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Capture or Kill: The Pursuit of the 9/11 Masterminds and the Killing of Osama bin Laden
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and Ramzi Binalshibh, two of bin Laden’s key lieutenants: the masterminds behind the attacks of September 11. Based on the only interview these masterminds of terror ever gave to the media as well as extensive follow-up research, Capture or Kill may be the closest we will get to the full inside story of the plot. While Mohammed and Binalshibh were among the world’s most wanted men and hiding in a safe house in Pakistan, they summoned star al-Jazeera TV reporter Yosri Fouda for a one-of-a-kind exclusive. Fouda knew he might well be walking into a trap, as Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl had done only months before.
He took the risk, and, for forty-eight hours, Fouda listened as Mohammed, head of al-Qaeda’s military committee, and Binalshibh, the link between Mohammed Atta and the senior al-Qaeda leadership, proudly claimed responsibility for the attacks on New York and the Pentagon—the first time al-Qaeda took direct responsibility—and detailed for the first time exactly how the plot was conceived and executed.
The authors, uniquely positioned because of their prior unprecedented access and research, deliver a thrilling account of what has happened since. What has changed in the intervening years to this insidious global network? How does Osama bin Laden’s capture and death affect its continuing operation? This is a must-read for anyone who wants to know not only the full truth behind September 11, but also the implications of recent events for the future of global security.
He took the risk, and, for forty-eight hours, Fouda listened as Mohammed, head of al-Qaeda’s military committee, and Binalshibh, the link between Mohammed Atta and the senior al-Qaeda leadership, proudly claimed responsibility for the attacks on New York and the Pentagon—the first time al-Qaeda took direct responsibility—and detailed for the first time exactly how the plot was conceived and executed.
The authors, uniquely positioned because of their prior unprecedented access and research, deliver a thrilling account of what has happened since. What has changed in the intervening years to this insidious global network? How does Osama bin Laden’s capture and death affect its continuing operation? This is a must-read for anyone who wants to know not only the full truth behind September 11, but also the implications of recent events for the future of global security.
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First published January 1, 2012
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Yosri Fouda
7 books630 followersيسري فودة
Yosri Fouda (Arabic: يسري فودة Yusrī Fūdah, IPA: [ˈjosɾi ˈfuːdæ]), born in Egypt, is a journalist who initially worked for the BBC's short-lived Arabic-subsidiary covering the ongoing struggle in Bosnia with veteran reporter Martin Bell. He currently works for the independent Cairo-based ON TV, which is largely owned by Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris. He is the co-author of 'Masterminds of Terror: The Truth Behind the Most Devastating Attack The World Has Ever Seen', published in 2003 by Arcade Publishing. Egypt's Shorouk newspaper has posted a special cartoon for him, greeting him for his Egypt post-revolution coverage.
يسري فودة (مواليد منشية جنزور، طنطا بمصر. إعلامي مصري ساهم في تأسيس قناة الجزيرة وكان أحد نجومها البارزين حتى استقال منها في عام 2009. حاليا يقدم برنامج "آخر كلام "علي قناة أون تي في.
دراسته وما قبل الجزيرة
حصل على درجة الماجستير في الصحافة التلفزيونية وعلى دبلوم الإنتاج التلفزيوني في معهد التدريب التابع للتلفزيون الهولندي، وكان أول مصري يقوم بالإشراف على تدريب العاملين في التلفزيون المصري في إطار اتفاقية التعاون بين مؤسسة فريدريش ناومان الاتحادية واتحاد الإذاعة والتلفزيون المصري.
