PART 1: Get him before Sept 11
Some time over the past few months Osama bin Laden traveled into Pakistan, where he is now lying low, quietly orchestrating the regrouping of his al-Qaeda network which, like him, is very much alive.

PART 2: What he's up to
For many years, long before September 11, Osama bin Laden has followed a vision, a vision that has at its core the elimination of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia as they exist today. It's all part of a Sunni Islamic revolution in which the United States is an incidental casualty.

PART 3: The sheikh against the Saudi
In many ways, the battle to win the hearts and minds of the Arab world revolves around two men - Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah and Osama bin Laden. At a personal level, the men are vastly different - one moderate, one revolutionary - as are their goals for a new Arab world. And the revolutionary has the upper hand at present.

PART 4: Tracking al-Qaeda in Europe
The al-Qaeda European connection reveals itself to be a mind-boggling labyrinth, although it has emerged that the key countries in the network's operations are Belgium, the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy and France. Beyond that, investigations continue ...

PART 5: Intelligence matters
While intelligence services in Europe keep nabbing the odd presumed al-Qaeda member, in Afghanistan and the tribal areas of Pakistan the story is completely different. Another e-mail from a key intelligence-related source inside Pakistan once more sends the message: "The new theater of war is here."



 

 

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