Includes index.

pt. I. Al Qaeda after 9/11 : the new face of terrorism -- 1. Al Qaeda then and now / James Fallows, moderator, Peter Bergen, Bruce Hoffman, Steven Simon -- Question and answer session -- 2. Who joins al Qaeda? -- Steve Coll, moderator, Yosri Fouda, Jessica Stern, Marc Sageman -- Question and answer session -- 3. Al Qaeda in Europe : today's battlefield / Steven Clemons, moderator, Rohan Gunaratna, Ursula Mueller, Georg Mascolo -- Question and answer session -- 4. Militant Islam : on the wane or on the rise? / Peter Bergen, moderator, Salameh Nematt, Michael Scheuer -- Question and answer session -- 5. The United States vs. al Qaeda : a progress report / Karen J. Greenberg, moderator, Daniel Benjamin, Pat Lang, Reuel Gerecht -- Question and answer session -- 6. Al Qaeda's media strategy / Peter Bergen, moderator, Henry Schuster, Octavia Nasr, Paul Eedle -- Question and answer session -- 7. The real Twin Towers : al Qaeda's Influence on Saudi Arabia and Pakistan / Arif Lalani, moderator, Hamid Mir, Lawrence Wright, Anatol Lieven -- Question and answer session -- pt. II. In his own words : statements by Osama Bin Laden -- August 1996 : Ladenese Epistle : Declaration of War -- October 21, 2001 : interview with Tayseer Alouni -- December 26, 2001 : speech given three months after 9/11 -- November 2002 : letter to the American people -- July 18, 2003 : meaning of Jihad, full response to Saudi Cleric -- April 2004 : speech addressed to Europe -- October 29, 2004 : speech addressed to the American people.