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Summary: "From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Black Flags, the harrowing story of America's mission in Syria: to find and destroy Syria's chemical weapons and defeat ISIS--only to lose control of both In August 2012, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was clinging to power in a vicious civil war. Concerned that Assad might resort to chemical weapons, President Obama warned that any such use would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.9104 WARWarrick, Joby.
Summary: In December 2009, Khalil al-Balawi, a Jordanian double agent and a go-between for the CIA and al-Qaeda, detonated a suicide bomb at a CIA base, killing seven agents. Here, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick chronicles how this tragedy happened, examining al-Balawi's journey through the spy world and how the CIA failed to recognize the danger he posed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011