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The rise and fall of Al-Qaeda
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ISBN: 0190252545 1283232219 9786613232212 0199790744 9780199790746 9781283232210 9780199790654 0199790655 0199911711 Year: 2011 Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,

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In this concise and fascinating book, Fawaz A. Gerges argues that Al-Qaeda has degenerated into a fractured, marginal body kept alive largely by the self-serving anti-terrorist bureaucracy it helped to spawn. In The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda, Gerges, a public intellectual known widely for his expertise on radical ideologies, including jihadism, argues that the Western powers have become mired in a "terrorism narrative," stemming from the mistaken belief that America is in danger of a devastating attack by a crippled al-Qaeda. To explain why al-Qaeda is no longer a threat, he provides a briskly written history of the organization, showing its emergence from the disintegrating local jihadist movements of the mid-1990s-not just the Afghan resistance of the 1980s, as many believe-in "a desperate effort to rescue a sinking ship by altering its course." During this period, Gerges interviewed many jihadis, gaining a first-hand view of the movement that bin Laden tried to reshape by internationalizing it. Gerges reveals that transnational jihad has attracted but a small minority within the Arab world and possesses no viable social and popular base. Furthermore, he shows that the attacks of September 11, 2001, were a major miscalculation--no "river" of fighters flooded from Arab countries to defend al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, as bin Laden expected. The democratic revolutions that swept the Middle East in early 2011 show that al-Qaeda today is a non-entity which exercises no influence over Arabs' political life.Gerges shows that there is a link between the new phenomenon of homegrown extremism in Western societies and the war on terror, particularly in Afghanistan-Pakistan, and that homegrown terror exposes the structural weakness, not strength, of bin Laden's al-Qaeda. Gerges concludes that the movement has splintered into feuding factions, neutralizing itself more effectively than any Predator drone. Forceful, incisive, and written with extensive inside knowledge, this book will alter the debate on global terrorism.


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Konflikt und Bewältigung : die Zerstörung der Grabeskirche zu Jerusalem im Jahre 1009
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ISSN: 18621139 ISBN: 9783110253511 3110253518 3112191978 9786613400277 3110253526 1283400278 Year: 2011 Volume: 32 32 Publisher: Berlin: de Gruyter,

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Der Band behandelt in einem transdisziplinären Ansatz verschiedene Aspekte der Zerstörung der Grabeskirche zu Jerusalem am 28. September 1009 auf Befehl des fatimidischen Kalifen al-Hakim in ihrem historischen Kontext. Es werden die ideologischen Ursachen und die Folgen beleuchtet und das Bauwerk selbst näher untersucht. Arabisten, Byzantinisten, Judaisten, Mediävisten, Kunsthistoriker, Orientalisten sowie Vertreter der Nordistik liefern Beiträge zu einem fachübergreifenden Diskurs. Dabei gerät zum einen das Verbindende und Gemeinsame der verschiedenen Religionen und Kulturen zunächst stärker in den Blick als die Trennlinien und Unterschiede. So waren etwa bei den christlichen Feierlichkeiten in der Grabeskirche zu Jerusalem auch zahlreiche Muslime anwesend, war die Mutter des Kalifen selbst eine Christin und wurde die Kirche nach ihrer Zerstörung von der fatimidischen Regentin Sitt al-Mulk wieder aufgebaut. Zum anderen aber wurden die Ereignisse zum Auslöser von Judenpogromen in Westeuropa, und sie begünstigten die Entstehung der Kreuzzugsideologie. Damit vertieften sie letztlich die Gräben zwischen den verschiedenen Religionen und Kulturen.

