Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-344) and index.
Contents:
The killer beside you -- Baker's boy -- Triple A -- Recruits -- Ali's evolution -- Incident on the tube -- Bang/fizz -- The Rosewater solution -- Glimmers -- The dilemma -- Rendezvous in Lloyd Park -- Pattern of life -- Wedding videos -- Probe -- "Today's date is September 12, 2001" -- Sarwar's hole -- Transatlantic tensions -- Skin infection -- Our citizens, our planes -- It fell out of my pocket -- The railway crossing -- Fellowship is life -- Scramble -- The system worked? -- Rashid Rauf's second chance -- The twisting road -- A fine balance.
Summary:
"Al Qaeda did not stop after 9/11. Its reign of terror continued with bombings and mayhem across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. But its frustration grew as the group failed to fundamentally undermine America and its allies. Five years later the time was ripe for another spectacular mega-plot. Fresh from masterminding the London Underground carnage, one veteran operative set in motion a new operation to destroy passenger aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean -- and kill thousands of people in the process. tells the story of that conspiracy and the heroic efforts by the intelligence services of the United States, Great Britain, and Pakistan to uncover and crush it. From the streets of London to the training camps of Pakistan to the corridors of power in Washington DC, the story unfolds with murders, double-crosses, probes, jailbreaks, and explosions. Former counterterrorism analyst Aki J. Peritz brings the story to life with vivid imagery, interviews with top intelligence officials, and never-before-seen declassified documents. is the not-to-be-missed account of the race to stop a terrorist conspiracy that would have remade our world -- forever." -- Amazon.com "Disruption tells the story of the conspiracy to simultaneously destroy several passenger jets over the Atlantic Ocean in 2006 and the desperate efforts by the British, Americans, and Pakistanis to crush the conspiracy before the bombs went off in the largest counterterrorism investigation in history"-- Provided by publisher.
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