Nelly Lahoud

Hardback, 384 pages

9780300260632

How the Abbottabad Raid Revealed the Truth about al-Qaeda, Its Leader and His Family

An inside look at al-Qaeda from 9/11 to the death of its foundertold through the words of Bin Laden and his closest circle

Usama Bin Ladens greatest fear was not capture or death, but the exposure of al-Qaedas secrets. At great risk to themselves and the entire mission, the U.S. Special Operations Forces, who carried out the Abbottabad raid that killed Bin Laden, took an additional eighteen minutes to collect Bin Ladens hard drives and thereby expose al-Qaedas secrets.

In this ground-breaking book, Nelly Lahoud dives into Bin Ladens files and meticulously distills the nearly 6,000 pages of Arabic private communications. For the first time, al-Qaedas closely guarded secrets are laid bare, shattering misconceptions and revealing how and what Bin Laden communicated with his associates, his plans for future attacks, and al-Qaedas hostility toward countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Pakistan. Lahoud presents firsthand accounts of al-Qaeda from 9/11 until the elimination of Bin Laden, as told through his own words and those of his family and closest associates.