Al-Qaeda's Revenge

Fernando Reinares is director of the Program on Violent Radicalization and Global Terrorism at the Elcano Royal Institute, as well as professor of political science and security studies at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, both in Madrid. He is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and a Global Fellow of the Wilson Center. Reinares coedited, with Bruce Hoffman, The Evolution of the Global Terrorist Threat: From 9/11 to Osama bin Laden's Death (Columbia, 2014). The Association of 3/11 Terrorism Victims awarded him the Prize for Memory and Peace in 2022 in honor of his research on the attacks.

• List of Maps and FiguresAcknowledgmentsForeword, by Bruce RiedelList of AbbreviationsProloguePart I. The 3/11 Terrorist Network: Origins, Components, and Formation1. Osama bin Laden's Man in Spain and His Associates2. From Abu Dahdah's Cell to the 3/11 Network3. "He swore that the Spanish would pay dearly for his detention": Allekema Lamari and Algerians in the 3/11 Network4. The Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group and Its Involvement in the 3/11 Network5. "They moved together while I moved on my own": Mohamed al-Masri in Egypt, Spain, and Italy6. Common Delinquents Turned into Jihadists: The Final Component of the 3/11 Network7. How the 3/11 Terrorist Network FormedPart II. The Al-Qaeda Connection: Revenge, Opportunity, and Strategy8. "Transforming the tranquillity of the crusaders into a hell": Amer Azizi and the Al-Qaeda Link to 3/119. A Meeting in Karachi: Making the Decision to Attack Spain10. Amer Azizi and the 3/11 Network11. "Free our prisoners and leave our lands": The 3/11 Attacks and Al-Qaeda's General Strategy12. "I invoke Allah and ask him to facilitate my martyrdom": Other Facets of the 3/11 Attacks13. Fleeing to Join Al-Qaeda's Mesopotamian Branch: The Fugitives of the 3/11 Network14. After the 2004 Madrid Train Bombings: The Fallout in SpainNotesSources and BibliographyIndex

The most rigorous book on the 2004 Madrid train bombings.