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The secret history of al Qaeda /

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Drawing on unparalleled access to Osama bin Laden and his key associates, journalist Abdel Bari Atwan gives an incisive and timely account, the clearest we have so far, of the rise of the notorious terrorist organization, al Qaeda. In this lively narrative, the author establishes what al Qaeda is or...

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Main Author:	Atwan, Abdel Bari
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, [2006]
Subjects:	Qaida (Organization) Bin Laden, Osama, > 1957-2011. Terrorism > Religious aspects > Islam. Ben Laden, Oussama, > 1957- Qaida (Organisation) Terrorisme > Aspect religieux > Islam. Ibn-Lādin, Usāma. Qaida. Terrorisme. Al-Qaida. Geschichte
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