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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778602503321

Autore

Labévière Richard

Titolo

Dollars for terror [[electronic resource] ] : the United States and Islam / / Richard Labévière ; translated by Martin DeMers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora Pub., c2000

ISBN

1-280-34643-4

9786610346431

1-892941-20-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (408 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DeMersMartin

Disciplina

303.6/25/0882971

Soggetti

Terrorism - Government policy - United States

Terrorism - Kenya - Nairobi

Terrorism - Tanzania - Dar es Salaam

Terrorism - Islamic countries - Finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PROLOGUE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION The Cold War Continues; Preface; Chapter I The Nairobi and Dar es Salaam Attacks; Chapter II An American Friend at the Palace of Nations; Chapter III Islamism Versus Arab Nationalism; Chapter IV The Mercenaries of Globalization; Chapter V The CIA's "Afghans" and Their Networks; Chapter VI Osama bin Laden, Our Man in Kandahar; Chapter VII The Muslim Brothers' Holy (and Financial) War; Chapter VIII Is There a Pilot Onboard the U.S. Aircraft?; Chapter IX Making Good Use of "Low-Intensity Conflicts"

Chapter X The Privatization of U. S. Foreign PolicyChapter XI Islamism and Zionism: Complementary Enemies; Chapter XII Iran, the Great Satan's Alibi; Chapter XIII Why Saudi Arabia Finances Islamism; Chapter XIV The Taleban, Mercenaries of the American Oil Companies; Chapter XV Behind the Luxor Massacre, bin Laden's "Afghans"; Chapter XVI Islamist Deal-Making and Organized Crime; Chapter XVII Afghanistan and Sudan are the Wrong Targets; Chapter XVIII Islamism as Confrontation; Conclusion The CIA at the Negotiating Table

Sommario/riassunto

How long have the United States and their Saudi allies been sponsoring



and financing the radical Islamists, and why doesn't anyone stop them? Labévière uncovers the money-laundering, the organized crime and the interlocking world of business and politics