10. Amer Azizi and the 3/11 Network

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Maps and Figures ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Foreword xiii
6. List of Abbreviations xvi
7. Prologue 1
8. Part I. The 3/11 Terrorist Network: Origins, Components, and Formation
9. 1. Osama bin Laden’s Man in Spain and His Associates 7
10. 2. From Abu Dahdah’s Cell to the 3/11 Network 21
11. 3. “He swore that the Spanish would pay dearly for his detention”: Allekema Lamari and Algerians in the 3/11 Network 35
12. 4. The Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group and Its Involvement in the 3/11 Network 46
13. 5. “They moved together while I moved on my own”: Mohamed al-Masri in Egypt, Spain, and Italy 56
14. 6. Common Delinquents Turned into Jihadists: The Final Component of the 3/11 Network 65
15. 7. How the 3/11 Terrorist Network Formed 76
16. Part II. The Al-Qaeda Connection: Revenge, Opportunity, and Strategy
17. 8. “Transforming the tranquillity of the crusaders into a hell”: Amer Azizi and the Al-Qaeda Link to 3/11 87
18. 9. A Meeting in Karachi: Making the Decision to Attack Spain 100
19. 10. Amer Azizi and the 3/11 Network 114
20. 11. “Free our prisoners and leave our lands”: The 3/11 Attacks and Al-Qaeda’s General Strategy 122
21. 12. “I invoke Allah and ask him to facilitate my martyrdom”: Other Facets of the 3/11 Attacks 138
22. 13. Fleeing to Join Al-Qaeda’s Mesopotamian Branch: The Fugitives of the 3/11 Network 150
23. 14. After the 2004 Madrid Train Bombings: The Fallout in Spain 158
24. Notes 169
25. Sources and Bibliography 201
26. Index 217