Exile

Startling and scandalous, this is an intimate insider's story of Osama bin Laden's retinue in the ten years after 9/11, a family in flight and at war.

From September 11, 2001 to May 2, 2011, Osama Bin Laden evaded intelligence services and special forces units, drones and hunter killer squads. The Exile tells the extraordinary inside story of that decade through the eyes of those who witnessed it: bin Laden's four wives and many children, his deputies and military strategists, his spiritual advisor, the CIA, Pakistan's ISI, and many others who have never before told their stories.

Investigative journalists Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy gained unique access to Osama bin Laden's inner circle, and they recount the flight of Al Qaeda's forces and bin Laden's innocent family members, the gradual formation of ISIS by bin Laden's lieutenants, and bin Laden's rising paranoia and eroding control over his organization. They also reveal that the Bush White House knew the whereabouts of bin Laden's family and Al Qaeda's military and religious leaders, but rejected opportunities to capture them, pursuing war in the Persian Gulf instead, and offer insights into how Al Qaeda will attempt to regenerate itself in the coming years.

While we think we know what happened in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011, we know little about the wilderness years that led to that shocking event. As authoritative in its scope and detail as it is propuslively readable, The Exile is a landmark work of investigation and reporting.

Uimitoare si scandaloasa, aceasta este o poveste intima a lui Osama bin Laden in urmatorii zece ani dupa 11 septembrie, o familie in zbor si in razboi. De la 11 septembrie 2001 pana la 2 mai 2011, Osama Bin Laden a evitat serviciile de informatii si unitati ale fortelor speciale, drone si echipe de vanatoare ucigase. Exilul spune povestea extraordinara din interiorul acelui deceniu prin ochii celor care au asistat-o: cele patru sotii si multi copii ai lui Bin Laden, adjunctii si strategii sai militari, consilierul sau spiritual, CIA, ISI din Pakistan si multi altii care nu au mai facut-o niciodata Jurnalistii de investigatie Cathy Scott-Clark si Adrian Levy au obtinut acces unic la cercul interior al lui Osama bin Laden si povestesc fuga fortelor Al Qaeda si a membrilor inocenti ai familiei lui Bin Laden, formarea treptata a ISIS de catre locotenentii lui Bin Laden si paranoia in crestere a lui bin Laden si controlul erodarii asupra organizatiei sale.