Few terrorist organisations survive for more than a few years. Al-Qaida was different. Jason Burke, who has spent much of his career reporting on the group, and former member Aimen Dean reflect on how it was able to carry out the September 11 attacks more than a decade after it was formed - and its struggle to survive the fallout from its 'catastrophic success' To many people, the sight of two airliners hitting the twin towers in New York prompted an immediate question: who did this? To Jason Bu...
Few terrorist organisations survive for more than a few years. Al-Qaida was different. Jason Burke, who has spent much of his career reporting on the group, and former member Aimen Dean reflect on how it was able to carry out the September 11 attacks more than a decade after it was formed - and its struggle to survive the fallout from its 'catastrophic success' To many people, the sight of two airliners hitting the twin towers in New York prompted an immediate question: who did this? To Jason Bu...
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