and "The New Pearl Harbor"
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Osama bin Laden liked to read about the New World Order — a conspiracy theory that holds that a secretive, rich and powerful group wants to rule the world.
The al Qaeda leader had a lot of downtime during his decade in hiding following his masterminding of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. His reading list, as recovered by the raid on his Pakistani compound in 2011 and in part released by the U.S. government on Wednesday, offers some insight into his state of mind.
Bin Laden liked to read what journalists — many from the U.S. — wrote about al Qaeda as well as religious documents in Arabic and English-language books. Perhaps unsurprisingly, there was no self-help book or beach read among them.
“It’s an interesting selection,†says Aram Sinnreich, media professor at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. “It’s far more political and economic than religious or ideological.â€
• “Bounding the Global War on Terror†by Jeffrey Record
• “Checking Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions†by Henry Sokolski and Patrick Clawson
• “Christianity and Islam in Spain 756-1031 A.D.†by C.R. Haines
• “Civil Democratic Islam: Partners, Resources, and Strategies†by Cheryl Benard
• “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man†by John Perkins
• “Conspirators’ Hierarchy: The Committee of 300†by John Coleman
• “Crossing the Rubicon†by Michael Ruppert
• “Fortifying Pakistan: The Role of U.S. Internal Security Assistance†(only the book’s introduction) by C. Christine Fair and Peter Chalk
• “Guerrilla Air Defense: Antiaircraft Weapons and Techniques for Guerilla Forces by James Crabtree
• “Handbook of International Law†by Anthony Aust
• “Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance†by Noam Chomsky
• “Imperial Hubris†by Michael Scheuer
• “In Pursuit of Allah’s Pleasure†by Asim Abdul Maajid, Esaam-ud-Deen and Dr. Naahah Ibrahim
• “International Relations Theory and the Asia-Pacific†by John Ikenberry and Michael Mastandano
• “Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions since World War II†by William Blum
• “Military Intelligence Blunders†by John Hughes-Wilson
• “Project MKULTRA, the CIA’s program of research in behavioral modification.†Joint hearing before the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research of the Committee on Human Resources, United States Senate, 95th Congress, first session, August 3, 1977.
• “Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies†by Noam Chomsky
• “New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11†by David Ray Griffin
• “New Political Religions, or Analysis of Modern Terrorism†by Barry Cooper
• “Obama’s Wars†by Bob Woodward
• “Oxford History of Modern War†by Charles Townsend
• “The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers†by Paul Kennedy
• “Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower†by William Blum
• “The Secret Teachings of All Ages†by Manly Hall (1928)
• “Secrets of the Federal Reserve†by Eustace Mullins
• “The Taking of America 1-2-3†by Richard Sprague
• “Unfinished Business, U.S. Overseas Military Presence in the 21st Century†by Michael O’Hanlon
• “The U.S. and Vietnam 1787-1941†by Robert Hopkins Miller
• “Website Claims Steve Jackson Games Foretold 9/11,†article posted on article posted on ICV2.com (this file contained only a single saved Web page)
