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Peter L. Bergen
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in Minneapolis, Minnesota, The United States
December 12, 1962
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“So the insurgency was born in a perfect storm of American errors--not establishing order; not providing the semblance of any government; confirming to the Sunnis who had once lorded it over Iraq's Shia majority that they were officially the underdogs; and throwing hundreds of thousands of soldiers onto the streets in an economy where the jobless rate was around 50 percent, while simultaneously ensuring that there was an unlimited supply of weaponry at hand for those angry young men.”
― The Longest War: A History of the War on Terror and the Battles with Al Qaeda Since 9/11
― The Longest War: A History of the War on Terror and the Battles with Al Qaeda Since 9/11
“For an organization devoted to revolutionary holy war, the pre-9/11 al-Qaeda sometimes had the feel of an insurance company, albeit a heavily armed one.”
― Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad
― Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad
“alphabet, and G meant that bin Laden was “secured.” McRaven relayed the word Geronimo to the White House. But this was ambiguous: Was bin Laden captured or dead? So McRaven asked the SEAL ground force commander, “Is he EKIA [Enemy Killed in Action]?” A few seconds later, the answer came back: “Roger, Geronimo EKIA.” Then McRaven announced to the White House, “Geronimo EKIA.” There were gasps in the Situation Room, but no whoops or high fives. The president quietly said, “We got him, we got him.” It was still the middle of the night in Pakistan, and the SEALs were able to see only through the murky, pixilated”
― Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad
― Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad
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