REVIEW: INSIDE AL QAEDA: How I infiltrated the World’s deadliest terrorist organisation. By Mohamed Sifaoui. Granta Books, London. 2003. Published in France as Mes “Freres” Assassins by Le Cherche Midi 2003. Background: February 1996. A sun- drenched spring day in Algiers. A van packed with 300 kg of TNT weaves slowly through the downtown traffic and stops outside Soir d’Algerie newspaper office as Mohamed Sifaoui steps onto the pavement outside the building. His colleague wants to share a joke. In a flash the office explodes into flames and the air plumes with black smoke and is reduced to a pile...