, South and Southeast Asia and the Middle East; and monitoring Al Qaeda infiltration of diaspora and migrant communities in North America and Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough founded in 1988, Al Qaeda merged with and still works with several other extremist groups. Hence Al Qaeda rank and file draw on nearly three decades of terrorist expertise. Moreover, it inherited a full-fledged training and operational infrastructure funded by the United States, European, Saudi Arabian and other governments for use in the anti-Soviet Jihad. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book sheds light on Al Qaeda's financial infrastructure and how they train combat soldiers and vanguard fighters for multiple guerrilla, terrorist and semi-conventional campaigns in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, the Caucuses, and the Balkans. In addition, the author covers the clandestine Al Qaeda operational network in the West. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGunaratna reveals: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ehow Osama bin Laden had his mentor and Al Qaeda founder, \"Azzam\", assassinated in order to take over the organization and that other Al Qaeda officers who stood in his way were murdered, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAl Qaeda's long-range, deep-penetration agent handling system in Western Europe and North America for setting up safe houses, procuring weapons, and conducting operations, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ehow the O55 Brigade, Al Qaeda's guerrilla organization, integrated into the Taliban, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ehow the arrest of Zacarias Moussaoui forced Al Qaeda to move forward on September 11, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ehow a plan to destroy British Parliament on 9\/11 and to use nerve gas on the European Union Parliament were thwarted, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ehow the Iran--Hezbollah--Al Qaeda link provided the knowledge to conduct coordinated, simultaneous attacks on multiple targets, including failed plans to destroy Los Angeles International Airport, the USS Sullivan, the Radisson Hotel in Jordan, and eleven US commercial airliners over the Pacific ocean, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethat one-fifth of international Islamic charities and NGOs are infiltrated by Al Qaeda, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ehow the US response is effective militarily in the short term, but insufficient to counter Al Qaeda's ideology in the long-term. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinally, to destroy Al Qaeda, Gunaratna shows there needs to be a multipronged, multiagency, and multidimensional response by the international community.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRohan Gunaratna is research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, and honorary fellow at the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism in Israel. Previously, he was principal investigator of the United Nations'Terrorism Prevention Branch, and he has served as a consultant on terrorism to several governments and corporations. He has been a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois, the University of Maryland, and the University of Notre Dame, and has lectured widely in Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia on terrorism and countermeasures. He is the author of six books on armed conflict\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 9.4 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460600021170,"sku":"9780231126922","price":75.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ec3ef50d3f36cd12788edc504e72c630.webp?v=1778926000","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/inside-al-qaeda-global-network-of-terror-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}