Osama Bin Laden

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Blustering political rhetoric “informs” the public that the Islamists are offended by the Western world’s democratic freedoms, civil liberties, inter-mingling of genders, and separation of church and state.

In this book, Scheuer provides a much-needed corrective--a hard-headed, closely reasoned portrait of bin Laden, showing him to be a figure of remarkable leadership skills, strategic genius, and considerable rhetorical abilities. Today’s patriarchy and its political and media acolytes are in place to do only one thing; namely, to put minorities – talented or not -- at the top of American society and thereby reduce the remainder of the population to slaves and servants. Michael Scheuer worked at the CIA on national security issues related to Islamic extremism for 22 years. Scheuer deeply criticizes US actions and policy - often controversially - but his analysis is engrossing, as is his informed, historical perspective on bin Laden, a lethally skilled leader who murdered ruthlessly in pursuit of his political and theological goals. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers.However, although aspects of the modern world may offend conservative Muslims, no Islamist leader has fomented jihad to destroy participatory democracy, for example, the national association of credit unions, or coed universities. Little did he know that two months after his book's publication, the US Navy would slide Osama bin Laden's dead body into the trackless sea - where the dark ripples still circle. Today he described his experience in moving to and now living in Carmel, Indiana, which is a suburb on the northside of Indianapolis. Out of government Scheuer has continued to be one of the most original and thoughtful interpreters of bin Laden and al- Qaeda, and in this volume he has distilled his decade and half of thinking about them to great effect, synthesizing a large body of literature to produce a portrait of bin Laden that is authoritative.

Osama bin Laden may be dead but the objectives he strove to achieve have in a large part become a reality. In this newly updated paperback edition, Scheuer, the first head of the CIA's bin Laden Unit, draws from a wealth of interviews, speeches, and previously un-translated documents to challenge the complacency of the West's perception of Osama bin Laden. Before joining Reuters in 2019 he has written for BuzzFeed News, Newsweek, GQ, Playboy, the New York Times and other publications. His greatest and later best-known moment came in 1956 at the Melbourne Olympics when he earned the first German gold medal after World War II together with Meinrad Miltenberger in the K2 over 1,000 metres.

Available biographies depict bin Laden as an historical figure, the mastermind behind 9/11, but no longer relevant to the world it created. I hope they move on and do the Saudi lobby, which is probably more dangerous to the United States than the Israeli lobby.

Of vital interest to many kinds of readers, particularly those who share the author's view that we are fighting a war that may soon reach our shores.The bin Laden who emerges from these accounts is devout, talented, patient, and ruthless; in other words, a truly formidable and implacable enemy of the West. I went through roughly 19,000 documents, probably totaling 50,000 to 60,000 pages, and within that corpus of material, there was absolutely no connection in the terms of a—in the terms of a relationship.

New York Times and Washington Post bestselling author Michael Scheuer is the former head of the CIA’s Bin Laden Unit. Stripping away American allies and creating as much political divisiveness as possible in the United States. This book by a uniquely qualified expert probes the depth and complexity of his ideas, strategy, and leadership, shakes off conveniently misleading images, exposes uncomfortable realities, and faces the full challenge posed by bin Laden.The use of alternative words – hierarchy not patriarchy, unity not division, commonsense education not common-core programs, and traditional non-violent politics, not inherently violent identity politics – are keys to rebuilding a hierarchy that is fueled by a sustained flow of proven talent and not by ignorant often murderous prejudice. Unlike many Western analysts who dismiss bin Laden as simplistic, uncouth, and incompetent, Scheuer portrays him as a patient, devout, and talented, albeit ruthless, leader who remains a formidable enemy of the West. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled. These accounts, Michael Scheuer strongly believes, have contributed to a widespread and dangerous denial of his continuing significance and power.