Book description
"In
The Martyr's Oath
, Stewart Bell, Canada's most respected journalist covering terrorism,
tells how Mohammed Mansour Jabarah, a teenaged Canadian, was selected by
the Al Qaeda leadership to coordinate a powerful attack in Southeast
Asia that would have led to more destruction than 9/11. There is no
better way to understand how Western youth are being drawn to terrorism
than to read this story of the rise of a new generation of terrorist."
- Rohan Gunaratna, Author of Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror
(Columbia University Press)
"The Martyr's Oath provides a
unique vignette into the recruitment, training and operational
deployment of young Canadian Muslims by Al Qaeda terrorists. it
couples a biographical account of their personal and family
experiences, culminating in capture, interrogation, and death, with
some extraordinarily detailed accounts of counter-terrorism operations
across the Middle East, Southeast Asia and North America. This will be
a must-read for anyone and everyone interested in the challenges of
international terrorism in our times."
- Dr. Martin Rudner,
Director, Canadian Centre of Intelligence and Security Studies, The
Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Ottawa, ON
Acclaim for Stewart Bell's first book, Cold Terror: How Canada
Nurtures and Exports Terrorism Around the World
"an arresting look at the reality of terrorism"
-The
Gazette (Montreal)
Every responsible citizen of Canada, the US, the UK and other Western
Countries should read this book."
- Christopher Ondaatje,
Times Higher Education Supplement
"Cold Terror will shock the conscience of the nation... This
book is not just an exposé it is an urgent call to
action."
-David Frum, Author of The Right Man: The
Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush
"The most important Canadian book of
2004."
-Western Standard
Stewart Bell is a senior reporter at Canada's National
Post. An award-winning investigative journalist and foreign
correspondent, he has been writing about terrorism and extremism since
the late 1980's and has traveled on assignment to the Middle East,
Europe, Africa and Asia. He is a frequent television and radio
commentator on terrorism issues.
