The siege of Mecca - Yaroslav Trofimov
the forgotten uprising in Islam's holiest shrine and the birth of al-Qaeda
KORTE INHOUD
On November 20, 1979, the first morning of a new Muslim century, hundreds of gunmen stunned the world by seizing Islam's holiest shrine, the Grand Mosque in Mecca. These men came from more than a dozen countries, launching the first operation of global ji
