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The Bin Laden Papers
- How the Abbottabad Raid Revealed the Truth About Al-Qaeda, Its Leader, and His Family
- Narrated by: Lameece Issaq
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
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Summary
An inside look at al-Qaeda from 9/11 to the death of its founder—told through the words of Bin Laden and his closest circle
Usama Bin Laden’s greatest fear was not capture or death, but the exposure of al-Qaeda’s secrets. At great risk to themselves and the entire mission, the US Special Operations Forces, who carried out the Abbottabad raid that killed Bin Laden, took an additional eighteen minutes to collect Bin Laden’s hard drives and thereby expose al-Qaeda’s secrets.
In this ground-breaking book, Nelly Lahoud dives into Bin Laden’s files and meticulously distills the nearly six thousand pages of Arabic private communications. For the first time, al-Qaeda’s closely guarded secrets are laid bare, shattering misconceptions and revealing how and what Bin Laden communicated with his associates, his plans for future attacks, and al-Qaeda’s hostility toward countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Pakistan. Lahoud presents firsthand accounts of al-Qaeda from 9/11 until the elimination of Bin Laden, as told through his own words and those of his family and closest associates.
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- Jim Vaughan
- 22-02-23
The Secrets of Al-Qaeda.
Pieced together from the computer files captured during the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, this fascinating history of Al-Qaeda holds many surprises. How the invasion of Afghanistan following 9/11 and US drone strikes all but destroyed Al-Qaeda as a fighting force. How infighting between Jihadist groups fractured the Islamist cause and how, had he lived, Bin Laden planned a massive global attack on the Worlds oil tankers to regain the initiative on Jihad and starve the West of oil. Truly a monster, yet on a personal level, he seems to have believed in kindness and compassion to those around him.
Though I found the many names confusing (some characters are referred to by several different names), it’s well read, with some of the original Arabic words appended with authentic pronunciation. If you are interested in modern history, this book provides many great insights into the mind of the man who planned 9/11.
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