War of the worlds Essay exploring the theory that Osama bin Laden was influenced by Isaac Asimov's 1951 science fiction classic Foundation, which was translated into Arabic under the title 'al-Qaida' ( Giles Foden via Guardian ) See also this article by Dmitri Gusev from October, and this article by Nick Mamatas from February LINKS? http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm Aide says Nidal confessed to Lockerbie bombing Write-through of an interview with Atef Abu Bakr, a 'former colleague' of recently deceased extremist and criminal Abu Nidal, in which he claims that prior to his death Nidal confessed to the 1988 Lockerbie bombing ( Guardian ) See also this Reuters coverage, the interview itself (PDF) in Arabic, this evaluation of the Lockerbie trial by Hans Köchler from 2001, and this blog entry from last month