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Zusatztext This book is a pathbreaking piece of research into two underexplored aspects of contemporary terrorism. The book is descriptive and empirically rich: the author's main accomplishment is to document the many terrorist incidents the Afghan-Bosnians perpetrated in wartime Bosnia, and post-war cases of terrorist activity rooted in their far-reaching network. Informationen zum Autor Evan F. Kohlmann is an International Terrorism Consultant based in Washington! DC. He has served as an expert witness on Al-Qaida and Usama Bin Laden in post-9/11 federal terrorism trials held in the U.S. His articles have appeared in the New York Post! FoxNews.com! and the National Review! and he is frequently interviewed as a terrorist expert in the major media! including NBC! CNN! and Fox news programs. Klappentext Why did so many of the 9/11 hijackers spend time in Germany? How did terrorist sleeper cells plant themselves in cities like London! Paris! Rome! and Hamburg? What exactly is Al-Qaida's connection to Europe? Terrorism analyst Evan F. Kohlmann unveils a new angle to the deadly international terrorist organization and reveals the root of its terror lies in the Bosnian War. He includes recently declassified American and European intelligence reports! secret Al-Qaida records and internal documents! and interviews with notorious figures such as London-based Bin Laden sympathizer Abu Hamza Al-Masri. This is the first book to uncover the secret history of how Europe was systematically infiltrated by the ranks of the most dangerous terrorist organization on earth! as told by the terrorists themselves and the daring investigators who have tirelessly tracked them over the past decade. Zusammenfassung Why did so many of the September 11th hijackers spend time in Germany? How did terrorist sleeper cells plant themselves in cities such as London, Paris, Rome, and Hamburg? This is the first book to uncover the secret history of how Europe was systematically infiltrated by the ranks of the most dangerous terrorist organization on earth.Terrorist analyst Evan F. Kohlmann argues that the key to understanding Al-Qaida's European cells lies in the Bosnian war of the 1990s. Using the Bosnian war as their cover, Afghan-trained Islamic militants loyal to Usama Bin Laden convened in the Balkans in 1992 to establish a European domestic terrorist infrastructure in order to plot their violent strikes against the United States. As the West and the United Nations looked on with disapproval, the fanatic foreign mujahideen, or holy warriors, wreaked havoc across southern Europe, taking particular aim at UN peacekeepers and even openly fighting with Bosnian Muslims at times. Within a few months of the war's end, home-grown terrorist sleeper cells appeared on the streets of Europe's cities.Al-Qaida's Jihad in Europe unveils a new angle to the deadly international terrorist organization and includes recently declassified American and European intelligence reports, secret Al-Qaida records and internal documents, and interviews with notorious figures such as London-based Bin Laden sympathizer Abu Hamza Al-Masri. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes from the AuthorPrologue: 'In the Land of Ice Cream'Chapter 1: The Afghan CrucibleChapter 2: Jihad comes to BosniaChapter 3: The Role of the Islamic CharitiesChapter 4: The Battle BeginsChapter 5: Confrontation with the CroatsChapter 6: Attention Turns WestwardChapter 7: The Final CampaignChapter 8: A Post-Dayton Wave of TerrorChapter 9: Blowback - The North African Sleeper Cell NetworkChapter 10: Post-9/11 Implications for BosniaEpilogue: Lessons of the 'Afghano-Bosniaks'...
