The 19th Hijacker

Author : James Reston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1645720209

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The 19th Hijacker by James Reston Pdf

Everyone knows what happened on September 11, 2001. But do we really know what was behind this act of war? What was the lure? What was it about the Hamburg cell that appealed to him? What lured this educated son of a successful Lebanese family to the jihadist message of destruction and annihiliation that would result in the death of 3170 Americans? These questions torment Sami Haddad as he pondered his choice, in August of 2001, whether or not to join the 9-ll hijackers. Through a series of tape recordings which Sami had made in the months before the operation, he tells his beautiful and feisty Turkish-German lover, Karima Ilgun, of his first meeting with Muhammad Atta in Hamburg, of his training in Afghanistan under the watchful eye of Al Qaeda's military chief, of his meeting with Osama bin Ladin where he swears his oath of allegiance, and of his final months of preparation in Florida where he comes to loath Muhammad Atta but cannot find the courage to flee. A sense of doubt and skepticism suffuses his musings to her, but also of weakness. After the attack on 9/11, Kommissar Recht, a rumpled German government investigator), is tasked to ferret out Karima's role, if any, as an Al Qaeda operative. He comes to suspect that she is withholding valuable evidence, but under German privacy law he is barred from employing strong-arm tactics that would force her to talk. Surviving members of the Al Qaeda cell in Hamburg also suspect Karima is hiding Sami's tapes. To them Sami's recollections are sacred artifacts of what they deemed to be their successful mission, but they fear his presentation of the attack might be something less than heroic. Karima is caught between these two forces, either of which could have terrible consequences for her. How she resolves this dilemma is the climax of the novel.

Author : James Reston (Jr.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Hijacking of aircraft
ISBN : 1645720217

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The 19th Hijacker by James Reston (Jr.) Pdf

Everyone knows what happened on September 11, 2001. But do we really know what was behind this act of war? What was the lure? What was it about the Hamburg cell that appealed to him? What lured this educated son of a successful Lebanese family to the jihadist message of destruction and annihiliation that would result in the death of 3170 Americans? These questions torment Sami Haddad as he pondered his choice, in August of 2001, whether or not to join the 9-ll hijackers. Through a series of tape recordings which Sami had made in the months before the operation, he tells his beautiful and feisty Turkish-German lover, Karima Ilgun, of his first meeting with Muhammad Atta in Hamburg, of his training in Afghanistan under the watchful eye of Al Qaeda's military chief, of his meeting with Osama bin Ladin where he swears his oath of allegiance, and of his final months of preparation in Florida where he comes to loath Muhammad Atta but cannot find the courage to flee. A sense of doubt and skepticism suffuses his musings to her, but also of weakness. After the attack on 9/11, Kommissar Recht, a rumpled German government investigator), is tasked to ferret out Karima's role, if any, as an Al Qaeda operative. He comes to suspect that she is withholding valuable evidence, but under German privacy law he is barred from employing strong-arm tactics that would force her to talk.Surviving members of the Al Qaeda cell in Hamburg also suspect Karima is hiding Sami's tapes. To them Sami's recollections are sacred artifacts of what they deemed to be their successful mission, but they fear his presentation of the attack might be something less than heroic. Karima is caught between these two forces, either of which could have terrible consequences for her. How she resolves this dilemma is the climax of the novel.

Author : Brendan I. Koerner
Publisher : Crown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780307886118

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The Skies Belong to Us by Brendan I. Koerner Pdf

The true stroy of the longest-distance hijacking in American history. In an America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of '60s idealism, airplane hijackings were astonishingly routine. Over a five-year period starting in 1968, the desperate and disillusioned seized commercial jets nearly once a week, using guns, bombs, and jars of acid. Some hijackers wished to escape to foreign lands; others aimed to swap hostages for sacks of cash. Their criminal exploits mesmerized the country, never more so than when shattered Army veteran Roger Holder and mischievous party girl Cathy Kerkow managred to comandeer Western Airlines Flight 701 and flee across an ocean with a half-million dollars in ransom—a heist that remains the longest-distance hijacking in American history. More than just an enthralling story about a spectacular crime and its bittersweet, decades-long aftermath, The Skies Belong to Us is also a psychological portrait of America at its most turbulent and a testament to the madness that can grip a nation when politics fail.

Author : Michael A. Smerconish,Kurt A. Schreyer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780762757527

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Instinct by Michael A. Smerconish,Kurt A. Schreyer Pdf

Author : J. Paul D. Taillon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313012228

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Hijacking and Hostages by J. Paul D. Taillon Pdf

Terrorism and its manifestations continue to evolve, becoming deadlier and more menacing. This study considers the evolution of terrorism since 1968 and how airlines and governments have attempted to deal with this form of violence through a series of nonforce strategies. Using historical examples, we see how governments, particularly the United States, attempted to counter politically motivated aerial hijacking with metal detectors, legal means, and, finally, in frustration, counterviolence operations to subdue terrorists. As nations witnessed aerial hijacking and sieges, the requirement for paramilitary and military counterterrorist forces became a necessity. Through use of examples from Israel (Entebbe 1976), West Germany (Mogadishu 1977), and Egypt (Malta 1985), Taillon concludes that cooperation—ranging from shared intelligence to forward base access and observers—can provide significant advantages in dealing with low-intensity operations. He hopes to highlight those key aspects of cooperation at an international level which have, at least in part, been vital to successful counterterrorist operations in the past and, as we witnessed again in the campaign in Afghanistan, are destined to remain so in the future.

