The Al Qaeda connection : international terrorism, organized crime, and the coming apocalypse / Paul L. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Paul L., 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qaida (Organization).

Transnational crime.

Drug traffic.

Nuclear weapons.

Mafia--Italy--Sicily.

Mafia.

Italy--Sicily.

Mafia--Russia (Federation)--Chechni͡a.

Russia (Federation)--Chechni︠a︡.

Physical Description:

280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books, 2005.

Summary:

Will al Qaeda's next attack on the United States be financed by the Albanian and Sicilian Mafias through the sale of illicit drugs? Will the Chechen Mafia provide the weapons used? Will sleeper agents smuggled across the Mexican border by a street gang from E1 Salvador carry out the strike?

In his acclaimed book, Osama's Revenge: The Next 9/11, terrorism expert Paul L. Williams revealed the frightening likelihood of nuclear terrorism on American soil. Now in this chilling sequel Williams further explores the shocking dimensions of the international threat to America.

Williams reveals persuasive evidence that al Qaeda has now established connections with organized crime families, who are helping to finance terrorism through the sale of Number Four heroin, the present drug of choice in Europe and the United States. In addition, through its ties to the Chechen Mafia, the group responsible for the heinous attack on a Russian school in September 2004, al Qaeda has managed to obtain nuclear weapons, stockpiled during the cold war, from poorly secured and carelessly guarded storehouses in Russia.

Perhaps the most disturbing link uncovered by Williams is the relation of al Qaeda to an obscure Salvadoran street gang, whose members call themselves Mara Salvatrucha and whose membership has expanded exponentially. In exchange for big money, this violent group of anarchic thugs, using muscle and machete, has smuggled weapons of mass destruction and sleeper agents across the Mexican border onto American soil, or what al Qaeda refers to as the land of the "Great Satan."

No other book deals with the connection between international, extremist Islamic terrorism and organized crime-a connection that has made possible the establishment of a well-financed branch of al Qaeda in Latin America and the creation of terrorist cells in major metropolitan areas throughout the United States. Williams convincingly demonstrates that by means of this network Osama bin Laden is now in a position to execute his dream of an American Hiroshima, an apocalyptic act of mass murder within the borders of the United States. Though vigorously working to prevent such an attack, many military experts and security officials concede the probability of nuclear terrorism in America, perhaps in the immediate future.

Contents:

Preface: An Interview with Osama bin Laden 9

Introduction: Why We Fight America / Sulaiman Abu Ghaith 15

Part 1 The Islamic Mafia

Chapter 1 The Young Lion and the Dream of the American Hiroshima 25

Chapter 2 The Good Life among the Taliban 45

Chapter 3 From Albania to the Atom Bomb 57

Chapter 4 The Three Wars 67

Part 2 The Crown Jewels

Chapter 5 The Loose Nukes 81

Chapter 6 The Five-Year Intermission 97

Chapter 7 Enter Dr. Evil 105

Part 3 From Hell to South America

Chapter 8 Welcome, Osama, to South America 119

Chapter 9 Too Little, Too Late 139

Chapter 10 The Terrorists and the Gangbangers 153

Chapter 11 The Sleeper Cells 171

Chapter 12 Amen, America 191

Epilogue: The Doomsday Clock 201

Appendix Al Qaeda's Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-263) and index.

ISBN:

1591023491

OCLC:

60419823