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Islamist terrorism in Europe : a history / Petter Nesser.
LIBRA HV6433.E85 N47 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nesser, Petter, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Qaida (Organization).
- Terrorism--Europe.
- Terrorism.
- Europe.
- Jihad.
- Islamic fundamentalism.
- Islam and politics.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 371 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- 1 From Afghanistan to Europe 23
- Afghan-Arabs 24
- Al-Qaida 27
- Camps and alliances 28
- Europe in jihadi thought 32
- Jihadis enter Europe 34
- Commandos behind enemy lines 35
- "Londanistan" 37
- Preachers 39
- Recruitment 44
- Covenant of security 47
- 2 Scope and modus operandi 53
- Scope of plots 54
- Modus Operandi 57
- 3 The Algeria Factor (1994-2000) 67
- GIA 68
- Emirs and radicalization 72
- The France attacks 74
- Building cells 76
- Mixed motives 79
- 4 Towards Global Jihad in Europe (2000-3) 87
- Global jihad kicks off 88
- From support network to terrorist cell 90
- Frankfurt cell 94
- The network of Djamel Beghal 101
- Tawhid 112
- Chechen network 119
- 5 The Iraq Effect (2003-5) 129
- The new generation 130
- Injustices against Islam 131
- Jihadism behind bars 131
- Al-Qaida's plans for Iraq 132
- Drumming for jihad in Europe 133
- Recruitment for the Iraqi jihad 134
- M-11 138
- Hofstadgroup 148
- 6 The Pakistan Axis (2004-6) 163
- Pakistani jihadis and al-Qaida 165
- The UK-Pakistan trail 168
- Waziristan and Europe plots 170
- Crawley group 171
- 7/7 181
- Airliner plot 190
- 7 The Northern Front (2005-8) 199
- Cartoons 200
- "Al-Qaida in Northern Europe" 202
- Glasvej 213
- Suitcase bombers 219
- Sauerland cell 226
- Doctors' cell 234
- 8 Decentralization (2008-10) 243
- Continued threat from Af-Pak 246
- Single-actors on the rise 253
- 9 A Heterogeneous Threat(2011-15) 267
- Syria and the new generation 269
- Reciprocal radicalization 271
- The Syria effect 272
- Al-Qaida still in the game 275
- Soldier killers 280
- Targeting anti-Islam 283
- Blowback 285
- Full Circle: The Attacks on Charlie Hebdo 289.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-334) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0190264020
- 9780190264024
- OCLC:
- 906121494
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