Author : Terry McDermott
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780061852961

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Perfect Soldiers by Terry McDermott Pdf

"The definitive book on the 19 men who brought such devastation and terror to this country … a well-told, meticulously researched cautionary tale." — Washington Post Book World Using research undertaken in twenty countries on four continents, Los Angeles Times correspondent Terry McDermott provides gripping, authoritative portraits of the main players in the 9/11 plot. With brilliant reporting and thoughtful analysis, McDermott brings us a clearer, more nuanced, and in some ways more frightening, understanding of the landmark event of our time. The attacks of September 11, 2001, were a calamity on a scale few had imagined possible. In their aftermath, we exaggerated the men who perpetrated the attacks, shaping hasty and often mistaken reporting into caricatures we could comprehend—monsters and master criminals equal to the enormity of their crime. In reality, the 9/11 hijackers were unexceptional men, not much different from countless others. It is this ordinary enemy, not the caricature, that we must understand if we are to have a legitimate hope of defeating terrorism.

Author : Dave Hirschman
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-10
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780062850386

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Hijacked by Dave Hirschman Pdf

The unbelievable true story of three pilots flying a routine Federal Express flight who must call on their inner courage, strength, and ability to stop a bitter, suicidal hijacker from killing them, and thousands of people below. David Sanders, Jim Tucker, and Andy Peterson had taken off on a regular “out-and-back,” delivering and picking up packages for FedEx’s next-day service. They had one jumpseat passenger, an off-duty colleague who they assumed was simply taking advantage of the FedEx perk allowing virtually all employees to ride the company jets for free. The shock came twenty minutes later. Before the plane had reached its normal cruising altitude, the lone passenger attacked the pilots with hammers and a spear gun. He’d had his diabolical plan in the works for months: by crashing the plane into the Federal Express Memphis hub, he’d ruin the company, which he felt had treated him unfairly. With superhuman strength fueled by sheer fury, the attacker struck the pilots again and again. What he didn’t count on was the skill and intelligence of the pilots. While Sanders and Peterson tried to stop the relentless battering, copilot Tucker swung the aircraft into dangerous flight maneuvers in an attempt to literally knock the man off his feet. In Hijacked, Dave Hirschman vividly re-creates this hair-raising battle of wills, giving each pilot’s point of view and drawing on his own experiences as a pilot to take us inside that fateful day.

Author : Philip Baum
Publisher : Summersdale
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-10
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1849538387

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Violence in the Skies by Philip Baum Pdf

Aviation security expert Philip Baum delves into the archives to reveal the stories behind the most astonishing and shocking crimes in aviation history, calling on real-life testimonies from hijackers, crew members, passengers and politicians. The human stories behind the criminal attacks that have plagued aviation since 1911 are detailed in this authoritative and thrilling account of aviation security history, from the legendary hijacks by left-wing and Palestinian groups of the twentieth century, to the more recent suicide attacks carried out by fundamentalists and the psychologically disturbed.

Author : Terry McDermott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Hijacking of aircraft
ISBN : OCLC:1150956786

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Perfect Soldiers by Terry McDermott Pdf

Author : Todd Borg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Hijacking of ships
ISBN : 1931296197

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Tahoe Hijack by Todd Borg Pdf

Tahoe Detective Owen McKenna responds to a boat hijacking on Lake Tahoe, gets involved in the case of Anna Quinn who is hiding from members of a fanatical militia group, and the search for a treasure that dates to the Gold Rush.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Security
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Flight schools
ISBN : MINN:31951D03653988C

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Overturning 30 Years of Precedent by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Security Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Intelligence service
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050382014

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Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence Pdf

Author : Elias Davidsson
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780875869742

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Hijacking America's Mind On 9/11 by Elias Davidsson Pdf

An international researcher of long date and an expert in international law and human rights, the author''s approach to the questions of 9/11 is essentially forensic. The book is narrative in style yet is highly factual and heavily annotated.

Author : Edward Hendrie
Publisher : Great Mountain Publishing
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780983262732

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9/11-Enemies Foreign and Domestic by Edward Hendrie Pdf

Hendrie proves beyond a reasonable doubt that the U.S. government's conspiracy theory of the attacks on September 11, 2001, is a preposterous cover story. The evidence proves that powerful Zionists ordered the 9/11 attacks, which were perpetrated by Israel's Mossad, aided and abetted by treacherous high officials in the U.S. government.

Author : Serena Bell
Publisher : Jelsba Media Group
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781953498120

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Wilder With You by Serena Bell Pdf

Who knew pretending could be so hot? Clark: It started as a joke. After all, I’d never pretend to date a woman just to get my mom and sister off my back. I would, however, pretend to date her to get her ex-husband off hers. Now the two of us, the wilderness warrior and the wedding planner, are stuck sharing a very small tent. I had no idea how fast things would heat up in here, or how hard it would be to keep my hands—among other things—to myself. I also didn’t guess how quickly the news of our “relationship” would spread to my big, nosy family. We can’t “break up” yet, because she’s planning my brother’s wedding and I’m his best man. Through venue visits, DIY disasters, and Vegas trips, we’re thrown together, and the chemistry’s off-the-charts. But the kicker is, I feel like she gets me. Maybe that’s what scares me the most. I’m still reeling from the loss of my wife, and she’s still hurting from her ex’s betrayal. There’s no way this can ever be real. But what if I’m starting to hope it is?