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Church history --- Christian shrines --- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages --- Church buildings --- Religious facilities --- Pogroms --- History --- Destruction and pillage --- Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh, --- Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem) --- Church history - 11th century --- Christian shrines - Jerusalem --- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - Palestine - History --- Church buildings - Jerusalem --- Religious facilities - Destruction and pillage --- Jérusalem --- Saint-Sépulcre (Jérusalem) --- Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh, - Caliph of Egypt, - 985-approximately 1021 --- Pogroms. --- History. --- Destruction and pillage. --- Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh, --- Church of the Holy Sepulchre. --- Jerusalem. --- Christian holy places --- Holy places, Christian --- Shrines --- Pilgrims and pilgrimages, Christian --- Pilgrims and pilgrimages --- Destruction of religious facilities --- Pillage --- Genocide --- Jews --- Massacres --- Churches --- Buildings --- Church facilities --- Church architecture --- Persecutions --- حاكم بأمر الله، --- حكيم بعمر الله --- Church of the Holy Sepulcher (Jerusalem) --- Khram Voskresenii︠a︡ Gospodni︠a︡ v Ierusalime --- Heilige Grabeskirche zu Jerusalem --- Iglesia del Gloriosísimo Sepulcro del Señor (Jerusalem) --- Iglesia de la Resurrección del Señor (Jerusalem) --- Santo Sepolcro (Church : Jerusalem) --- Church of the Resurrection (Jerusalem) --- Basilica del Santo Sepolcro (Jerusalem) --- Basilique du Saint-Sépulcre (Jerusalem) --- P. Taphos (Jerusalem) --- Panagios Taphos (Jerusalem) --- Hieron Koinon tou P. Taphou (Jerusalem) --- Hieron Koinon tou Panagiou Taphou (Jerusalem) --- Hieros Koinos tou Panagiou Taphou (Jerusalem) --- Naos tēs Anastaseōs (Jerusalem) --- Grabeskirche in Jerusalem --- Hakim bi-Amr Allah,


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Chorós : the dance of Adam : the making of Byzantine chorography, the anthropology of the choir of dance in Byzantium
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ISBN: 9789490387044 9490387045 Year: 2011 Publisher: Leiden : Alexandros Press,


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High-Value Target : Countering al Qaeda in Yemen
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ISBN: 1597977543 9781597977548 9781597976794 1597976792 Year: 2011 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Baltimore, Md. : Potomac Books, Project MUSE,


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Awakening victory : how Iraqi tribes and American troops reclaimed Al Anbar Province and defeated Al Qaeda in Iraq
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ISBN: 1612000770 9781612000770 9781612000626 1612000622 Year: 2011 Publisher: Havertown, Pa. ; Newbury : Casemate,

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In August 2006, many senior U.S. officials thought America had lost the war in Iraq, as the senior U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer there wrote that control of al Anbar Province, the seat of the raging Sunni insurgency, was irrevocably lost to the insurgents. During that time, there were over 100 attacks per day against U.S. military and Iraqi forces in al Anbar, and al Qaeda in Iraq had planted their flag in the provincial capital, Ramadi, declaring it the capital of their new "Islamic State of Iraq."In January 2007, as a spearhead of the newly decided "Surge," the 3rd Battalion, 69th A


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Lieux sacrés et espace ecclésial (IXe-XVe siècle)
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ISBN: 9782708934498 270893449X Year: 2011 Volume: 46 Publisher: Toulouse: Privat,

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Pour l'organisation de l'espace comme sur tous les autres plans, l'Eglise a joué un rôle de premier plan dans la société médiévale. Elle s'est progressivement ancrée dans des lieux hautement valorisés - des lieux consacrés -, autour desquels se sont disposés non seulement des établissements religieux, mais aussi les communautés d'habitants, villes ou villages. Le processus de « spatialisation du sacré » et les formes de « territorialisation » (c'est à dire de constitution d'espaces socialement cohérents) suscitées par l'Eglise retiennent particulièrement l'attention des archéologues et des historiens depuis plusieurs années. Le 46e colloque de Fanjeaux, dont le présent volume publie les actes, fait le point sur ces questions pour le Languedoc et la Provence/ Les études architecturales et l'iconographie tiennent ici une part importante ? Abondamment illustrées, les contributions abordent entre autres l'histoire des bourgs monastiques languedociens, ,la genèse des paroisses dans le Massif Central, l'organisation diocésaine du Midi, l'espace liturgique dans les églises romanes de Catalogne, l'archéologie du cimetière Saint- Saurin de Bordeaux, l'espace sacré et seigneurial de l'abbaye de Saint-Gilles du Gard, les aires de prédication et de quête des ordres mendiants, notamment à Rodez et en Comtat Venaissin, ou encore la représentation des treize églises fondées par saint Martial dans une fresque du palais des papes d'Avignon.

