Summary
This is a biography of Osama bin Laden, perhaps the preeminent organizer and financier of international terrorism in the world today. It looks at the events that converted a successful engineer into a leader of one of radical Islam’s most successful terror networks, targeting the West that helped educate, enrich, and arm him. His career, from early attacks on the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, the USS Cole, and 9/11 is outlined, and his motivations and future plans discussed.
Contents
1. The radicalization of an engineer. – 2. Crisis and rebirth. – 3. Triumph over the paper tiger. – 4. Emir bin Laden. – 5. Inciting the revolution. – 6. The Committee of Three. – 7. Declaration of war. – 8. New allies in the war. – 9. The U.S. Embassy bombings. – 10. Humiliating the enemy. – 11. Strengthening the arsenal. – 12. The Bin Laden plans. – 13. What's next?