وفي عام 1993م حصل على منحة من المجلس الثقافي البريطاني لدراسة الدكتوراة في جامعتي غلاسكو واستراثكلايد في اسكتلندا وكان موضوع الرسالة الفيلم التسجيلي المقارن ثم انضم إلى تلفزيون هيئة الإذاعة البريطانية لدى إنشائه عام 1994م، واختير كأول مراسل يتحول للشؤون الدولية قام أثناءها بتغطية حرب البوسنة ومسألة الشرق الأوسط. كما عمل أيضاً أثناء هذه الفترة التي امتدت حتى عام 1996م مذيعاً ومنتجاً في القسم العربي لهيئة الإذاعة البريطانية في برامج الأحداث الجارية، وانتقل بعد ذلك إلى تلفزيون وكالة أنباء أسوشييتد برس حيث شارك في إنشاء قسم الشرق الأوسط. والسي ان ان
قناة الجزيرة الفضائية
منذ إنشاء قناة الجزيرة عام 1996م عمل فيها مراسلاً مواكباً لشؤون المملكة المتحدة وغرب أوروبا. وفي عام 1997م شارك في إنشاء مكتب قناة الجزيرة في لندن والذي شغل فيه فيما بعد منصب نائب المدير التنفيذي. وبدأ منذ شهر فبراير 1998م في إنتاج برنامجه الشهري سري للغاية الذي استقطب بموضوعاته وبطريقة معالجته كماً هائلاً من المشاهدين على اختلاف مستوياتهم وقد حصلت أولى حلقات هذا البرنامج على الجائزة الفضية لمهرجان القاهرة للإنتاج الإذاعي والتلفزيون للعام نفسه، وحصل مجمل حلقاته على جائزة الإبداع المتميز من الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة عام 2000م. ثم استقال من القناة عام 2009م
اكتسب شهرة كبيرة في برنامجه "سري للغاية" ومن أبرز القضايا التي غطاها كانت قصة طائرة مصر للطيران التي تحطمت في رحلتها بين مصر والولايات المتحدة الأمريكية بالإضافة لقضية الموساد وقضية وفاة عبد الحكيم عامر الرجل الثاني
Yosri Fouda (Arabic: يسري فودة Yusrī Fūdah, IPA: [ˈjosɾi ˈfuːdæ]), born in Egypt, is a journalist who initially worked for the BBC's short-lived Arabic-subsidiary covering the ongoing struggle in Bosnia with veteran reporter Martin Bell. He currently works for the independent Cairo-based ON TV, which is largely owned by Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris. He is the co-author of 'Masterminds of Terror: The Truth Behind the Most Devastating Attack The World Has Ever Seen', published in 2003 by Arcade Publishing. Egypt's Shorouk newspaper has posted a special cartoon for him, greeting him for his Egypt post-revolution coverage.
يسري فودة (مواليد منشية جنزور، طنطا بمصر. إعلامي مصري ساهم في تأسيس قناة الجزيرة وكان أحد نجومها البارزين حتى استقال منها في عام 2009. حاليا يقدم برنامج "آخر كلام "علي قناة أون تي في.
دراسته وما قبل الجزيرة
حصل على درجة الماجستير في الصحافة التلفزيونية وعلى دبلوم الإنتاج التلفزيوني في معهد التدريب التابع للتلفزيون الهولندي، وكان أول مصري يقوم بالإشراف على تدريب العاملين في التلفزيون المصري في إطار اتفاقية التعاون بين مؤسسة فريدريش ناومان الاتحادية واتحاد الإذاعة والتلفزيون المصري.
وفي عام 1993م حصل على منحة من المجلس الثقافي البريطاني لدراسة الدكتوراة في جامعتي غلاسكو واستراثكلايد في اسكتلندا وكان موضوع الرسالة الفيلم التسجيلي المقارن ثم انضم إلى تلفزيون هيئة الإذاعة البريطانية لدى إنشائه عام 1994م، واختير كأول مراسل يتحول للشؤون الدولية قام أثناءها بتغطية حرب البوسنة ومسألة الشرق الأوسط. كما عمل أيضاً أثناء هذه الفترة التي امتدت حتى عام 1996م مذيعاً ومنتجاً في القسم العربي لهيئة الإذاعة البريطانية في برامج الأحداث الجارية، وانتقل بعد ذلك إلى تلفزيون وكالة أنباء أسوشييتد برس حيث شارك في إنشاء قسم الشرق الأوسط. والسي ان ان
قناة الجزيرة الفضائية
منذ إنشاء قناة الجزيرة عام 1996م عمل فيها مراسلاً مواكباً لشؤون المملكة المتحدة وغرب أوروبا. وفي عام 1997م شارك في إنشاء مكتب قناة الجزيرة في لندن والذي شغل فيه فيما بعد منصب نائب المدير التنفيذي. وبدأ منذ شهر فبراير 1998م في إنتاج برنامجه الشهري سري للغاية الذي استقطب بموضوعاته وبطريقة معالجته كماً هائلاً من المشاهدين على اختلاف مستوياتهم وقد حصلت أولى حلقات هذا البرنامج على الجائزة الفضية لمهرجان القاهرة للإنتاج الإذاعي والتلفزيون للعام نفسه، وحصل مجمل حلقاته على جائزة الإبداع المتميز من الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة عام 2000م. ثم استقال من القناة عام 2009م
اكتسب شهرة كبيرة في برنامجه "سري للغاية" ومن أبرز القضايا التي غطاها كانت قصة طائرة مصر للطيران التي تحطمت في رحلتها بين مصر والولايات المتحدة الأمريكية بالإضافة لقضية الموساد وقضية وفاة عبد الحكيم عامر الرجل الثاني
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March 2, 2022
This is such an intriguing book filled with details that are so critical to the events leading up to 9/11. This book gave a deeper insights on the inner workings of al-Qaeda & its operations throughout Muslim countries.
