Wright tries to explain the rise of bin Laden and the Moslem Brotherhood and their joining forces before the attacks of 9-11. He goes back to Qutb’s visit to America and Greeley in 1947 and the brutality that accompanied the repression and death of Qutb. He describes in detail the background and development of al Zawahiri and bin Laden but also the growing obsession of their thoughts first in Afghanistan then Sudan, leading to the bombings in Kenya, the USS Cole, and eventually the World Trade Center. He also makes clear the turning of their thoughts of excommunicating everyone who disagrees. Really scary was the failure of American intelligence and lack of cooperation between the CIA, FBI and NSA. The story of John O’Neill was especially ironic and poignant.
Author: Wright, Lawrence
Date Published: 2007
Length: 19hr 17 min
Narrator: Sklar, Alan
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