by Victor Davis Hanson National Review OnlineRaymond Ibrahim was a former student of mine in Classics and Middle Eastern history, now living and working in Washington. He contacted me for some advice, as his former MA thesis advisor, months ago, saying that as part of his job as an archivist he had accidentally come across texts purportedly written years ago by bin Laden and … [Read more...]
Arts, Briefly; Al Qaeda Anthology
by Edward Wyatt New York TimesDoubleday will publish a collection of the translated writings of Al Qaeda leaders next year and will donate profits from the book to charities that are aiding American victims of terrorism. The book, tentatively titled "The Al Qaeda Reader," will consist of writings by Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al Qaeda's second in command, plus material attributed to … [Read more...]
New York publisher faces fierce opposition to al-Qa’eda tome
The TelegraphWhen news of the deal first broke in the American publishing press last week, the company said that it had not decided how to use the expected profits from the book. After angry protests that it stood to cash in on the 9/11 attacks, however, Doubleday announced that all the proceeds from the book, which has the working title Al Qaeda Reader, would be given to … [Read more...]
Truce or Taqiyyah
Bin Laden's Tinsel OfferPrivate PapersOsama bin Laden is apparently certain that the vast majority of Americans, including their policy-makers, are ignorant of al-Qaeda's goals and strategies. His recent "extended truce" offer to the Americans suggests as much: after offering the truce, he qualifies its earnestness by asserting "for we [Muslims] are a Nation whom Allah has … [Read more...]
Al Qaeda book battle
CNNNEW YORK (CNN) -- It's to be titled the "Al Qaeda Reader." Publisher Doubleday says it will include writings by Osama bin Laden and his second in command, Ayman al-Zawahri, from the 1990s.News of the book prompted at least one publisher to raise a red flag about profits."How do you deal with something like this, that is the issue I suppose most people wonder about. … [Read more...]