Lawrence Wright, author of The Looming Tower, a new account of Al Qaedas attack on the U.S., reveals that the Afghans fighting alongside bin Laden in the 1980s considered him what?
- a religious zealot
- a strategic genius
- a courageous warrior
- useless
Answer
The correct answer is D) useless.
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- The CIA knew Al Qaeda operatives met secretly in Malaysia in January 2001, and that later two of them, eventual 9/11 hijackers, entered the U.S. When did the CIA share this with the FBI?
- Where did an FBI investigator argue futilely with his bosses a month before 9/11, by saying: Im trying to keep someone from taking a plane and crashing into the World Trade Center.?
- What does the Arabic term Al Qaeda mean?
- How did former FBI anti-terrorist squad leader John ONeill die on 9/11?
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