Aaron Klein - Schmoozing With Terrorists: From Hollywood to the Holy Land, Jihadists Reveal Their Global Plans? to a Jew!

In eternal memory of my Grandmommy, Marilyn Sacks, one of the strongest women I knew; and my Grandmom, Sima Klein, who dedicated her life to her grandchildren.

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To Susan Roth, nothing I do would be possible without you. From this book to my reporting to my survival in the harsh, dysfunctional jungle that is the Middle East, I have you to thank. You've gone above and beyond. You are a gift from heaven and a true Eshet Chayil ("woman of valor") in every sense.

Thanks to my loving family for their unceasing support: David and Carol Klein; Miriam and Amir; Asher and Gila; Josh; Sara and Joey; Rebecca; Chaya; Gabriella; Aliza; and the bar mitzvah boy, Mendy.

Joseph Farah-my editor-in-chief, mentor, and occasional (Christian-leaning, Arab) "rabbi," words cannot express my appreciation to you and Elizabeth for all you've done in support of me and my reporting the last two years. Looking forward to working together for many more eventful years to come.

Many thanks to all the wonderful editors at WorldNetDaily.com, including the patient David Kupelian; Art Moore; Ron Strom; Bob Unruh; and Jay Baggett. Thanks to Shannon and Michelle! A special thanks to Joe Kovacs, the world "Title Champion," for his creative help in naming some of the chapters.

To my translator, Ali Waked, who risked his life to accompany me on these terror adventures. Thanks for putting up with my ever-changing requests and deadlines and for all the many ways you helped these past few months. Looking forward to working together on Schmoozing with Terrorists-The Sequel!

Thanks to my trusty researchers, including Ashley "The Skipper" Rindsberg, Miriam Waxman, Aaron Sichel, and Mikael Tossavainen.

A special thank you to Irving and Cherna Moskowitz and David and Rachelle Bronfman for their valued friendship.

A shout out to the great folks at the Jewish Press, especially Jason Maoz and Avraham Shmuel Lewin; the editors of the NY Sun; and the staff of Ynetnews.

Thanks a million to all the great people at World Ahead Publishing, including Eric, Norman, Ami, and Judy.

And last but most certainly not least to all my radio host friends, I cannot possibly thank you guys enough! You've enhanced my reporting and enriched my Middle East experience in so many ways:

To John Batchelor, who gave me my first radio gig. You took a chance on an unknown kid who wandered into your New York studios one cold January evening. From being denied entry to countries to dodging Qassams to mixing up terror leaders to water sprinklers shooting into our radio equipment while broadcasting live from trucks on Gaza beaches, our many adventures together so far have been glorious.

To Sean Hannity for your help in getting out crucial stories and for being accessible despite your superhuman broadcast schedule.

To Rusty Humphries, my partner in crime-thanks for believing in me, for all the exposure and for not going nuts the many times I got us lost in the West Bank at two o'clock in the morning. We've wreaked so much havoc together I'm surprised an international law hasn't yet been proposed banning us from staying in the same country at the same time. (Not to give those worthless traitors at the UN any ideas.)

To the warrior, G. Gordon Liddy, who gets younger with each passing year, and to his Canadian producer Franklin Rafflooking forward to many more Mideast adventures together.

Thanks a million to Michael Reagan for all the segments and for continuing the legacy for all of us.

To the light in a dark world, Michael Savage-don t ever stop doing what you're doing. Thanks for the Jerusalem report segments.

To Tovia Singer-Our Thursday night broadcast has become an essential part of my life.

Thank you, Zelda Young, for giving me the opportunity to expand my audience to Canada on your great show.

" iNCE ISLAM DOMINATES AMERICA, anyone living inside must abide by our rules. There is no choice. You don't like it? Too bad. Go somewhere else and go to hell. "

"If I saw you during the time of my [suicide] operation, I would not hesitate to blow you up."

"The Jews are corrupting humanity on earth. They are the source of all the problems in the world, and yes, they should be removed."

These are just some of the things Islamic terrorists-usually well-armed terrorists-said while I interviewed them in their strongholds.

When I was growing up, an Orthodox Jewish boy in Philadelphia, the last thing I thought I'd do for a living was schmooze with terrorists. I saw myself becoming a nice Jewish doctor-not a reporter who travels into war zones to interview anti-Semitic terror leaders. But sometimes life throws us curveballs.

I first became familiar with the name Osama bin Laden in the summer of 1998 after the terror chieftain issued a worldwide call for Muslims to kill American civilians and soldiers. His al-Qaida global jihad group then bombed United States embassies in East Africa, killing hundreds of people.

At the time, I was a biology student at Yeshiva University in New York City. I didn't really care much for international affairs. Like most other college kids my age, I grew up during a period of seeming calm and major economic growth for our country. War was something we studied in history class. The Middle East was a dysfunctional region that made the news every once in a while but didn't really affect our lives. The threat of terrorism, the pros pect of an attack on American soil, was the furthest thing from my mind.

But there was something in bin Laden 's fatwa against Jews and Crusaders that caught my attention and prompted me to take a second glance at the state of things. The rise of al-Qaida with attacks on tourists and U.S. troops in Somalia and the 1993 car bombing of our World Trade Center; the growing militancy of Islamist organizations, including those operating on U.S. soil and in Europe; the extremism brewing in Gulf states like Saudi Arabia; the very clear emboldening of terror-supporting dictators like Saddam Hussein and Yasser Arafat all pointed in one directiona coming major conflict with militant Islam.

I researched bin Laden and terrorism on the Internet. I read books about jihad. I talked to some Mideast experts. But I felt those sources were missing something. Terrorism was mostly portrayed as a regional issue, a tool used by "militants" to gain specific political or ideological ends. I thought there was more. Something told me Islamic terror wasn't just about pieces of territory or getting U.S. troops out of the Middle East.

At the age of nineteen, I thought I'd investigate things for myself. I traveled to London and spent a weekend with the leadership of an Islamic extremist organization there called Al Muha- jiroun that supported the goals of al-Qaida and held rallies in Britain calling for the downfall of America, Israel, and the U.K. and for the establishment of an Islamic regime.