De terroristenjaagster: het ware verhaal van een vrouw die infiltreert in radicaal islamitische groeperingen

by Rita Katz, Theo Gaasbeek (Translator), S. Kotte (Translator)

/ 9058312607 / History / Nederlands / Dutch / Néerlandais / Niederländisch / soft cover / 23 x 15 cm / 368 .pp /

Genres: Nonfiction

382 pages, Paperback

First published May 6, 2003

About the author

Iraqi born Jewish woman who founded the SITE Institute, a private intelligence firm. Which specializes on finding terrorists on the internet.

When she was 9 her father was hanged for spying for Israel and her family fled to Israel. Where Katze served in the Israeli army.

In 1997 Katz moved with her husband to the USA.

Reviews

[Belinda · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,25 sterren

[Dwayne Roberts · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Perhaps this book will help people understand that terrorism needs to be uprooted, not just by trying to stop specific attacks, but also by choking the ideology behind them. Because by the time you catch one terrorist, fifteen others have been trained in his place. Likewise, disregarding terrorists because they're Hamas and not al-Qaeda, or PIJ instead of Hizballah, is a deadly mistake. These organizations carry different names, but they're all one and the same. Wherever terrorism exists, it must be uprooted."

A fascinating history of an Iraqi Jewish woman's hunt for the funding of terror, particularly in the U.S. and the obstacles our government (particularly the FBI) put in front of her. "Ours is a strange world indeed: we, the good people, have to hide, while terrorists enjoy all the freedoms of the West."

[Marcin Boruchowski · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story of an Iraqi Jewish girl who, as a child, escaped to Israel with her mother and siblings from the repression of Saddam Hussein's regime that affected her family. Her father died in a public execution, so the family had to go into hiding.
In the United States, where she went a few years later, she became one of the most valued experts in the field of counterterrorism, nevertheless her discoveries were not taken seriously, even though she risked her and her family's lives every day.
Who knows what would happened if she was treated seriously? Perhaps we could have prevented 9/11.

[Belinda Vlasbaard · Rating 5 out of 5]

4,5 sterren - Nederlandse paperback

Dit boek jaren geleden al gelezen,heel fascinerend en onvoorstelbaar.
Helaas komt het de laatste tijd heel erg dichtbij,wat zij beschrijft.
En iedereen maar doen of zijn neus bloed en het allemaal wel mee valt.
Dat is dus echt niet zo.

Dat een vrouw durft te infiltreren in zo een zwaar gelovig en gevaarlijk netwerk vindt ik bewonderenswaardig.

[Isha · Rating 4 out of 5]

De Nederlandse vertaling kon beter maar heel intrigerend verhaal

[Annemieke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book. It was something scary to read that Al-Qaida is infriltrated in the governement and FBI and that they decided to fire an honest FBI agent instead of the 'bad guy'. This book is written in a way that the writer stays one step 'before' you. When you get confused with all the names, the writer always tells you where the name was mentioned earlier in the book. This helped a lot to see the similarities between different organisations and the terrorist who where mentioned. It's a scary thought that honest people and honest moslims donate money to organisations to help others without knowing they 'sponsor' al-Qaida.

[Pawel Szupryczynski]

Could not finish. The book has a astonishing start. The first chapter about author's life in Iraq is fascinating, almost like taken from a movie script. I eagerly waited for next parts. Unfortunately, the story falls down in following chapters. When Rita starts working in Middle East institute the riveting story turns into never ending list of names/organizations/translated articles that shortly makes no sense to the reader.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wirklich sehr interessant und spannend und zumindest für mich sehr überraschend. Allerdings sind die vielen unbekannten Organisationen mit ihren Abkürzungen und die vielen Namen eine Herausforderung für sich und machen das Buch nicht gerade zu einer leichten Lektüre.
Für jemanden den das Thema interessiert und der sich gezielt damit auseinander setzen will eine absolute Empfehlung. Für alle anderen: Lest es auch, aber nehmt euch Zeit und habt Geduld mit euch selbst.

[Victorvanr · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a truly unreadable book of a very frustrated person.

[Marijn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interessant boek met regelmatig persoonlijke stukken wat het prettig leesbaar maakt. Verhaal is af en toe wat langdradig, maar zeker de moeite waard om te lezen.