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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...HE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992... ...Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From t... ...17/04 5:25 PM Page ix Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page x Thomas H. Kean chair Richard Ben-Veniste Fred F . Fielding Jamie S. Gorelick Slade Go... ...e Sunni became (and remain) the major- ity sect. (The Shia are dominant in Iran.) The Caliphate—the institutionalized leadership of the Ummah—thus was... ...on, forcing their critics to choose silence, exile, or violent opposition. Iran’s 1979 revolution swept a Shia theocracy into power. Its success encou... ... things, taking away his passport.With help from a dissident member of the royal family, he managed to get out of the country under the pretext of att... ...ing up the teams in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. Members of the cells rented residences, and purchased bomb-mak- ing materials and transport vehicles.At... ...eventu- ally back to Kandahar. In Kandahar, he rotated between five to six residences, spending one night at each residence. In addition, he sent his ... ...their friends can help them change. 20 There are signs that Saudi Arabia’s royal family is trying to build a consensus for political reform, though un...

... a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERR...

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