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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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This is the true-life spy thriller that "reads like a John le Carre novel" ("The New York Times") by the double agent who infiltrated al-Qaeda.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.A gripping and provocative insider's account of both Islamist terror networks and the intelligence services that spy on them, "Inside the Jihad" offers a completely original perspective on the ongoing battle against Al Qaeda. The hardback publication of "Inside the Jihad" was greeted the world over with tremendous media events, including a BBC Newsnight special.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I would highly recommend this book. A well written, fast paced book. Factually I am not sure how it stacks up, but for a man on the street, it gives an engaging account of the terror network, the secret services, west's fundamental lack of understanding of the situation, the life of an agent on the right and wrong side of the line.
The book gives an insight into what the world is really dealing with.
Thoroughly enjoyable read.
The book gives an insight into what the world is really dealing with.
Thoroughly enjoyable read.
Format:Paperback
Really fast paced read, based upon a Moroccan who falls into weapons buying for the Islamist cause in Algeria and then gets caught up spying for the western secret services. It provides some excellent background to some of the more well known extremists who end up in the UK. Great insight to life in the training camps in Afganisthan and tries to provide the reader with some explanation to the mentality and outlook of those fighting their jihad.
As the other reviewer mentions, Bin Laden is lightly referenced but is not a story around him.
As the other reviewer mentions, Bin Laden is lightly referenced but is not a story around him.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This books is an absolute load of twaddle.
It reads like a very flawed boy's adventure story full of inaccuracies, contradictions and downright make believe.
I finally gave up after reading the following paragraph.I quote:
"I knew I had to get to Peshawar. I was certain that if I got there I could get to the camps. I knew this because I had seen Rambo III. On his way to Afghanistan, Rambo stopped in Peshawar to pick up weapons. So I new there was a border crossing near Peshawar,(sic) and figured that's where the weapons were going also. Peshawar was the best place, I reasoned, to find the road to jihad.
Unless you want to witness one of the worst books ever DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.
My copy is going in the bin as I would be too embarrassed to sell it to anyone!
Kenneth Atkinson
It reads like a very flawed boy's adventure story full of inaccuracies, contradictions and downright make believe.
I finally gave up after reading the following paragraph.I quote:
"I knew I had to get to Peshawar. I was certain that if I got there I could get to the camps. I knew this because I had seen Rambo III. On his way to Afghanistan, Rambo stopped in Peshawar to pick up weapons. So I new there was a border crossing near Peshawar,(sic) and figured that's where the weapons were going also. Peshawar was the best place, I reasoned, to find the road to jihad.
Unless you want to witness one of the worst books ever DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.
My copy is going in the bin as I would be too embarrassed to sell it to anyone!
Kenneth Atkinson
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