The Al Qaeda Connection: International Terrorism, Organized Crime, and the Coming Apocalypse [Hardcover]

Paul L. Williams (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1591023491 | ISBN-13: 978-1591023494 | Publication Date: September 2005

Williams reveals persuasive evidence that al Qaeda has now established connections with the Sicilian Mafia, which is helping to finance terrorism through the sale of Number Four heroin, the present drug of choice in Europe and the United States. In addition, through its ties to the Chechen Mafia, the group responsible for the heinous attack on a Russian school, al Qaeda has managed to obtain nuclear weapons from poorly secured and carelessly guarded storehouses in Russia. Perhaps the most disturbing evidence uncovered by Williams is the relation of al Qaeda to an obscure Salvadoran street gang, which calls itself Mara Salvatrucha and has expanded exponentially. In exchange for big money, this violent group of anarchic thugs has smuggled weapons of mass destruction and sleeper agents across the Mexican border onto American soil, or what al Qaeda refers to as the land of the 'Great Satan'. Williams convincingly demonstrates that by means of this network Osama bin Laden is now in a position to execute his dream of an American Hiroshima, an apocalyptic act of mass murder within the borders of the United States. Though vigorously working to prevent such an attack, many military experts and security officials concede the probability of nuclear terrorism in America, perhaps in the immediate future.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...Williams has, once again, shown himself to be a national resource in the battle against Osama and his henchmen." -- Neil J. Kressel, Ph.D., author of Mass Hate: The Global Rise of Genocide and Terror.

"...an important read which not only the public, but more importantly, our politicians should read and understand..." -- James E. Beasley Jr., M.D., Esq. whose practice involves international terrorism litigation on behalf of 9/11 victims.

"The Al Qaeda Connection goes far beyond [Osama's Revenge] in detailing the global reach of the terror cells." -- Paul R. Schiffer - Radio talkshow host,

About the Author

Paul L. Williams, Ph.D. (Clarks Green, PA), is a journalist and the author of Osama’s Revenge: The Next 9/11 and The Vatican Exposed: Money, Murder, and the Mafia, among other books. Formerly, he served as a consultant for the FBI, editor and publisher of the Metro, and an adjunct professor of Humanities at the University of Scranton.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 280 pages
• Publisher: Prometheus Books (September 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591023491
• ISBN-13: 978-1591023494
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #487,737 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #57 in Books > Law > Specialties > War

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80 of 87 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book every American has to read, September 14, 2005

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Revere "Chad" (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Al Qaeda Connection: International Terrorism, Organized Crime, and the Coming Apocalypse (Hardcover)

Ignore R Hutchinson's 1 star review below. I haven't ran off a cliff yet and I recently finished the book. Based on his other 999 thousand reviews it appears he reads certain books and comments on others based on the basic summary Amazon gives. Who else would have the time he has spent on the amount of reviews he has placed to Amazon. It makes you wonder who he works for. His politics of Bush bad Democrat good completely relieves him of any validity. If you read the book you will realize how many mistakes were made from both sides of the aisle throughout the last 20 years to bring about and indirectly aide the monster Al Qaeda.

I first heard about this book on talk radio and the author didn't even want to talk about the book or mention it. The guy is a true Paul Revere trying to help spread the word that we are in trouble.

The media has once again pulled the wool over our eyes. The fact that some of the significant, well documented, and public facts in this book haven't made the headlines truly shows how inept our media has become. The media has always been the eyes and ears of the people and what this book has really shown me indirectly is how shallow a source of information they have become. What this book gives you is documented facts compiled about the life of Osama and the rest of his cronies through many documented sources. The bibliography of his work is enough to impress any English major.

To give you an idea of what's in between the two covers you just have to imagine a biography of Osama in the making. It tells you who he is, and what he had been doing since early childhood. It tells you his influences and the major plot of how he became who he is today. It also uncovers a little know fact that Sunni and Shiite Muslim terrorist have united on one front in order to destroy the "Great Satan". The most important point that Paul shows us through his massive conglomeration of information is that there is no doubt that Al Qaeda possesses nuclear weapons and that they are very likely to have made it into the country recently. Even Mr. R Hutchison doesn't discount that, even though his solution is to fight a problem of 10 years ago, preventing the weapons from falling into the wrong hands.

The reason I say every American should read it is not only for the shock factor of what we haven't been told but for the pure history that has not been revealed to us. At the end I felt like I had brushed up on an important chapter of recent world history, something that the majority of us have missed since we don't attend history classes in school any longer. If you want to know more about the biggest challenge our country and civilization faces in the next 20 years then read this book. It is of such importance as not to be missed. In my opinion it will be the difference between life and death to many who will choose to have plans in place or not in the event something does happen. You only have to look as far back as Katrina to appreciate this fact.

Bottom Line:
If you are a person that carries insurance you are a person that should read this book.

70 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Doomsday Dynamite, August 22, 2005

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Sam Spade "Spade" (PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Al Qaeda Connection: International Terrorism, Organized Crime, and the Coming Apocalypse (Hardcover)

Even better than OSAMA'S REVENGE, THE AL QAEDA CONNECTION deals with the incredible situation at the border, the spread of Al Qaeda throughout South America, the ties between bin Laden and A. Q. Khan, the sleeper cells within the media and (even) the FBI, and the very real threat of the simultaneous nuclear attack of seven American cities. Don't read it if your faint of heart.

23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read, September 13, 2005

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P. Lopez "pml" (Encino, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Al Qaeda Connection: International Terrorism, Organized Crime, and the Coming Apocalypse (Hardcover)

Horrifying if true; great fiction if all is false. The book is well-paced and well-sourced. Regardless of the review by an apparently holier-than-thou narcissist, the book is a job well done. The 'critic' worried about Mr. Williams' PhD should spend more time taking issue with Mr. Williams' sources--the substance of the book--rather than attacking Mr. Williams personally. As someone who has participated in the War on Terror both on the front lines and in support in the Marine Corps, I know personally a lot of what Mr. Williams writes about is genuinely the case.