American Jihad (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Steven Emerson
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Current affairs and history
- Time of Work: 1988-2001
- Setting: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Ontario, California; New York City; Richardson, Texas; other sites in the United States and worldwide
- Principal Characters: Mahmud Abouhalima, Mohammed A. Salameh, Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, Eyad Ismoil, Sami al-Arian, Seifeldin Ashmawy, Muhammad al-Asi, Abdullah Azzam, Hudaifa Azzam, Khalid Duran, Wadih el-Hage, Sheikh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, Musa Abu Marzook, Ramadan Abdullah Shallah
- Genres: Nonfiction, Current affairs, History
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Twentieth century, New York City, Islam, Twenty-first century, Religion, 1980’s, Immigration or emigration, Muslims, Terrorism or terrorists, Conspiracies or conspirators, Espionage or spies, 1990’s, Israel or Israelis, Middle East, Fanaticism, Fundamentalism, 2000’s
- Locales: United States
Steven Emerson directs the Investigative Project, which claims to be the largest intelligence and data-gathering center in the world monitoring militant Islamic activities. This book is based on his active, full-time investigation of these activities since 1993 and reveals how large numbers of terrorists, perhaps thousands of them in dozens of organizations, have infiltrated American society. This book argues that the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, often referred to as 9/11, were not isolated or random events but were the results of...
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