The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine20 November 1979: as morning prayers began, hundreds of hardline Islamist gunmen, armed with rifles smuggled in coffins, stormed the Grand Mosque in Mecca. With thousands of terrified worshippers trapped inside, the result was a bloody siege that lasted two weeks, caused hundreds of deaths, prompted an international diplomatic crisis and unleashed forces that would eventually lead to the rise of al Qaeda. |
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The Siege of Mecca: The 1979 Uprising at Islam's Holiest Shrine Yaroslav Trofimov Limited preview - 2008 |
The Siege of Mecca: The 1979 Uprising at Islam's Holiest Shrine Yaroslav Trofimov Limited preview - 2008 |
The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine Yaroslav Trofimov No preview available - 2008 |