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A producer at the Belfast bureau of the BBC, Tessa is at work one day when the news of another IRA raid comes on the air. As the anchor requests the public's help in locating those responsible for this latest attack - a robbery at a gas station - Tessa's sister appears on the screen pulling a black mask over her face. The police believe Marian has joined the IRA, but Tessa knows this is impossible. But when the truth of what has happened to her sister reveals itself, Tessa will be forced to choose: between her ideals and her family.  

This book lays out the true reasons why a percentage of American citizens have a fetish for their strong desire for assault weapons, and why as of 01/06/21, there was a display of deplorable people who were willing to maim and kill politicians for the first time in American history for the sake of an American president.

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and Ramzi Binalshibh, two of bin Laden’s key lieutenants: the masterminds behind the attacks of September 11. Based on the only interview these masterminds of terror ever gave to the media as well as extensive follow-up research, Capture or Kill may be the closest we will get to the full inside story of the plot.

What if the most dangerous person in your neighborhood did not sneak across a border, but legally purchased the right to live next door? Most of us assume threats arrive in the dark. We picture broken fences, chaos, and hidden routes. Citizenship for Sale begins with a far more unsettling reality. Some criminals do not hide. They apply. They invest. They are approved. They arrive with official visas, lawful investor status, and documents that open doors without suspicion. They buy homes in quiet communities. Their children attend American schools. Their money moves through respected banks. ...

What makes 9/11 a transparent conspiracy is that the conspirators, while remaining anonymous as individuals, are willing, and want, to make the nature and consequences of their actions transparent to all who dare to see. This is "shock and awe" at the highest level.

The 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai offer a rare picture of the ties between Pakistan’s intelligence service and the militant group Lashkar-i-Taiba. The trail of two key figures, an accused Pakistani mastermind and his American operative, traces the rise of a complex, international threat.

In Counterstrike, Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker of the New York Times tell the story of how a group of analysts within the military, at spy agencies, and in law enforcement has fashioned an innovative and effective new strategy to fight terrorism, unbeknownst to most Americans and in sharp contrast to the cowboy slogans that characterized the U.S. government's public posture.

Is it a harrowing nightmare or a test of faith? The heartwarming festive lights of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) glowed at Gaya and her husband's home in Kibbutz Benjamin as the family gathered for Simchat Torah dinner. Just hours later, at 6:30 a.m., sirens pierced the air. Hamas terrorists breached the Gaza border in a coordinated assault that devastated border communities and turned the Nova music festival into a massacre. Dor was dragged from his bed with friends, forced toward Gaza, their lives overturned in an instant. For three hundred days, Leora, a ninety-four-year-old Holocaust ...

Nathan McBride is on the case again - and this time, the stakes are personal. His friend just saw two people killed, and he believes he knows the man responsible. But as McBride and his partner, Fontana, pursue the investigation, they find themselves on the brink of a shadow war, fought in secret by the powerful and wealthy - a war in which a single decision could change the course of history.

Am 18. Oktober 1977 wurde in der Wüste Somalias ein deutscher Mythos geboren: Auf dem Flughafen von Mogadischu befreite die GSG9 aus einer entführten Lufthansa-Maschine 86 Menschen. Es war der erste große Einsatz der Antiterroreinheit, und er machte sie schlagartig weltbekannt. Der Mythos zerbrach 16 Jahre später auf dem Bahnhof von Bad Kleinen, als die Festnahme von RAF-Mitgliedern mit zwei Toten endete, und eine Staatskrise auslöste. 50 Jahre nach ihrer Gründung erzählt Martin Herzog von den Anfängen der GSG9, von Erfolgen und Fehlschlägen, aber auch von fragwürdigen Indienstnahmen durch Außenpolitik und Geheimdienste.

‘Cinematic, suspenseful, totally immersive’ ZOË SCHLANGER ‘This book is a marvel’ ROBERT MOOR The explosive true story of a secret group of radicals who launched a clandestine battle to save the planet – and what their legacy illuminates about the past, present, and future of the...

Brought to you by Penguin. The Spymaster of Baghdad is the gripping story of the top-secret Iraqi intelligence unit that infiltrated the Islamic State. More so than that of any foreign power, the information they gathered turned the tide against the insurgency, paving the way to the killing of...

The US-led war in Iraq from 2003 to 2011 was one of the most controversial wars in recent history. The invasion of Iraq was justified by claims that the regime of Saddam Hussein had links with terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda, and possessed weapons of mass destruction that might be used in an attack on another country. Both these claims were later shown to be false.

Le Shah fut chassé d'Iran en 1979 par la majorité chiite perse lors d'un soulèvement violent, alimenté par des idéologies fondamentalistes extrémistes antisémites, anti-américaines, anti-arabes, anti-européennes et anti-islamiques. L'État tomba alors aux mains de centaines de milliers de chefs religieux, les mollahs, et l'ayatollah Khomeini devint le guide suprême de la nation, considéré comme un prophète vivant par les chiites. Ce guide suprême émet des fatwas, ou interprétations du Coran, perçues comme la parole de Dieu ou d'Allah par les chiites. Le chiisme trouve ses ...

Two of the country's leading anti-terrorism experts probe to the heart of 9/11, examining the plots and conspiracies that led up to that day, and showing us the need for continued vigilance against future threats. For those of us who believe that the current danger comes only from Osama Bin Laden and Al-Quaeda, Benjamin and Simon show that they are only part of a larger and more durable phenomenon.

How could things have gone so badly wrong? Writing with customary calmness and clarity, and drawing on unrivaled experience as a reporter in the region, Cockburn analyzes the unfolding of one of the West's greatest foreign policy debacles and the rise of the new jihadis.

You are cordially invited to attend... The Sweet Potato Queens are bona fide experts at planning a marvelous marriage (and ending one—flip this book right on over if you're looking for advice on dumping a deadweight hubby!), so who better to provide this handy wedding planner? And even if...

De héroe a villano: Los 30 años de lucha contra la banda armada del comisario Enrique Pamies, "Lleida", que trabajó a las órdenes del PSOE y del PP. "La lucha antiterrorista supone andar descalzo por un filo que corta. En un lado está la legalidad y en el otro la ilegalidad. Para poder avanzar, unas veces hay que apoyar el pie en uno de los lados y otras en el otro. Es mentira que solo con el Estado de derecho se acaba con el terrorismo. Quien diga lo contrario falta a la verdad o no sabe de lo que habla."

An End to Evil charts the agenda for what’s next in the war on terrorism, as articulated by David Frum, former presidential speechwriter and bestselling author of The Right Man, and Richard Perle, former assistant secretary of defense and one of the most influential foreign-policy leaders in...

Congressman and Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, Michael McCaul, has spent years in Washington watching the administration turn a blind eye to the most pressing possible threats to the country. Now, in Failures of Imagination, McCaul turns away from the over-sensationalized, unrealistic fears circulated through the media in order to expose the most legitimate and looming national security threats, which have long been swept under the rug by the administration.