Reaping the Whirlwind - Michael Griffin
Al Qa'ida and the Holy War
KORTE INHOUD
First published weeks before Al Qaida became the most reviled Islamist movement in history, this thoroughly updated edition of Michael Griffins acclaimed book provides a cradele-to-grave narrative of Afghanistan's Taliban movement, its relationship with Osama bin Laden, the hatching of the September 11 conspiracy and the war that followed the destruction of the World Trade Center.
Reaping the Whirlwind now includes:
* A blow-by-blow account of the September 11 hijackings, the FBI's failure to apprehend the main protagonists and the ambivalence of the Bush administration to the threat from Al Qaida during its first nine months in office
* An examination of the financial ties that link key figures in the Bush administration with the Saudi sponsors of Osama bin Ladin, Central Asias energy bonanza, the cover-up of the BCCI bankruptcy case during the George Bush Senior administration and the bank's role in fostering Islamist extremism and funding the anti-Soviet jihad
* Detailed analysis of the US war in Afghanist...
Reaping the Whirlwind now includes:
* A blow-by-blow account of the September 11 hijackings, the FBI's failure to apprehend the main protagonists and the ambivalence of the Bush administration to the threat from Al Qaida during its first nine months in office
* An examination of the financial ties that link key figures in the Bush administration with the Saudi sponsors of Osama bin Ladin, Central Asias energy bonanza, the cover-up of the BCCI bankruptcy case during the George Bush Senior administration and the bank's role in fostering Islamist extremism and funding the anti-Soviet jihad
* Detailed analysis of the US war in Afghanist...
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2003 Uitgever: Pluto Press (UK) 435 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0745319157 ISBN-13: 9780745319155Koop dit boek tweedehands
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