The Al Qaeda Reader by Raymond Ibrahim New York: Doubleday, 2007. 352 pp. $15.95, paper. Reviewed by Tristan Abbey The Stanford Review "Stop hurting us and we'll stop hurting you." That is the message Americans get from al Qaeda. In his fascinating new book, historian Raymond Ibrahim explains that the jihadists say one thing to CNN, and quite another to fellow … [Read more...]
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Gary H. Johnson, Jr., American Thinker
The Al Qaeda Reader by Raymond Ibrahim New York: Doubleday, 2007. 352 pp. $15.95, paper. Reviewed by Gary H. Johnson, Jr. American Thinker Recently, Raymond Ibrahim edited and translated into English a decade's worth of public releases by al Qaeda's leadership. Published by Broadway Books, with partial proceeds donated to the Committee to Protect Journalists, … [Read more...]
Lying, Defying, and Demoralizing
OBL's three-fold strategy to defeat the West Private Papers Like all of Osama bin Laden's previous messages to the West, his most recent communiqué contains three Ladenese trademarks — lying, defying, and demoralizing — that are always present whenever the al Qaeda chieftain addresses the West. That bin Laden has publicly lied before, there is no doubt. After the strikes of … [Read more...]