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Exposing 911 secrets how saudi terrorism began in 1979. On november 20, 1979, the first morning of a new muslim century, hundreds of gunmen stunned the world by seizing islams holiest shrine, the grand mosque in mecca. Yesterday, i finished reading the siege of mecca by yaroslav trofimov. The forgotten uprising in islams holiest shrine and the birth of alqaeda. Journalist yaroslav trofimov takes us day by day through one of the most momentous and heavily censored events in recent history, interviewing many direct participants in the siege and drawing on secret documents to reveal the truth about the first operation of modern global jihad. The forgotten uprising in islams holiest shrine free. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. September 22, 2007 in november 1979, gunmen in mecca seized islams holiest shrine to proclaim the arrival of the muslim messiah. The forgotten uprising in islams holiest shrine and the birth of alqaeda trofimov, yaroslav on. The forgotten uprising in islams holiest shrine yaroslav trofimov. New travel and trade restrictions are popping up daily, policies that seemed. A journey on the frontlines of islam, from baghdad to timbuktu, 2005.
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Yaroslav trofimov was born in kiev, ukraine, in july 1969, and spent his childhood on the african island of madagascar before moving to new york to study journalism and political science at new york university. The gooseneck grip of the religious leaders around the saudi alsaud family tightened after this siege converting saudi to the repressive regime it is known as today. Following this major revolt, the alsaud regime was free from significant domestic opposition, apart from a few secular movements. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the siege of mecca. Journalist yaroslav trofimov takes us daybyday through one of the most momentous and heavily censored events in recent history, interviewing many direct participants in the siege and drawing on secret documents to reveal the truth about the first operation of modern global jihad.
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Research for the siege of mecca involved requesting the declassification of hundreds of secret state department, central intelligence agency and british foreign office documents that contain previously unknown details about the bloody events of 1979 and their consequences. First egypt and now turkey show the perils of ideological religious parties and strongman rule. In the mid1980s according to an associate, bin laden in a private conversation said that the men who seized the mosque were true muslims. Download as txt, pdf, txt or read online from scribd.
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