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The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine Book

20 November 1979: as morning prayers began, hundreds of hardline Islamist gunmen, armed with rifles smuggled in coffins, stormed the Grand Mosque in Mecca. With thousands of terrified worshippers trapped inside, the result was a bloody siege that lasted two weeks, caused hundreds of deaths, prompted an international diplomatic crisis and unleashed forces that would eventually lead to the rise of al Qaeda. Journalist Yaroslav Trofimov takes us day-by-day through one of the most momentous - and heavily censored - events in recent history, interviewing many direct participants in the siege and drawing on secret documents to reveal the truth about the first operation of modern global jihad.Read More

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    20 November 1979: as morning prayers began hundreds of hardline Islamist gunmen armed with rifles smuggled in coffins stormed the Grand Mosque in Mecca. This work takes us through one of the momentous events in history interviewing many participants in the siege and reveals the truth about the first operation of modern global jihad.

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    20 November, 1979: as morning prayers began, hundreds of hardline Islamist gunmen, armed with rifles smuggled in coffins, stormed the Grand Mosque in Mecca. This work takes us through one of the momentous events in history, interviewing many particip

  • 0141034068
  • 9780141034065
  • Yaroslav Trofimov
  • 7 August 2008
  • Penguin
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 320
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