Table Of ContentA L - Q A E D A ’ S
R E V E N G E
THE 2004
MADRID TRAIN
BOMBINGS
Fernando Reinares
Bruce Riedel
Foreword by
Al-Qaeda’s Revenge
Al-Qaeda’s Revenge
The 2004 Madrid Train Bombings
Fernando Reinares
Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Washington, D.C.
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Names: Reinares, Fernando, 1960– author.
Title: Al-Qaeda’s revenge : the 2004 Madrid train bombings / Fernando
Reinares.
Other titles: ¡Matadlos! English
Description: Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; New York :
Columbia University Press, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references
and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016043284 (print) | LCCN 2016057069 (ebook) | ISBN
9780231704540 (cloth: alk. paper) | ISBN 9780231801409 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Madrid Train Bombings, Madrid, Spain, 2004. |
Terrorism—Spain—Madrid—History—21st century. | Terrorism—Religious
aspects—Islam. | Qaida (Organization)
Classification: LCC HV6433.S7 R4513 2016 (print) | LCC HV6433.S7 (ebook) |
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Cover photo: Rescue workers work around the destroyed intercity train at the Atocha train station in
Madrid on March 11, 2004. AP Photo/Peter Dejong
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Contents
List of Maps and Figures ix
Acknowledgments xi
Foreword xiii
Bruce Riedel
List of Abbreviations xvi
Prologue 1
Part I. The 3/11 Terrorist Network: Origins, Components, and Formation
1. Osama bin Laden’s Man in Spain and His Associates 7
2. From Abu Dahdah’s Cell to the 3/11 Network 21
3. “He swore that the Spanish would pay dearly for his detention”:
Allekema Lamari and Algerians in the 3/11 Network 35
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Contents
4. The Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group and Its Involvement
in the 3/11 Network 46
5. “They moved together while I moved on my own”: Mohamed
al-Masri in Egypt, Spain, and Italy 56
6. Common Delinquents Turned into Jihadists: The Final Component
of the 3/11 Network 65
7. How the 3/11 Terrorist Network Formed 76
Part II. The Al-Qaeda Connection: Revenge, Opportunity, and Strategy
8. “Transforming the tranquillity of the crusaders into a hell”:
Amer Azizi and the Al-Qaeda Link to 3/11 87
9. A Meeting in Karachi: Making the Decision to Attack Spain 100
10. Amer Azizi and the 3/11 Network 114
11. “Free our prisoners and leave our lands”: The 3/11 Attacks and
Al-Qaeda’s General Strategy 122
12. “I invoke Allah and ask him to facilitate my martyrdom”:
Other Facets of the 3/11 Attacks 138
13. Fleeing to Join Al-Qaeda’s Mesopotamian Branch: The
Fugitives of the 3/11 Network 150
14. After the 2004 Madrid Train Bombings: The Fallout in Spain 158
Notes 169
Sources and Bibliography 201
Index 217
viii
Maps and Figures
Maps
1. The Madrid Metropolitan Area xix
2. Key Cities and Locations in Spain xx
3. Western Europe and the Mediterranean xxi
4. The Madrid Train Bombings xxii
Figures
1. Diagram of the Madrid Train Bombings xxiii
2. The Composition of the 3/11 Network xxiv
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