A dagger in the soft heart -- Profiling Al Qaeda in Europe -- Life among the infidels -- Europe's tied hands -- The Algerian network -- The Algerian network and its origins -- The Strasbourg plot -- The Ricin plot -- Chechnya, land of the forgotten jihad -- Al Qaeda's main station house in Europe and the Iraqi jihad -- The Islamic Cultural Institute of Milan -- From Afghanistan to Iraq through Europe -- The Iraqi jihad -- Madrid, Van Gogh, and the new face of Al Qaeda -- The Madrid train bombings -- The Van Gogh assassination.