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Nine lives : my time as MI6's top spy inside al-Qaeda / Aimen Dean, Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister.

Van Pelt Library HV6433.M52 Q327 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dean, Aimen, author.
Cruickshank, Paul, author.
Lister, Tim (Journalist), author.
Contributor:
John Penman Wood Library Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Great Britain. MI6.
Qaida (Organization).
Terrorist organizations.
Spies.
Afghanistan.
England.
Chemical weapons.
Spies--England--Biography.
Terrorism--Afghanistan.
Terrorism.
Terrorist organizations--Afghanistan.
Dean, Aimen.
Qaida (Organization)--Biography.
Great Britain. MI6--Biography.
Great Britain.
Genre:
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:
xii, 467 pages : map ; 25 cm
Other Title:
9 lives
Nine lives : my time as the West's top spy inside al-Qaeda
Place of Publication:
London, England : Oneworld Publications Ltd, 2018.
Summary:
"As one of al-Qaeda's most respected bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden himself. As a double agent at the heart of al-Qaeda's chemical weapons program, he foiled attacks on civilians and saved countless lives, brushing with death so often that his handlers began to call him their spy with nine lives. This is the story of how a young Muslim, determined to defend his faith, found himself fighting on the wrong side-- and his fateful decision to work undercover for his sworn enemy. From the killing fields of Bosnia to the training camps of Afghanistan, from running money and equipment in Britain to dodging barrel bombs in Syria, we discover what life is like inside the global jihad, and what it will take to stop it once and for all"--Dust jacket.
Contents:
Prologue: A wanted man, 2016-2018
My first life : the unlit candle, 1978-1995
My second life : Jalalabad and the jungle, 1996-1997
My third life : the pledge, 1997-1998
My fourth life : escape from al-Qaeda, 1998
My fifth life : undercover, 1999
My sixth life : jihad for a new millennium, 1999-2000
My seventh life : something bog, 2001-2004
My eighth life : nicotine, 2004-2005
My ninth life : a graveyard in Syria, 2006-2015
Reflections.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-455) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Penman Wood Library Fund.
ISBN:
1786073285
9781786073280
9781786074645
1786074648
OCLC:
1004259464
Publisher Number:
99977448251

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