The stunning inside story of the 911 attack mastermind an interesting discussion on day 4 of jlf 2018 touched on the future leadership of the al qaeda and on bin. Peter bergen says the killing was a team effort and there is some dispute over what happened. Three years after osama bin ladens death, robert oneill says he was the one who killed him. Peter bergen is the author of three previous books about osama bin laden and alqaeda, two of which were new york times bestsellers. Nov 14, 2001 peter bergen is the author of holy war, inc. Bergen correctly predicted bin ladens location 14 years ago, peter bergen interviewed osama bin laden on a rocky plateau near the caves of tora bora in. Cnns terrorism expert peter bergen joined us thursday, nov. Before world war i, mohammed had emigrated from hadhramaut, on the south coast of yemen, to the red sea port of jeddah, saudi arabia, where he began to work as a porter.
Cnn terrorism analyst peter bergen has been studying osama bin laden and his operations for several years and is the author of an upcoming book on the man the united states suspects in the. Mark bowdens new book, the finish, tells of the hunt for osama bin laden from the top down based on access to obama. Theres just one problem with those bin laden conspiracy theories. May 03, 2011 peter bergen will write the definitive book on the hunt for bin laden, his publisher said on tuesday. In an exclusive excerpt from his new book manhunt, author peter l. Here are riveting new details of bin ladens flight after the crushing defeat of the taliban to tora bora, where american forces came startlingly close to capturing him, and of the fugitive leaders attempts to find a secure hiding place. It is a comprehensive collection of personal accounts by people who have met osama bin laden or worked with him at various stages of his terrorist career summary. Here is an annotated list of some of the more useful books on those subjects. Matt bissonnette, a former navy seal member who wrote an account of the raid that killed osama bin laden, agreed friday to. Oct 16, 2015 theres just one problem with those bin laden conspiracy theories. May 03, 2011 bergen correctly predicted bin laden s location 14 years ago, peter bergen interviewed osama bin laden on a rocky plateau near the caves of tora bora in afghanistan.
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He is the author of the recently released book, holy war inc. The obama administration has given cnns peter bergen unprecedented access to the white house for a special commemorating the fifth anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden. The book opens with bergens 1997 interview with bin laden, one of the few interviews granted to western journalists, and pulls back to retrace bin ladens eerily quiet, ceolike march toward the worldwide privatization of terrorism. Peter bergen born december 12, 1962 is an american journalist, author, and producer who serves as cnns national security analyst, new americas vice president, and as a professor of practice at arizona state university. Peter bergen discusses the life of osama bin laden the.
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Live chat with journalist peter bergen, author of manhunt a detailed account of the pursuit and killing of bin laden. Bergen has held teaching positions at harvard and at johns hopkins university and is a graduate of oxford. The washington post an accessible, comprehensive, nonhysterical examination of who bin laden is, where he comes fromand what motivates him. Nov 05, 2012 one of the few westerners to interview osama bin laden, peter bergen, a cnn national security analyst, discussed his recent book, manhunt. What to read on bin laden and al qaeda foreign affairs. Bergen is the author of four books about osama bin laden and al qaeda, three of which were new york times bestsellers.
In 1997, well before the west suddenly became aware of the worlds most soughtafter terrorist, bergen met with him and has followed his activities ever since. No one knows more about osama bin laden than peter bergen. A new book chronicles the 10year search for the worlds mostwanted. In a 1998 interview, al jazeera, he gave his birth date as 10 march 1957. Peter bergen is writing a book on osama bin laden, whom he interviewed in 1997. He was just recently a journalist in residence at johns hopkins university in washington, d. Peter bergen s the osama bin laden i know isbn 9780743278911 is a book published in 2006. May 02, 2016 the obama administration has given cnns peter bergen unprecedented access to the white house for a special commemorating the fifth anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden. Bergen reveals how a decade of hiding left osama bin laden increasingly isolated, s. In 1997, well before the west suddenly became aware of the worlds most soughtafter terrorist. Now an unprecedented portrait emerges from interviews with bin laden s family and inner circle. The tenyear search for bin ladenfrom 911 to abbottabad by peter l. Bergen once interviewed bin laden in a mud hut in afghanistan, and will answer questions about bin laden, including the book bergen wrote about him, and how the world has. Apr 30, 20 the latest film about the killing of osama bin laden may not be as action packed as zero dark thirty or tvs seal team six.
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