The Looming Tower

Then, in August 1996, bin Laden declared war on America from a cave in Afghanistan.

宣战节点立弧，plot 93。

Since childhood, bin Laden had consciously modeled himself on certain features of the Prophet's life

自我神话立人，cast 91。

these painful blows will mark the beginning of the wiping out of America and the infidel West after the passing of tens of years, God willing.

袭击后宣言加速，pace 88。

The hijira, or retreat, as the event is called, was such a significant turning point that it begins the Islamic calendar.

宗教隐喻解释政治，prose 91。

Alec was the first "virtual" station, situated only a few miles from the headquarters building in Langley.

情报地理立世界，world 95。

ON SAINT PATRICK'S DAY, Daniel Coleman, an agent in the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation handling foreign intelligence cases, drove down to Tysons Corner

探员报到开钩，hook 92。

Alec Station already had thirty-five volumes of material on bin Laden, consisting mostly of transcripts of telephone conversations

一人虚拟站方法，innov 90。

He then advised them not to join al-Qaeda.

家书矛盾收束，ending 89。