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Christian church history --- anno 1200-1499 --- anno 800-1199 --- Sacred space --- Religious architecture --- Church buildings --- Architecture, Medieval --- Lieux sacrés --- Architecture religieuse --- Eglises --- Architecture médievale --- History --- Congresses. --- Congresses --- Histoire --- Congrès --- Europe --- France, Southern --- Church history --- 264-031 --- 27 "04/14" --- Heilige plaatsen: kerken; tempels; bidplaatsen --- Kerkgeschiedenis--Middeleeuwen --- 264-031 Heilige plaatsen: kerken; tempels; bidplaatsen --- Lieux sacrés --- Architecture médievale --- Congrès --- Holy places --- Places, Sacred --- Sacred places --- Sacred sites --- Sacred spaces --- Sites, Sacred --- Space, Sacred --- Holy, The --- Religion and geography --- Spiritual architecture --- Architecture --- Churches --- Buildings --- Church facilities --- Church architecture --- Midi (France) --- Occitania (France) --- Occitanie (France) --- South of France (France) --- Southern France --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Géographie ecclésiastique --- Géographie religieuse --- Terres d'Église --- Aménagement du territoire --- Biens ecclésiastiques --- Méditerranéen (France) --- Sacred space - Europe - History - To 1500 - Congresses --- Religious architecture - Europe - History - To 1500 - Congresses --- Church buildings - Europe - History - To 1500 - Congresses --- Europe - Church history - To 1500 - Congresses --- France, Southern - Church history - To 1500 - Congresses --- Géographie ecclésiastique --- Géographie religieuse --- Terres d'Église --- Aménagement du territoire --- Biens ecclésiastiques


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The Black banners : the inside story of 9/11 and the war against Al-Qaeda
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ISBN: 9780393079425 Year: 2011 Publisher: New York Norton

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On September 11, 2001, FBI Special Agent Ali H. Soufan was handed a secret file. Had he received it months earlier when it was requested the attacks on New York and Washington could have been prevented. During his time on the front lines, Soufan helped thwart plots around the world and elicited some of the most important confessions from terrorists in the war against al-Qaeda without laying so much as a hand on them. Most of these stories have never been reported before, and never by anyone with such intimate firsthand knowledge.This narrative account of America's successes and failures against al-Qaeda is essential to an understanding of the terrorist group. We are taken into hideouts and interrogation rooms. We have a ringside seat at bin Laden's personal celebration of the 9/11 bombings. Such riveting details show us not only how terrorists think and operate but also how they can be beaten and brought to justice. Bron : http://www.dawsonenter.com

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Terrorisme --- Islam --- Verenigde Staten --- Politiek --- Buitenlandse politiek --- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 --- Terrorism --- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 --- 854 Terrorisme --- Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism, 2001-2009 --- Global War on Terror, 2001-2009 --- GWOT, 2001-2009 (War on Terrorism) --- Terror War, 2001-2009 --- Terrorism War, 2001-2009 --- War against Terrorism, 2001-2009 --- War on Terror, 2001-2009 --- Military history, Modern --- World politics --- Afghan War, 2001 --- -Iraq War, 2003-2011 --- Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001 --- -9/11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 --- 911 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 --- Attack on America, 2001 (September 11 Terrorist Attacks) --- Nine-Eleven Terrorist Attacks, 2001 --- Pentagon-World Trade Center Terrorist Attacks, 2001 --- Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 --- September 11 Terror Attacks, 2001 --- September 11 Terrorism, 2001 --- Terrorist Attacks, September 11, 2001 --- World Trade Center-Pentagon Terrorist Attacks, 2001 --- Hijacking of aircraft --- Prevention --- Qaida (Organization) --- Qāʻidah (Organization) --- Quaida (Organization) --- Al-Qaida (Organization) --- Qaeda (Organization) --- International Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders --- Islamic Salvation Foundation --- Group for the Preservation of the Holy Sites --- Islamic Army for the Preservation of Holy Sites --- Islamic Army for the Preservation of the Holy Places --- Al Qaeda (Organization) --- Al Queda (Organization) --- Alʹ-Kaida (Organization) --- Kaida (Organization) --- R̄ekxirawî Elqaʻîde --- Elqaʻîde (Organization) --- تنظيم القاعدة --- قاعدة (منظمة) --- Al-Qaedah (Organization) --- Maatschappij --- Seksualiteit --- Theater --- Wetenschap --- Architectuur --- Film --- Godsdienst --- Cultuur --- Media --- Kleuter --- Technologie --- Kind --- Geschiedenis --- Voorlichting --- Afghan War, 2001-2021 --- Iraq War, 2003-2011


