Part I. Genesis of a terrorist: 1. Zarqa and the Zarqawi tribe
2. "The green man"
3. The great departure
4. Return to Jordan
5. At Suwaqah, the desert prison.
Part II. Full-time terrorist: 6. A new departure
7. Entering Al-Qaeda
8. Origins of the Zarqawi network
9. A regional terrorist
10. Escape
Part III. Zarqawi's Iraq
11. Terrorist Iraq: from myth to reality
12. From the Taliban to Kurdistan
13. War leader in Kurdistan
14. The confusing stakes in Iran
15. Tawhid wal Jihad
16. Terror
17. The hostage strategy
18. Al-Qaeda yields
Part IV. A global network
19. From Kurdistan to Germany
20. The group of "Italians"
21. Chemical threats to Europe
22. A shadow over Madrid
23. Syria: rear base
24. France in the Islamist trap
Conclusion. A successor to Bin Laden?