Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. 1. The Evolution of the Post-9/11 Threat to the U.S. Homeland 3
4. 2. The 2004 Madrid Train Bombings 29
5. 3. Operation Crevice in London 61
6. 4. Dhiren Barot and Operation Rhyme 81
7. 5. The Van Gogh Murder and Beyond 101
8. 6. Leadership and the Toronto 18 143
9. 7. Operation Pendennis in Australia 163
10. 8. The 7 July 2005 London Bombings 192
11. 9. The 2006 Airline Plot 224
12. 10. The Foiled Attacks in Italy in 2006 273
13. 11. The German “Sauerland” Plot, Central Asia, and Turkey 289
14. 12. The Danish Glasvej Case 312
15. 13. The January 2008 Suicide Bomb Plot in Barcelona 334
16. 14. Ansar al-Fatah and “Iraqi” Networks in France 353
17. 15. Al-Qaeda Terrorism in Afghanistan 375
18. 16. Attacks of al-Jemaah al-Islamiyah in Southeast Asia 400
19. 17. The Mombassa Attacks of November 28, 2002 415
20. 18. The Origins of Sectarian Terrorism in Iraq 436
21. 19. The November 2003 Istanbul Bombings 461
22. 20. The Sinai Terrorist Attacks 483
23. 21. Comparing the 2003 and 2007 Incidents in Casablanca 498
24. 22. The 2007 Suicide Attacks in Algiers 519
25. 23. The 2003 Riyadh and 2008 Sanaa Bombings 545
26. 24. The 2008 Mumbai Attack 571
27. 25. The 2010 Suicide Attacks in Kampala 600
28. Conclusion 618
29. Contributors 641
30. Index 645
31. Introduction ix