Shadow War
Miniter, Richard
The unreported story of the War on Terror is that we can win it, and that the victories are being won now. In Shadow War: The Untold Story of How Bush is Winning the War on Terror, Richard Miniter, author of the bestseller Losing bin Laden, explains why. (Order both Shadow War and Losing bin Laden together and save almost 50%.) Drawing on material he gathered from court records, government reports, and other authoritative documents, and during travels and interviews with top-level officials in Baghdad, Khartoum, Cairo, Manila, Hong Kong, Paris, London, and elsewhere -- as well as New York and Washington -- Miniter answers the three most burning questions regarding the terror war:
- Where is Osama bin Laden?
- Why hasn't there been another terrorist strike inside America since September 11, 2001?
- Is President Bush winning the war?
This is a thrilling story of sleeper cells and patient plots, phone intercepts and covert operations, boldly triumphant captures and heartbreakingly close escapes. Miniter offers compelling evidence, much of it never seen before, that bin Laden is not buried on some Afghan battlefield, but is healthy and in command. He reveals that the common assumption that Osama is in Pakistan is probably false -- and proves that the terror mastermind is actually being sheltered by a member of President Bush's "Axis of Evil."
Miniter also goes beyond the biases and distortions of the evening news to demonstrate that since September 11, 2001, al Qaeda has made many attempts to kill large numbers of Americans. So far, these attempts have failed -- because they have been thwarted. Far from failing to keep up with what radical Muslims are doing, intelligence officials, according to Miniter, are defeating a plot somewhere in the world every day. Miniter shows how the Bush Administration's aggressive execution of the War on Terror -- including everything from aerial bombardment and covert operations to relentless counter-intelligence and patient police work -- has kept the terrorists at bay.
So are we winning the War on Terror? Miniter says yes - and provides details about the more than 3,000 al Qaeda operatives have been seized or slain in 102 countries since September 11, 2001. He takes you inside the Bush team's clandestine efforts against the global terror network, showing how right the President was when he told the world in March 2004 that "some two-thirds of al Qaeda's key leaders have been captured or killed; the rest of them hear us breathing down their necks." Miniter also reveals what is likely to be the War on Terror's next battlefield, and how al Qaeda hopes to determine the outcome of this fall's presidential election.
Revealed: the al Qaeda attempt on President Bush's life
The al Qaeda cell in New York that was recruiting Muslim-American youth for attacks against America as long ago as 1998
Did American or allied troops let bin Laden get away? A careful examination of all the available evidence
A surprising account of bin Laden's secret refuge -- in Iran! An exclusive account based on the testimony of two Iranian intelligence officials who saw Osama and his henchman al-Zawahiri disguised as Shi'ite clerics
Osama's whereabouts: his travels in Pakistan and elsewhere in 2002 and thereafter
Published for the first time: top-secret documents concerning bin Laden's relations with Iran
A complete list of all top al Qaeda officers, including final status: killed, captured or at large
Bin Laden's desperate bid for Iranian support -- including his pledge to Ayatollah Khamenei: "If I die, my followers will be told to follow you"
Three reasons why Iran would harbor one of the world's most notorious terrorists and risk the wrath of the West
The extraordinary secret deal that Iranian officials offered to the United States in 2003 in an attempt to ease sanctions against Iran
Why bin Laden insisted on waging a worldwide war against America over the objections of many of his senior advisors
Richard Clarke: how he switched from fighting a covert war against Osama bin Laden to one against Condoleeza Rice
The National Security Council plan to strike bin Laden and other top Islamic terrorists: scheduled for final review by the President on September 11, 2001
Two key reasons why al Qaeda selected North Africa as its post-Afghanistan staging ground in 2003
How al Qaeda has continued to test airport security after 9/11
Al Qaeda's attempt to stage terror attacks at sea, to affect vital ports and shipping lanes -- and the clandestine ways they have been stopped
The July 13, 2004, arrest that revealed the true extent of al Qaeda's plans for a major attack in America before the presidential election
The immense impact that the Socialist victory in Spain after the March 11, 2004, terror bombings in Madrid has on the worldwide War on Terror
Why the insiders -- the National Security Council, the CIA, the FBI, other intelligence services, and the Defense Department -- think the War on Terror is going well, while the press and public wonder darkly if the terrorists are winning
Here, then, is the story of daring conspiracies to kill hundreds and desperate efforts to safeguard millions. It is a largely untold tale of a secret war that sprawls over four continents. On its outcome turns the future of the free world. Says Miniter: "If the press covered World War II the way they cover the War on Terror, we would have seen exhaustive coverage of the carnage of the Pearl Harbor attack but missed entirely Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, the heroic defeat on Wake Island, the desperate defense of Guadalcanal, and the come-from-behind victory in the Battle of Midway. With a press like this, at the end of 1942 America would have no idea whether World War II was a hopeless cataclysm or a purposeful march to victory." Shadow War is the much-needed corrective to this skewed and dangerous perspective.
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