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Dollars for terror [electronic resource] : the United States and Islam / Richard Labévière ; translated by Martin DeMers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Labévière, Richard.
- Standardized Title:
- Dollars de la terreur. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism--Government policy--United States.
- Terrorism.
- Terrorism--Kenya--Nairobi.
- Terrorism--Tanzania--Dar es Salaam.
- Terrorism--Islamic countries--Finance.
- Taliban--Finance.
- Taliban.
- Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011.
- Bin Laden, Osama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (408 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora Pub., c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-34643-4
- 9786610346431
- 1-892941-20-1
- OCLC:
- 476113759
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