Masterminds of Terror: The Truth Behind the Most Devastating Terrorist Attack the World Has Ever Seen

Nick Fielding · Yosri Fouda

Sep 2011 · Random House

About this ebook

Based on the only interviews ever carried out with the two main conspirators of the 11th September attacks, MASTERMINDS OF TERROR is the incredible account of how Ramzi Binalshibh and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed plotted the assaults on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Capitol Hill in 2001. Using unique investigative material, the authors build a vivid picture of how the catastrophic acts of terrorism were devised over the course of two years and provide incredible material relating to the covert operations that preceded the disaster, the majority of which is previously unpublished. The book contains the full written justification for the attacks by Binalshibh, as well as the entire text of Fouda's interview with the terrorists, which was carried out in hiding as both men were being hunted down. Also included are interviews with close relatives of the hijackers, revelations of Mohammed's connections with the first attack on the Twin Towers in 1993, details of the role played by Binalshibh and Mohammed in the killing of WALL STREET JOURNAL reporter Daniel Pearl, how the two men built al-Qaeda's Far Eastern network, and an expose of the secret communications between Binalshibh and 11th September hijack leader Mohammed Atta. Ambitious and vast in scope, MASTERMINDS OF TERROR contains extensive original material on Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaede organisation and offers astonishing

About the author

Yosri Fouda is a leading reporter with the Arab al Jazeera TV channel. He spent almost 48 hours with September 11th Masterminds Ramzi Binalshibh and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Karachi. Nick Fielding is a senior reporter with THE SUNDAY TIMES and has written a number of high-profile exclusives, including the first article about al-Qaeda's 'Manual of Terror' and Bin Laden's satphone calls.