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A riveting, panoramic look at "homegrown" Islamist terrorism from 9/11 to the present. Since 9/11, more than 300 Us citizens - blessed and elevated in Minnesota, Alabama, New Jersey, and in other places - have been indicted or convicted of terrorism charges. Some have taken the fight in another country: An North american was among those who prepared the problems in Mumbai, and more than 80 People in america have been charged with ISIS-related crimes. Others have acted on American ground, as with the problems at Fort Hood, at the Boston Marathon, and in San Bernardino. What motivates them, how are they trained, and what do we sacrifice in our efforts to keep track of them? Paced like a detective storyline, United States of Jihad tells the entwined experiences of the key actors on the American entry. On the list of perpetrators are Anwar al-Awlaki, the brand new Mexico-born radical cleric who became the first American resident killed by a CIA drone and who mentored the Charlie Hebdo shooters; Samir Khan, whose Inspire webzine has rallied terrorists throughout the world, including the Tsarnaev brothers; and Omar Hammami, an Alabama indigenous and hip-hop fan who became a fixture in al Shabaab's propaganda videos until fatally displeasing his superiors. Drawing on his comprehensive network of intelligence contacts, from the Country wide Counterterrorism Middle and the FBI to the NYPD, Peter Bergen also offers an inside go through the controversial methods of the firms monitoring potential terrorists, from infiltrating mosques to substantial security; at the bias experienced by innocent observant Muslims as a result of law enforcement; at the critics and defenders of US policies on terrorism; and at how social press has revolutionized terrorism. Lucid and rigorously investigated, United States of Jihad can be an essential new research of the Us citizens who've embraced militant Islam both here and in another country.
