This is an account of traveling through the West Bank and Gaza, into the prisons of Iraq, down the alleyways of the Casablanca slums, to Chechnya, into the radicalized neighborhoods of Belgium, the UK, France and the Netherlands, of sitting with the hostages of Beslan and Nord Ost, and of talking to terrorists. Dr. Speckhard gives us the inside story of what puts vulnerable individuals on the terrorist trajectory and what might take them back off of it. With more than four hundred interviews with terrorists and their friends, family members and hostages, Dr. Speckhard is one of the few...
This is an account of traveling through the West Bank and Gaza, into the prisons of Iraq, down the alleyways of the Casablanca slums, to Chechnya, int...
"I wonder where the water goes?" Timothy asks as he watches it disappear down the drain. After being tucked into bed by his mother, Timothy drifts into a dream filled sleep in which he returns to the bathtub-where he change sizes and rides his toy sailboat right down the drain There he meets the bathtub water cleaning monsters who take him on a frantic frolic. Timothy and the monsters jump on all the beds in their bedtime party until they finally collapse into sleep One of the monsters dreams of taking a sailboat to Timothy's home to be kissed and tucked in sweetly by Timothy's mother....
"I wonder where the water goes?" Timothy asks as he watches it disappear down the drain. After being tucked into bed by his mother, Timothy drifts int...
Mubin Shaikh was born and raised in Toronto, Canada amidst twenty-first century, Western values. He attended public school. But at night, his parents insisted he also attend Islamic madrasa. Mubin joined the Canadian Army Cadets, used drugs, had sex and partied just like the other kids. He fit right in - until he didn't. Going through an acute identity crisis at age nineteen, Mubin recommitted himself to Islam. But a chance encounter with the Taliban in Pakistan and then exposure to Canadian extremists took him down the militant jihadi path. Mubin initially celebrated the 9-11 attacks,...
Mubin Shaikh was born and raised in Toronto, Canada amidst twenty-first century, Western values. He attended public school. But at night, his parents ...
"No Timothy, a snack will ruin your supper. Go and play Your father will be home soon and then we'll eat," Timothy's mother says sending him out of the kitchen. Bored and hungry, Timothy throws himself down on the sofa where he begins to imagine the carpet turning into swirling blue water and the toys into hungry green crocodiles. "We're so hungry, so very hungry We can't wait for our supper If only there was a little boy to eat We can't wait for our supper " the crocodiles say as they swim in circles around the sofa. Timothy starts a mad dash leaping from sofa to chair to escape their...
"No Timothy, a snack will ruin your supper. Go and play Your father will be home soon and then we'll eat," Timothy's mother says sending him out of t...
