Notes

• Revised, updated English translation of: Au nom d’Oussama ben Laden. Paris : Picollec, 2001
• "This revised, updated, and partially rewritten edition includes extensive new material, including: new, previously unpublished documents, including a proclamation by bin Laden on September 24, 2001; an interview conducted by the author with bin Laden; and an excerpt from Ayman al -Zawahiri’s book, Knights under The Flag of the Prophet, which was smuggled out of Afghanistan in October 2001; a preface tracing the evolution of terrorist movements in the second half of the twentieth century; an extensive introduction situating the bin Laden organization in the broader context of the global rise in religious fundamentalism in general, and the political developments in the Middle East and the world that served as backdrop and catalyst for the development of the movement over the last decade; an epilogue bringing the reader up to data on unconventional weapons threats and the future of the Bin Laden Brotherhood; an afterword debating the clash of civilization discourse that dominates in the aftermath of September 11 and exploring the role of new communications technology in the war for Public-opinion, with particular focus on the role of al-Jazeera, the Arab satellite TV station." "In addition, there has been comprehensive annotation of Islamic terms and references to sects, additional biographical material on al-Queda leadership added, and new material translated from the Arabic documents, with excerpts that was not available in the French edition."–BOOK JACKET