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Les reclus grecs du Serapieion de Memphis: Une enquête sur l'hellénisme égyptien
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ISBN: 9789042923614 904292361X Year: 2011 Volume: 49 Publisher: Leuven Peeters

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Antieke krijgsgeschiedenis --- Asielrecht (Recht uit de Oudheid) --- Asielrecht (Recht van de Oudheid) --- Asylum [Right of ](Ancient law) --- Droit d'asile (Droit de l'Antiquité) --- Hellenism --- Hellenisme --- Hellénisme --- Histoire militaire de l'Antiquité --- Krijgsgeschiedenis [Antieke ] --- Krijgsgeschiedenis van de oudheid --- Military history [Ancient ] --- Greeks --- Recluses --- Religion and culture --- Grecs --- Reclus --- Religion et culture --- History --- Sources --- Sources. --- Histoire --- Serapeum (Saqqarah, Egypt) --- Egypt --- Egypte --- Civilization --- Greek influences. --- Civilisation --- Influence grecque --- Asylum, Right of --- Asylum, Right of (Ancient law) --- Military history, Ancient --- Asylum, Right of (Greek law) --- Sacred space --- Refugees --- Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) --- Religious aspects --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Military history, Ancient. --- Hellenism. --- Religious aspects. --- History. --- Serapeum (Ṣaqqārah, Egypt) --- Academic collection --- 932 --- History Ancient world Egypt --- Asylum, Right of (Ancient law). --- Serapeum (Ṣaqqārah, Egypt). --- Civilisation grecque antique --- Hellénisme antique --- Hellénisme --- Serapeum (Ṣaqqārah, Egypt) --- Holy places --- Places, Sacred --- Sacred places --- Sacred sites --- Sacred spaces --- Sites, Sacred --- Space, Sacred --- Holy, The --- Religion and geography --- Displaced persons --- Persons --- Aliens --- Deportees --- Exiles --- Eccentrics and eccentricities --- Hermits --- Ancient military history --- Greek papyri --- Papyri, Greek --- Manuscripts, Classical (Papyri) --- Manuscripts (Papyri) --- Ethnology --- Mediterranean race --- Right of asylum --- Sanctuary (Law) --- Defection --- Deportation --- Extradition --- Law, Greek --- Law, Ancient --- Legal status, laws, etc --- Law and legislation --- Ṣaqqārah (Egypt). --- Sarapeum (Ṣaqqārah) --- Sarapion (Ṣaqqārah) --- Asylum [Right of ] --- To 1500 --- Asylum [Right of ] (Greek law) --- Memphis (Extinct city) --- Greece --- Manuscripts [Greek ] (Papyri) --- Saqqarah (Egypt) --- Greco-Roman period, 332 BC-638 AD --- Papyrologie --- Asylum, Right of - Egypt - History - To 1500 --- Asylum, Right of (Greek law) - Religious aspects --- Sacred space - Egypt - Memphis (Extinct city) - History --- Refugees - Legal status, laws, etc. - Egypt --- Refugees - Egypt - Memphis (Extinct city) - History --- Refugees - Greece --- Recluses - Egypt - Memphis (Extinct city) --- Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) - Egypt - Saqqarah --- Egypt - History - Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D.

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