1 Radical Critique of Islam 7 --
Islamist View of Life as a Perennial Battle / David Zeidan 11 --
On the Doctrine of the Muslim Brothers (1940s) / Hasan Al-Banna 27 --
Islam Is Not a Religion of Pacifists (1942) / Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 29 --
Paving the Way (1955) / Sayyid Qutb 29 --
Speech at Feyziyeh Theological School (August 24, 1979) / Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 32 --
On the Nature of the Islamic State (September 8, 1979) / Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 35 --
Suicide Operations Are Legitimate Defense (April 8, 1997) / Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi 36 --
Speech to Organization of Islamic Countries Meeting (December 9, 1997) / Ali Al-Husseini Al-Khamene'i 37 --
Fatwa on the Taliban (November 29, 2000) / Sheikh Hammoud Al-Uqlaa 40 --
Importance of Afghanistan for the Islamist Revolution (January 2002) / Ayman Al-Zawahiri 47 --
Program (February 1985) / Hizballah 50 --
Charter (August 1988) / Hamas 54 --
Letter of Demands to the King of Saudi Arabia (April 1992) / Saudi Islamists 60 --
Abdullah Azzam, the Struggling Sheikh (July 1996) / Abdullah Bin Umar 62 --
Interview with Umar Abd al-Rahman (April 1997) 64 --
Islamic State in Egypt Is Approaching (April 1997) / Sheikh Rifa'ey Ahmad Taha 67 --
On the Islamist Revolution in Egypt (January 2002) / Ayman Al-Zawahiri 69 --
Interview with Sheikh Abu Muhammad al-Maqdissy (December 1997) 73 --
Interview with Mullah Ma'soum Afghani (April 1997) 75 --
3 American Policy and Anti-Americanism 77 --
Truth about U.S. Middle East Policy / Barry Rubin 81 --
United States Will Not Intervene Militarily (November 7, 1979) / Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 106 --
No Room for Leniency (November 12, 1979) / Radio Tehran 107 --
Memo to President Jimmy Carter on Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan (December 26, 1979) / Zbigniew Brzezinski 108 --
State of the Union Address (January 23, 1980) / President Jimmy Carter 110 --
Speech to Syrian Soldiers (October 1, 1981) / Syrian President Hafiz Al-Asad 112 --
U.S. Policy Views Mideast as "U.S. Possession" (February 16, 1985) / Syrian Government Radio 114 --
On U.S. Hostages (February 1987) / Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah 115 --
On U.S. Policy (February 17, 1987) / Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah 117 --
On U.S. Hostages (February 1987) / Subhi Al-Tufayli 118 --
A Strategy for the Arab World (February 24, 1990) / Iraqi President Saddam Hussein 119 --
Indictment against the Khobar Tower Bombers of June 1996 (June 21, 2001) / U.S. Department of Justice 123 --
Second Speech to Organization of Islamic Countries Meeting (December 9, 1997) / Ali Al-Husseini Al-Khamene'i 126 --
New Barbarism (December 2, 1998) / Saqr Abu Fakhr 129 --
Letter to President Bill Clinton (December 3, 1998) / Atallah Abu Al-Subh 130 --
An Anti-American Sermon (October 2000) / Ahmad Abu Halabiya 131 --
Why Attack America (January 2002) / Ayman Al-Zawahiri 131 --
4 Usama Bin Ladin and His Movement 135 --
Declaration of War (August 1996) / Usama Bin Ladin 137 --
Interview with Usama bin Ladin (October 1996) 142 --
Statement: Jihad against Jews and crusaders (February 23, 1998) / World Islamic Front 149 --
Interview with Usama bin Ladin (December 1998) 151 --
Encyclopedia of the Afghan Jihad: Training Manual (December 1999) / Al-Qa'ida 157 --
Testimony of Jamal Ahmad al-Fadl (February 6-7, 2001) 169 --
Testimony of Ahmad Ressam (July 3-5, 2001) 173 --
Al-Qa'ida Recruitment Video (2000) / Usama Bin Ladin 174 --
5 Al-Qa'ida's War on America 185 --
FBI Most Wanted (October 10, 2001) 189 --
Letter to al-Qa'ida Cell (August 1997) / Haroun Fazul 204 --
Report on the Bomb Attacks in Kenya and Tanzania (January 1999) / U.S. Government Accountability Review Board 207 --
Testimony of Ali A. Muhammad (October 21, 2000) 209 --
Testimony of John Michael Anticev (February 27-28, 2001) 210 --
Responsibility for the Terrorist Atrocities in the United States, September 11, 2001 (October 4, 2001) / British Government 214 --
