Reeve 's books have been translated into over 20 languages . While working as an investigative writer , Reeve began studying the 1993 World Trade Center bombing just days after the attack . His research formed the basis for a book , '' The New Jackals : Ramzi Yousef , Osama bin Laden and the future of terrorism '' , published in the UK and USA in 1998 . '' The New Jackals '' was the first book on bin Laden . As he researched the book , Reeve traced and interviewed bin Laden supporters and senior FBI , CIA and Asian intelligence officials and also had clandestine meetings with spies and militants . Classified information cited by Reeve detailed the existence , development and aims of the terrorist group al-Qaeda . The book warned that al-Qaeda was planning huge attacks on the West , and concluded that an apocalyptic terrorist strike by the group was almost inevitable . It has been a '' New York Times '' and international best-seller , and in the three months after the 9/11 attacks it was one of the top three best-selling books in the United States . The book has been translated into several languages . After the September 11 attacks , Reeve became a regular commentator and reference source on the emerging terror threat . He has been quoted in '' The New York Times ' '' warning that al-Qaeda was moving " far beyond being a terrorist organisation to being almost a state of mind . That 's terribly significant because it gives the movement a scope and longevity it did n't have before 9/11 . " '' One Day in September '' was published in 2000 and deals with the Munich massacre and subsequent events like the hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 615 and the covert Israeli retaliation operation dubbed '' Wrath of God '' . The book outlines the siege and the massacre during the 1972 Summer Olympics , in which 11 Israeli athletes and officials were murdered by Palestinian group '' Black September '' , and also focusses on the aftermath . The accompanying documentary film of the same name , directed by Kevin Macdonald , won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature in 2000 and was screened in cinemas around the world
1993 World Trade Center bombing
1993 World Trade Center bombing
Simon Reeve (British TV presenter)