Al-Qaeda's Revenge : : The 2004 Madrid Train Bombings / / Fernando Reinares.

In Al-Qaeda's Revenge: The 2004 Madrid Train Bombings, Fernando Reinares tells the story of "3/11" - the March 11, 2004, bombings of commuter trains in Madrid, which killed 191 people and injured more than 1,800. He examines the development of an al-Qaeda conspiracy in Spain from the...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Maps and Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Prologue
  • Part I. The 3/11 Terrorist Network: Origins, Components, and Formation
  • 1. Osama bin Laden's Man in Spain and His Associates
  • 2. From Abu Dahdah's Cell to the 3/11 Network
  • 3. "He swore that the Spanish would pay dearly for his detention": Allekema Lamari and Algerians in the 3/11 Network
  • 4. The Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group and Its Involvement in the 3/11 Network
  • 5. "They moved together while I moved on my own": Mohamed al-Masri in Egypt, Spain, and Italy
  • 6. Common Delinquents Turned into Jihadists: The Final Component of the 3/11 Network
  • 7. How the 3/11 Terrorist Network Formed
  • Part II. The Al-Qaeda Connection: Revenge, Opportunity, and Strategy
  • 8. "Transforming the tranquillity of the crusaders into a hell": Amer Azizi and the Al-Qaeda Link to 3/11
  • 9. A Meeting in Karachi: Making the Decision to Attack Spain
  • 10. Amer Azizi and the 3/11 Network
  • 11. "Free our prisoners and leave our lands": The 3/11 Attacks and Al-Qaeda's General Strategy
  • 12. "I invoke Allah and ask him to facilitate my martyrdom": Other Facets of the 3/11 Attacks
  • 13. Fleeing to Join Al-Qaeda's Mesopotamian Branch: The Fugitives of the 3/11 Network
  • 14. After the 2004 Madrid Train Bombings: The Fallout in Spain
  • Notes
  • Sources and Bibliography
  • Index