Inside Al-Qaeda and the Taliban: Beyond Bin Laden and 9/11

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1 A New World: Destruction, Migration, Friends, and Foes -- Playing with Fire -- Al-Qaeda's New Approach -- 2 The Politics of War and Peace -- New Al-Qaeda Players and Actions -- The Spring Offensive 2006: Al-Qaeda's Watershed -- The New Taliban Strategy -- Back to Base -- The Wrath of the United States -- Setting up the Af-Pak Theater of War -- Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan: Al-Qaeda's Brood -- Iranian Jundullah: Al-Qaeda's New Syndication -- Planning NATO's Waterloo -- A Swat Whirlpool Set to Sink the Af-Pak Strategy -- Old Wine in New Bottles -- 3 First Step: Leadership Building and Transformation of the "Sons of the Soil" to "Blood Brothers"--Captain Khurram, the Martyr -- The Rise and Fall of Major Haroon -- Arrest -- Major Haroon's Ideological Journey -- The Neo-Taliban in Taliban Ranks -- The Haqqani Network: the Taliban's Real Strength -- From the Shadows to the Shadow Army -- Al-Qaeda's Soul in a New Body: Laskhar Al-Zil -- Al-Qaeda's Blood Brothers Saga: Somalia and Yemen -- 4 Takfeer and Khuruj: An Ideological Thesis for the Separation of Islamists and States -- The Takfeer: Orchestrating a Clash -- Literature that Changes the Mind -- Roots of the Ideological Evolution -- Ibn Tamiyyah, an Ideologue for the Next 1,000 Years -- 5 Antithesis: Debate on the Legitimacy of the Resistance -- 6 The Synthesis -- The beginning of Revolt -- 7 Building the Eagles' Nest -- How the Taliban Maneuvered -- An Insurgent World in the Hindu Kush -- Tribal Insurgency: A Battle Before the Real Battle -- Revolution in the Mountains -- Al-Qaeda Takes Steps for Broadening Ties with Iran -- An Amazing Maze -- 8 The Theater of War -- Ghazwa-e-Hind -- The Harvest is Ready but ... -- Al-Qaeda Splits the Spoils of war -- Harkat-ul Jihad-i-Islami: From ISI to Al-Qaeda -- Epilogue