Executive Order: Sanctions on the Afghan Taliban (July 6, 1999) / President Bill Clinton 218 --
Resolution 1267 (October 15, 1999) / Un Security Council 219 --
Testimony on the Taliban (July 20, 2000) / Karl F. Inderfurth 220 --
Testimony of Ahmad Ressam (July 3-5, 2001) 223 --
Worldwide Threat 2001: National Security in a Changing World (February 7, 2001) / George J. Tenet 225 --
6 September 11, al-Qa'ida, and the Taliban 229 --
Suicide Note (September 18, 2001) / Muhammad Atta 233 --
Responsibility for the Terrorist Atrocities in the United States, September 11, 2001 (October 4, 2001) / British Government 238 --
Hijackers of September 11 (September 27, 2001) / Federal Bureau of Investigation 240 --
Videotape of a Private Meeting (December 13, 2001) / Usama bin Ladin 243 --
Interview with Mullah Umar Muhammad (September 21, 2001) 247 --
Broadcast by Usama bin Ladin (October 7, 2001) 249 --
Al-Qa'ida Statement (October 10, 2001) / Suleiman abu Ghaith 251 --
Al-Qa'ida Statement (October 13, 2001) / Suleiman abu Ghaith 253 --
Broadcast by Usama bin Ladin (November 3, 2001) 255 --
Dawn Interview with Usama bin Ladin (November 10, 2001) 261 --
Interview with Usama bin Ladin (December 27, 2001) 264 --
Indictment against Zacarias Moussaoui (December 2001) 268 --
September 11 as a Great Success (February 27, 2002) / Abu Ubeid Al-Qurashi 273 --
Pre-Attack Videotape (Summer 2001) / Ahmad Al-Haznawi Al-Ghamidi 276 --
Post-Attack Videotape (Fall 2001) / Ayman Al-Zawahiri 277 --
7 Middle East Reaction to September 11 279 --
Broadcast by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (September 12, 2001) 283 --
A Blow from Within (September 13, 2001) / Ali Yusefpur 284 --
American Government Had Contaminated My Humanity (September 15, 2001) / Ali Uqleh Ursan 286 --
Interview with Ayman al-Zawahiri (October 7, 2001) 288 --
To Anthrax (November 1, 2001) / Atallah abu Al-Subh 289 --
Is Usama bin Ladin the Culprit? Has World War III Started? (September 14, 2001) / Rif'at Sayyid Ahmad 291 --
We Would Help the United States If It Would Help Us (September 17, 2001) / Fahd Al-Fanik 293 --
A Little Justice to Help Uproot Terrorism (September 21, 2001) / Makram Muhammad Ahmad 294 --
Open Letter to President George W. Bush (October 19, 2001) / Safar bin Abd Al-Rahman Al-Hawali 296 --
Egypt Is a Sovereign State (October 19, 2001) / Ibrahim Nafi 300 --
Address to the UN General Assembly (November 10, 2001) / Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf 301 --
Editorial in Ha'aretz (September 12, 2001) 304 --
September 11 and Islamic Sharia (September 14, 2001) / Salih bin Muhammad Al-Luheidan 305 --
After Afghanistan: Liberating Islam (September 17, 2001) / Ahmad Bishara 307 --
Envy and Hate (September 22, 2001) / Ilter Turkmen 309 --
And You? (November 3, 2001) /
Fight against Terrorism Must Begin with Curricular, Educational, and Media Reform in the Arab World (November 29, 2001) / Abd Al-Hamid Al-Ansari 313 --
8 September 11 and the War Against Terrorism 317 --
Address to the Nation (September 11, 2001) / President George W. Bush 319 --
Address to Joint Session of Congress (September 20, 2001) / President George W. Bush 320 --
Address to the Nation (October 7, 2001) / President George W. Bush 326 --
Address to the UN General Assembly (November 10, 2001) / President George W. Bush 328 --
Speech to the Labor Party Conference (October 1, 2001) / British Prime Minister Tony Blair 334 --
Executive Order on Blocking Terrorist Financing (September 24, 2001) / President George W. Bush 339 --
Executive Order on Establishing the Office of Homeland Security (October 8, 2001) / President George W. Bush 340 --
Executive Order on Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War against Terrorism (November 13, 2001) / President George W. Bush 341 --
Analysis of U.S. Counterterrorism Legislation (October 25, 2001) / Congressional Research Service 344 --
Resolution 1373 (September 28, 2001) / Un Security Council 348 --
Appendix Chronology of Middle East-Connected Terrorism against Americans 351.
