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Trofimov: The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine & the Birth of Al Qaeda

Published: Sept. 11, 2022, 4 p.m.

b'In "The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam\'s Holiest Shrine & the Birth of Al Qaeda," author Yaroslav Trofimov writes about the attack on the Grand Mosque in Mecca in 1979 which eventually led to the rise of al Qaeda. This discussion took place on a 2007 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" originating in San Francisco, California.'