Inside the Jihad: My Life with al Qaeda, a Spy's story
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Inside the Jihad: My Life with al Qaeda, a Spy's story is a book published by Basic Books
, written by a Moroccan
who has adopted the pen-name Omar Nasiri
.
In the novel, Nasiri describes moving to Europe, after being involved in petty crime in his homeland of Morocco. By 1996, however, he had been recruited by radical Islamic fundamentalists, and become an informant for European counter-terrorism agencies. He would later infiltrate the Khalden training camp
in Afghanistan, where he would meet such influential al-Qaeda
leaders as Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi
. Upon returning to Europe, he continued his work as a spy in London, before moving to Germany and getting married.
Basic Books
Basic Books is a book publisher founded in 1952 and located in New York. It publishes books in the fields of psychology, philosophy, economics, science, politics, sociology, current affairs, and history.-History:...
, written by a Moroccan
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
who has adopted the pen-name Omar Nasiri
Omar Nasiri
Omar Nasiri is the pseudonym of a Moroccan spy who infiltrated al-Qaeda, attending training camps in Afghanistan and passing information to the UK and French intelligence services...
.
In the novel, Nasiri describes moving to Europe, after being involved in petty crime in his homeland of Morocco. By 1996, however, he had been recruited by radical Islamic fundamentalists, and become an informant for European counter-terrorism agencies. He would later infiltrate the Khalden training camp
Khalden training camp
The Khalden training camp was a military training camp in Afghanistan. According to the documentary Son of al Qaeda there were hundreds of military training camps in Afghanistan which were tied to al Qaeda...
in Afghanistan, where he would meet such influential al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...
leaders as Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi
Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi
Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi was a Libyan paramilitary trainer for Al-Qaeda. After being captured and interrogated by the American and Egyptian forces, the information he gave under torture by Egyptian authorities was cited by the George W. Bush Administration in the months preceding the 2003 invasion of...
. Upon returning to Europe, he continued his work as a spy in London, before moving to Germany and getting married.
See also
- Alain Chouet
- Ibn al-Shaykh al-LibiIbn al-Shaykh al-LibiIbn al-Shaykh al-Libi was a Libyan paramilitary trainer for Al-Qaeda. After being captured and interrogated by the American and Egyptian forces, the information he gave under torture by Egyptian authorities was cited by the George W. Bush Administration in the months preceding the 2003 invasion of...
- Abu ZubaydahAbu ZubaydahAbu Zubaydah is a Saudi Arabian citizen, sentenced to death in Jordan and currently held in U.S. custody in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Not neutral: Arrested in Pakistan in March 2002, he has been in US custody for more than eight years, four-and-a-half of them spent incommunicado in solitary confinement...
- Midhat MursiMidhat MursiMidhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar, known as Abu Khabab al-Masri was a chemist and alleged top bomb maker for al-Qaeda and part of Osama bin-Laden's inner circle. The United States had a US$5 million bounty on his head. Although reportedly killed in a U.S...
- Abu Hamza
- Afghan training campAfghan training campAn Afghan training camp is a camp or facility used for militant training located in pre-2002 Afghanistan. At the time of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Indian intelligence officials estimated that there were over 120 training camps operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan, run by a variety of...
- Khalden training campKhalden training campThe Khalden training camp was a military training camp in Afghanistan. According to the documentary Son of al Qaeda there were hundreds of military training camps in Afghanistan which were tied to al Qaeda...
- Omar KhadrOmar KhadrOmar Ahmed Khadr is a Canadian child soldier and one of the juveniles held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. He was convicted of five charges under the United States Military Commissions Act of 2009 including murder in violation of the law of war and providing material support for terrorism,...
- Sarowbi training campSurobiNot to be confused with nearby Sorubi or the Sarobi District of Paktika.The town of Sorūbī is the center of Surobi District, between Kabul and Jalalabad, in Kabul Province, Afghanistan. It is located on at 998 m altitude in the valley of the Kabul River East from Kabul on the road to Jalalabad...
- Derunta training campDerunta training campThe Derunta training camp was one of the most well-known of many military training camps that have been alleged to have been affiliated with al Qaeda.-Training with poisons:...
Reviews of Inside the Jihad
- Ahmed RashidAhmed RashidAhmed Rashid is a former Pakistani revolutionary, a journalist and best-selling author of several books about Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia.-Biography:...
author of "Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central AsiaTaliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central AsiaTaliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia is a book written by Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid and published in 2000. The book was a New York Times bestseller for 5 weeks. It was translated into 22 languages....
" - Michael ScheuerMichael ScheuerMichael F. Scheuer is a former CIA intelligence officer, American blogger, historian, foreign policy critic, and political analyst. He is currently an adjunct professor at Georgetown University's Center for Peace and Security Studies...
author of "Imperial HubrisImperial HubrisImperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror is a book originally published anonymously, but later revealed to have been authored by Michael Scheuer, a CIA veteran with 22 years service, who ran the Counterterrorist Center's bin Laden station from 1996 to 1999.Scheuer describes his...
", "Through Our Enemies Eyes" and "Marching Toward Hell America and Islam After Iraq"
External links
- After a Decade at War With West, Al-Qaeda Still Impervious to Spies by Craig WhitlockCraig WhitlockCraig Michael Whitlock is a journalist working for The Washington Post. He has worked for the Post since 1998, and covered the Maryland Statehouse in Annapolis and the Prince George's County police department before joining the foreign desk in 2004. He was awarded the German Marshall Fund's 2005...
of the Washington Post March 20, 2008