Al Qaeda in Europe : the new battleground of international jihad / by Lorenzo Vidino ; foreword by Steven Emerson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Steven Emerson -- A dagger in the soft heart -- Profiling Al Qaeda in Europe -- Life among the infidels -- Europes tied hands -- The Algerian network -- The Algerian network and its origins -- The Strasbourg plot -- The Ricin plot -- Chechnya, land of the forgotten jihad -- Al Qaeda's main station house in Europe and the Iraqi jihad -- The Islamic Cultural Institute of Milan -- From Afghanistan to Iraq through Europe -- The Iraqi jihad -- Madrid, Van Gogh, and the new face of Al Qaeda -- The Madrid train bombings -- The Van Gogh assassination -- Appendix: Islamic extremism in Europe -- Testimony before the House Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on Europe and emerging threats.