Inside the Jihad

My Life with Al Qaeda

By: Omar Nasiri

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Paperback | 1 January 2008 | Edition Number 1

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Between 1994 and 2000, Omar Nasiri worked as a secret agent for Europe's top foreign intelligence services-including France's DGSE (Direction Generale de la Securite Exterieure), and Britain's MI5 and MI6. From the netherworld of Islamist cells in Belgium, to the training camps of Afghanistan, to the radical mosques of London, he risked his life to defeat the emerging global network that the West would come to know as Al Qaeda. Now, for the first time, Nasiri shares the story of his life-a life balanced precariously between the world of Islamic jihadists and the spies who pursue them. As an Arab and a Muslim, he was able to infiltrate the rigidly controlled Afghan training camps, where he encountered men who would later be known as the most-wanted terrorists on earth: Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi, Abu Zubayda, and Abu Khabab al-Masri. Sent back to Europe with instructions to form a sleeper cell, Nasiri became a conduit for messages going back and forth between Al Qaeda's top recruiter in Pakistan and London's radical cleric Abu Qatada.

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"A chillingly detailed portrait of life inside the Afghan training camps... a unique insider's perspective into Al Qaeda's global jihad." Daily Telegraph "Inside the Jihad reads like a John le Carre novel. It is replete with tales of phony passports, envelopes stuffed with cash and cloak-and-dagger meetings...Mr. Nasiri's account of the camps is detailed and chilling." The New York Times"

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Introduction	p. ix
Prologue	p. 1
Brussels	p. 3
Cast of Characters	p. 4
Timeline	p. 5
Map of Europe	p. 6
Omar
Buck Danny
Edouard
Morocco
Hakim
Belgium
Laurent
Bullets
Uzis
Tarek
Consulate
Gilles
Photos
Air France Flight 8969
Semtex
Audi
Tangier
Cinema
Thierry
Fever
Id al-Fitra
Nouvelles Aventures
Dolmabahce
Afghanistan	p. 101
Cast of Characters	p. 102
Timeline	p. 103
Map of Pakistan/Afghanistan	p. 104
Pakistan
Tabligh
Abu Anas
Peshawar
Ibn Sheikh
Interrogation
Chemicals
Gaslight
Borderland
Khaldan
Abu Hamam
Abu Suhail
Night
Al-Jum'a
Abdul Kerim
Abu Bakr
Explosives
Tactics
Emir
Tajikistan
Arabs
Chechnya
Night Guard
Spy
Flashlight
Taliban
Infirmary
Osama
Khyber Pass
Darunta
Fishing
Abu Jihad
Sarowbi
Afghani, Afghani
Assad Allah
Mustard Gas
Abu Khabab
Psychological Warfare
Propaganda
The Land of the Jihad Is Wide
Crossing
Ghost Town
Londonistan	p. 245
Cast of Characters	p. 246
Timeline	p. 247
Galata Bridge
Reunion
Paris
London
Daniel
Abu Qatada
Four Feathers
Money
Message
Abu Hamza
Big Fish
Takeover
The Spiritual Leader
Fatima
Notebook
Yemen
Fugue
Afghanistan
GIA
World Cup
Amin
Africa
Germany	p. 305
Dakar
Germany
Afterlife
Afterword	p. 321
Acknowledgments	p. 337
Glossary	p. 339
Index of Names	p. 349
Reading Group Guide	p. 355
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