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A compelling, definitive bank account of how and just why bin Laden's ideology retains increasing from the useless. In early 2011, the heart of the Muslim world roiled in protest, consumed with the upheaval of the Arab Planting season. The government authorities of Tunisia and Egypt possessed already dropped; those of Libya and Yemen would soon follow. Enjoying the chaos from his hideout in Pakistan, Osama bin Laden noticed a ancient opportunity: "The next stage," he declared, "would be the reinstating of the guideline of the caliphate." Within weeks, bin Laden was useless, shot at night with a US Navy SEAL. Commentators round the world started to prophesy al-Qaeda's imminent demise. But six years later, the truth is the reverse. The group's affiliates have enlarged, and the Islamic Talk about - al-Qaeda's most brutal spinoff at this point - proclaims itself the reborn caliphate bin Laden foretold in his final weeks. In Anatomy of Terror, past FBI special agent and New York Times best-selling writer Ali Soufan dissects bin Laden's make of jihadi terrorism and its major offshoots, exposing how these organizations were developed, the way they operate, their strengths, and - crucially - their weaknesses. This riveting bank account examines the new Islamic radicalism through the eye of its flag-bearers, including a Jordanian past drug supplier whose cruelties surprised even his fellow militants, an Air Make colonel who once dished up Saddam Hussein, and a provincial bookworm who declared himself caliph of most Muslims. We meet Ayman al-Zawahiri, titular head of al-Qaeda; Saif al-Adel, an Egyptian ex-soldier who faked his own loss of life to become the group's security main; and bin Laden's own beloved son Hamza, a primary candidate to lead the business his late dad founded. To eliminate the scourge of terrorism, we should first know who the opponent happens to be, and what his motivations are. Anatomy of Terror lays bare the mindset and interior workings of al-Qaeda, the Islamic Talk about, and their spawn, and shows how the spread of terror can be ceased.
