the early 1990s has been tracking CIA and Pakistani-trained Arab guerrillas, intercepted an al-Qaeda communication between July 5 and August 6, 2001 deemed so important that it was relayed immediately by King Abdullah's men to Washington through the CIA station in the U.S. Embassy in Amman. It was also passed through an Arab intermediary to a German intelligence agent, allegedly to make sure it reached Washington. The communication stated that a major attack was planned for inside the U.S. and that aircraft would be used. The code name of the operation, wrote Cooley, was Al Ourus al-Kabir — "The Big Wedding." He wrote for the Monitor. Bibliography Baal, Christ, and Mohammed: Religion and revolution in North Africa, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965 Green March Black September: The Story of the Palestinian Arabs, Frank Cass & Co., 1973, Libyan Sandstorm: The Complete Account of Qaddafi's Revolution, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1982, Payback: America's Long War in the Middle East, Brassey's, 1991, Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism, 1999, Pluto Press, With Said, Edward, CIA et Jihad, 1950-2001: Contre l'URSS, une disastreuse alliance, Autrement, 2002, An Alliance against Babylon: The U.S., Israel and Iraq, Pluto Press, 2005, How Hate Replaced Hope Cooley's response to 9/11, Christian Science Monitor, September 27, 2001 (archived October, 2001) Other unheeded warnings before 9/11?, Christian Science Monitor, May 23, 2002 East Wind Over Africa Red China's African Offensive, Walker and company, 1965 Currency Wars, Skyhorse How Forged Money is the New Weapon of Mass Destruction publishing UK, 2008 Notes External links The Independent: John Cooley: Scholar-reporter on the Middle East whose acclaimed books included 'Unholy Wars', a study of al-Qa'ida Washington Post: John K. Cooley, Noted Correspondent 1927 births 2008 deaths American male journalists The Christian Science Monitor people Dartmouth College alumni Journalists from New York City CIA and Islamism