Bin Laden's Tinsel Offer Private Papers Osama bin Laden is apparently certain that the vast majority of Americans, including their policy-makers, are ignorant of al-Qaeda's goals and strategies. His recent "extended truce" offer to the Americans suggests as much: after offering the truce, he qualifies its earnestness by asserting "for we [Muslims] are a Nation whom Allah has … [Read more...]
Al Qaeda book battle
CNN NEW YORK (CNN) -- It's to be titled the "Al Qaeda Reader." Publisher Doubleday says it will include writings by Osama bin Laden and his second in command, Ayman al-Zawahri, from the 1990s. News of the book prompted at least one publisher to raise a red flag about profits. "How do you deal with something like this, that is the issue I suppose most people wonder about. … [Read more...]
It’s Osama on Osama: Book to tell Al Qaeda tale
by Paul D. Colford New York Daily News IT'S COMING TO A bookstore near you - the radical views of Osama Bin Laden and his second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri. New York publisher Doubleday said yesterday that next year it will release "The Al Qaeda Reader," a history of the terror network in its leaders' own words, but it insisted none will be paid for the writings. "We … [Read more...]
Osama, Call Your Agent!
Is Doubleday violating Bin Laden's copyright? by Brendan I. Koerner Slate Doubleday, an American publishing house owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG, is planning to release The Al Qaeda Reader in 2006. The book will consist primarily of translated writings by Osama Bin Laden and Egyptian Jihad founder Ayman al-Zawahiri, along with a smattering of other jihadist … [Read more...]
Bin Laden writings to be translated
USA Today NEW YORK (AP) — An English translation of interviews with Osama bin Laden and writings by his second in command, Ayman al-Zawahri, will be published by Doubleday. The book, tentatively titled The al-Qaeda Reader, is scheduled to come out next year. AP Bin Laden "It's important to know what our enemy is thinking," Doubleday spokeswoman Suzanne … [Read more...]