"That reality describes the world of a group of Central Asians,
mostly Uzbek by nationality, who went through local terrorist schools
in the mid-1990s. Their course of study is laid out in 10 remarkable
notebooks we acquired in 2001–2002. Covering topics such as the use
of weapons, the making of poison, and the ideology of jihad, the notebooks
offer a unique window into a frightening mind-set that predates
the expansion of Osama bin Laden’s network in the region and still
holds sway in much of Central Asia..."

The Terrorist Notebooks