I cannot imagine what the author has to go through in order to gain such important pieces of information & evidences of al-Qaeda. It is surprising to me that the terrorist group would have tremendous motivation to go to such great length to make sure their mission to take revenge of America is accomplished in the end, under the name of religion. To so-called, give the USA a big thigh slap to their faces, revealing all of America's hypocrisy when it comes to human rights, war crimes & many other major offences throughout the centuries. They are not wrong, but neither their actions are right either. And USA is far from being a "fair, just" country either. And the assumptions that Muslims supported the terrorist is far from the truth...they were actually victims of al-Qaeda. The terrorist attacks their own Muslim people!
I am also VERY shocked to find out that the terrorist are not just from Afghanistan who may be illiterate & ill-educated as well as village-like mindset, but turns out, they are highly-educated, western-educated & comes from developed countries like UK. How can intelligent, very bright, western-educated & nice people turn out to be a terrorist & carry out jihad??? I am still until now, reeling about this fact...those who read this book will understand why.
Anyhow, I really admire the author Fouda, who was so courageous & brave in facing the terrorist alone by himself while still keeping it secret from the officials & even his own media company which he works for. The author has done a great job in compiling the necessary information, sequence of events & even the detailed backgrounds of each terrorist with care. Not only did he had to fight the internal battle that is going on within him, the mental agony of knowing but having to keep it secret & his own morality & safety, as well as having to face backlash & rumors from the public is too much for anyone to bear. Yet he delivered the story successfully in the end.
I am so glad that I picked up this book & even though I did skip some parts because there's overload of information that I'm not curious to study, I still enjoyed the book like a thriller action book & gained a deeper understanding about the war.
I cannot imagine what the author has to go through in order to gain such important pieces of information & evidences of al-Qaeda. It is surprising to me that the terrorist group would have tremendous motivation to go to such great length to make sure their mission to take revenge of America is accomplished in the end, under the name of religion. To so-called, give the USA a big thigh slap to their faces, revealing all of America's hypocrisy when it comes to human rights, war crimes & many other major offences throughout the centuries. They are not wrong, but neither their actions are right either. And USA is far from being a "fair, just" country either. And the assumptions that Muslims supported the terrorist is far from the truth...they were actually victims of al-Qaeda. The terrorist attacks their own Muslim people!
I am also VERY shocked to find out that the terrorist are not just from Afghanistan who may be illiterate & ill-educated as well as village-like mindset, but turns out, they are highly-educated, western-educated & comes from developed countries like UK. How can intelligent, very bright, western-educated & nice people turn out to be a terrorist & carry out jihad??? I am still until now, reeling about this fact...those who read this book will understand why.
Anyhow, I really admire the author Fouda, who was so courageous & brave in facing the terrorist alone by himself while still keeping it secret from the officials & even his own media company which he works for. The author has done a great job in compiling the necessary information, sequence of events & even the detailed backgrounds of each terrorist with care. Not only did he had to fight the internal battle that is going on within him, the mental agony of knowing but having to keep it secret & his own morality & safety, as well as having to face backlash & rumors from the public is too much for anyone to bear. Yet he delivered the story successfully in the end.
I am so glad that I picked up this book & even though I did skip some parts because there's overload of information that I'm not curious to study, I still enjoyed the book like a thriller action book & gained a deeper understanding about the war.
October 13, 2018
Fascinating!
It is amazing to learn the events and planning of 9/11. The culprits were able to roam the globe in plain sight, without suspicion! The U.S. must do better!
It is amazing to learn the events and planning of 9/11. The culprits were able to roam the globe in plain sight, without suspicion! The U.S. must do better!
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