Synopses & Reviews
Paul Thompson's The Terror Timeline offers a complete and thorough history of the many roads that converged on 9/11, including the development of Islamic fundamentalism, the activities of bin Laden and al-Qaeda, and the failures of U.S. investigations and counterterrorism efforts. It traces the actions (and inactions) of every important figure in the war on terror, both before and after 9/11, bringing them together in a volume that offers a comprehensive and provocative look at this complex subject. Packed with little-known facts and disturbing questions, The Terror Timeline is the first complete reference guide to the events of 9/11 and the war on terror the definitive primer on the most momentous issue of our times.
About the Author
Paul Thompson is a freelance researcher and is the creator of the Center for Cooperative Research's Complete 9/11 Timeline (www.cooperativeresearch.org), a compilation of over 5,000 articles and reports on 9/11. A former California environmental activist, he worked to preserve the rainforest in Borneo. Thompson divides his time between California and New Zealand.
Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Introduction xiii
Part I Before 9/11
1. Warning Signs 3
2. Insider Trading and Other Foreknowledge 59
3. Counterterrorism Before 9/11 69
4. The Hunt for bin Laden 109
5. Pipeline Politics 125
Part II The Terrorists
6. Al-Qaeda in Germany 141
7. Hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar 155
8. The Other Hijackers 181
9. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed 205
10. Zacarias Moussaoui 213
11. Nabil al-Marabh 229
Part III Geopolitics and 9/11
12. The Pakistani ISI 239
13. Saudi Arabia and the bin Laden Family 273
14. Israel 303
15. Iraq 313
16. U.S. Dominance in Central Asia and the World 329
Part IV The Attacks
17. The Day of 9/11 345
Part V The Post-9/11 World
18. Post-9/11 Afghanistan 471
19. Post-9/11 Investigations 485
20. Other Post-9/11 Events 537
Afterword 563
Bibliography 569
Acknowledgments 571
Photography Credits 573
Index 577