Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-501) and index.

Introduction -- How important is Abu Musʻab-al-Suri today? -- Sources on al-Suri's life -- Who is Abu Musʻab al-Suri? -- The Syrian jihad -- Turmoil and uprising -- Joining the rebels -- A jihadi in exile -- The Hama debacle -- In exile in Saudi Arabia -- Exile in Europe -- Between exile in France and the Syrian jihad -- In Andalus -- Al-Suri's first publication: 'The Islamic jihadi revolution in Syria' -- The bombing of El Descanso restaurant in Madrid? -- Afghanistan: land of holy war -- The road to Afghanistan -- From a Syrian to a global jihad -- With Abdallah Azzam and Osama bin Laden -- Training and combat -- From military instructor to jihadi intellectual -- The rise of the Egyptian jihadi trend in Peshawar -- Introducing 'a global Islamic resistance' concept -- Leaving Peshawar -- Behind enemy lines -- Algeria: his next jihad -- The GIA and al-Qaida in Sudan -- A new Syrian jihad group? -- The rise of an al-Qaida cell in Spain -- A media jihadi in Londonistan 1994-97 -- In the service of the Algerian GIA -- Bin Laden's media agent -- Al-Suri's film on Channel 4 -- Facilitating CNN's bin Laden interview -- With al-Quds al-Arabi in Tora Bora -- Meeting the Financial Times -- Suing the Arab world's largest newspaper -- Companions, rivals, acquaintances -- Abu Qutadah al-Filastini: a love-hate relationship -- Muhammad Bahayah: life-long friend and companion -- Taysir Allouni: a point of contact in al-Jazeera -- Amir Azizi: a Moroccan aide and training associate? -- Adil Abd al-Bari: a fellow jihadi journalist -- Saad al-Faqih and Khalid al-Fawwaz: acquaintances inside the Saudi camp -- Noman Benotman and the Libyan Islamic fighting group -- In the service of the taleban -- Leaving Londonistan -- Taleban: the true Islamic emirate -- The Afghan training camps -- The Ghuraba training camp -- Teaching jihadi terrorism -- Moroccan jihadis, Abu Layth al-Libi and Abu Musʻab al-Zarqawi -- Writer and journalist -- Al-Suri and the al-Qaida leadership -- A secessionist leader? -- Weapons of mass destruction -- The September 11th attacks -- A $5 million dollar al-Qaida fugitive -- New books, a reward, and global fame -- His activities and whereabouts -- Al-Suri, al-Zarqawi, and the Iraqi front -- Masterminding terror? -- A message to the Europeans, July 2005 -- Al-Suri's testament -- The capture of al-Suri -- 'The global Islamic resistance call'.