The Black Banners: Inside the Hunt for Al Qaeda By Soufan, Ali Publisher : Penguin Books Ltd Published Date : 2012/07 Binding : Paperback ISBN : 9780241956168 BookWeb Price : S$ 26.70 Kinokuniya Privilege Card member price : S$ 24.03 Availability Status : In stock at the Fulfillment Centre. Usually dispatches within 5 working days.

 
Important Note Concerning The Text                 xi
        Map                                        xii
Prologue                                           xv
Note To Readers                                    xxv
  PART 1 THE EARLY YEARS
    1 The Fatwa and the Bet                        3  (30)
    2 Osama Air                                    33 (23)
    3 The Northern Group                           56 (19)
  PART 2 DECLARATION OF WAR
    4 The al-Qaeda Switchboard                     75 (22)
    5 Operation Challenge and the Manchester       97 (24)
    Manual
    6 "You'll Be Singing Like a Canary"            121(10)
    7 Millennium Plot                              131(18)
  PART 3 USS COLE
    8 A Naval Destroyer in Yemen?                  149(19)
    9 The Hall of Death                            168(17)
    10 "We're Stubborn, but We're Not Crazy"       185(24)
    11 The Human Polygraph Machine                 209(19)
    12 "What Is al-Qaeda Doing in Malaysia?"       228(26)
    13 Bin Laden's Errand Boy                      254(17)
  PART 4 THE ATTACK THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
    14 The Binalshibh Riddle                       271(13)
    15 "What Dots?"                                284(22)
    16 The Father of Death                         306(37)
  PART 5 A NEW WORLD ORDER
    17 Bin Laden's Escape                          343(7)
    18 DocEx                                       350(6)
    19 Black Magic                                 356(17)
  PART 6 THE FIRST HIGH-VALUE DETAINEE
    20 Abu Zubaydah                                373(20)
    21 The Contractors Take Over                   393(18)
    22 "We Don't Do That"                          411(28)
  PART 7 SUCCESSES AND FAILURES
    23 Guantanamo Bay                              439(45)
    24 45 Minutes                                  484(18)
    25 The Crystal Ball Memo                       502(9)
  PART 8 FINAL MISSIONS
    26 Leaving the FBI                             511(7)
    27 Undercover                                  518(7)
Postscript                                         525(6)
Conclusion                                         531(8)
Acknowledgments                                    539(6)
Principal Characters                               545(24)
Key Documents And Articles Cited                   569