Architect of global jihad
Subtitle: the life of al-Qaida strategist Abu Mus'ab al-Suri
By: Brynjar Lia.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780231700306
Subjects: ʻAbd al-Ḥakīm, ʻUmar; Qaida (Organization); Terrorists -- Syria -- Biography; Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Sources on al-Suri's life; title: Who is Abu Mus'ab al-Suri?; title: The Syrian jihad; title: Turmoil and uprising; title: Joining the rebels; title: A jihadi in exile; title: The Hama debacle; title: In exile in Saudi Arabia; title: Exile in Europe; title: Between exile in France and the Syrian jihad; title: In Andalus; title: Al-Suri's first publication: 'The Islamic jihadi revolution in Syria'; title: The bombing of El Descanso restaurant in Madrid?; title: Afghanistan: land of holy war; title: The road to Afghanistan; title: From a Syrian to a global jihad; title: With Abdallah Azzam and Osama bin Laden; title: Training and combat; title: From military instructor to jihadi intellectual; title: The rise of the Egyptian jihadi trend in Peshawar; title: Introducing 'a global islamic resistance' concept; title: Leaving Peshawar; title: Behind enemy lines; title: Algeria: his next jihad; title: The GIA and al-Qaida in Sudan; title: A new Syrian jihad group?; title: The rise of an al-Qaida cell in Spain; title: A media jihadi in Londonistan 1994-97; title: In the service of the Algerian GIA; title: Bin Laden's media agent; title: Al-Suri's film on Channel 4; title: Facilitating CNN's Bin Laden interview; title: With al-Quds al-Arabi in Tora Bora; title: Meeting the Financial Times; title: Suing the Arab world's largest newspaper; title: Companions, rivals, acquaintances; title: Abu Qutadah al-Filastini: a love-hate relationship; title: Muhammad Bahayah: life-long friend and companion; title: Taysir Allouni: a point of contact in al-Jazeera; title: Amir Azizi: a Moroccan aide and training associate?; title: Adil Abd al-Bari: a fellow jihadi journalist; title: Saad al-Faqih and Khalid al-Fawwaz: acquaintances inside the Saudi camp; title: Noman Benotman and the Libyan Islamic fighting group; title: In the service of the taleban; title: Leaving Londonistan; title: Taleban: the true Islamic emirate; title: The Afghan training camps; title: The ghuraba training camp; title: Teaching jihadi terrorism; title: Moroccan jihadis, Abu Layth al-Libi and Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi; title: Writer and journalist; title: Al-Suri and the al-Qaida leadership; title: A secessionist leader?; title: Weapons of mass destruction; title: The September 11th attacks; title: A 5 million dollar al-Qaida fugitive; title: New books, a reward, and global fame; title: His activities and whereabouts; title: Al-Suri, al-Zarqawi, and the Iraqi front; title: Masterminding terror?; title: A message to the Europeans, july 2005; title: Al-Suri's testament; title: The capture of al-Suri; title: 'The global islamic resistance call' (key excerpts); title: Bibliography and sources; title: Jihadi online sources in Arabic; title: Abu Mus'ab publications, compilations; title: Abu Mus'ab's lectures, speeches and interviews; title: Abu Mus 'ab al-Suri's books and booklets; title: Selected communiques and articles; title: Miscellaneous; title: Abu Mus'ab al-Suri's official and unofficial websites; title: Selected list of relevant jihadi websites, 2005-2006; title: English translations of excerpts of al-Suri's writings; title: Court and police documents; title: Al-Qaida documents reportedly uncovered in Afghanistan; title: Selected reports by the Comisin parlamentaria de investigacin del 11-m; title: Interviews; title: Islamists; title: Journalists and researchers; title: Investigators and counterterrorism analysts; title: Books and articles.