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Relentless Pursuit: The DSS and the Manhunt for the Al-Qaeda Terrorists
Al Queda's war on America did not start on September 11, 2001. Just ask the Diplomatic Security Service.
It was on February 6, 1993, that the United States was first attacked on its own soil by foreign terrorists. A zealous band of Middle Easterners, holy warriors determined to punish the U.S. for its supposed transgressions against Islam, packed over a ton of home made explosives into the back of a rented van. They drove their bomb across the Hudson from New Jersey, maneuvered it through downtown traffic and parked it in the underground garage at the Vista Hotel, beneath the twin towers of the World Trade Center. They lit a long fuse, which allowed them time to get back to New Jersey to watch the results of the explosion on CNN. They hoped to topple one mammoth tower into the other and kill ten thousand people or more. Miraculously, only six people were killed.
Most of the group were captured within a week, but the mastermind behind the attack, Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, had immediately gone to JFK airport to fly to Pakistan. Before leaving, he phoned the Associated Press and claimed responsibility for the bombing in the name of the Arab Liberation Army, a terrorist group led by Saudi exile Osama bin Laden.
A succession of such brazen crimes has revealed complex connections among terrorist groups with an implacable hostility toward Western civilization. Outrages such as the assassination of the Jewish Defense League founder Meier Kahane, a huge plot in the Philippines to plant bombs on intercontinental airlines and to assassinate the Pope, the bombing of U.S. embassies, culminating in the African embassy bombings of 1998, the attack on the USS Cole in 1999, and the devastating attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 have made it clear that a worldwide network of terrorists led by Osama bin Laden is making war on the United States.
On the front lines combating these terrorists in 150 countries around the world have been the 1,200 agents of the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service. A little-known but highly effective branch of the government, the DSS is the one arm of federal law enforcement with international powers of arrest. These agents maintain close ties to local police commanders in many countries and can entice informants with bounties of up to $4,000,000. After a challenging international search, it was DSS agents in Pakistan who captured Ramzi Yousef. DSS agents have been in the vanguard of the War on Terrorism long before it was declared.
In Relentless Pursuit , Samuel Katz review the escalating series of terrorist attacks on the U.S. during the last decade, including those in many foreign countries and finally in New York and Washington. In the process, he tells the gripping story of the DSS and its agents protecting us and our representatives here and abroad. Katz's detailed, personal, on-the-ground anecdotes bring home the contexts and linkages of the War on Terrorism that has been fought on our behalf by the DSS since the 1980s. Relentless Pursuit is a stirring tribute to an unsung group of brave Americans.
It was on February 6, 1993, that the United States was first attacked on its own soil by foreign terrorists. A zealous band of Middle Easterners, holy warriors determined to punish the U.S. for its supposed transgressions against Islam, packed over a ton of home made explosives into the back of a rented van. They drove their bomb across the Hudson from New Jersey, maneuvered it through downtown traffic and parked it in the underground garage at the Vista Hotel, beneath the twin towers of the World Trade Center. They lit a long fuse, which allowed them time to get back to New Jersey to watch the results of the explosion on CNN. They hoped to topple one mammoth tower into the other and kill ten thousand people or more. Miraculously, only six people were killed.
Most of the group were captured within a week, but the mastermind behind the attack, Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, had immediately gone to JFK airport to fly to Pakistan. Before leaving, he phoned the Associated Press and claimed responsibility for the bombing in the name of the Arab Liberation Army, a terrorist group led by Saudi exile Osama bin Laden.
A succession of such brazen crimes has revealed complex connections among terrorist groups with an implacable hostility toward Western civilization. Outrages such as the assassination of the Jewish Defense League founder Meier Kahane, a huge plot in the Philippines to plant bombs on intercontinental airlines and to assassinate the Pope, the bombing of U.S. embassies, culminating in the African embassy bombings of 1998, the attack on the USS Cole in 1999, and the devastating attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 have made it clear that a worldwide network of terrorists led by Osama bin Laden is making war on the United States.
On the front lines combating these terrorists in 150 countries around the world have been the 1,200 agents of the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service. A little-known but highly effective branch of the government, the DSS is the one arm of federal law enforcement with international powers of arrest. These agents maintain close ties to local police commanders in many countries and can entice informants with bounties of up to $4,000,000. After a challenging international search, it was DSS agents in Pakistan who captured Ramzi Yousef. DSS agents have been in the vanguard of the War on Terrorism long before it was declared.
In Relentless Pursuit , Samuel Katz review the escalating series of terrorist attacks on the U.S. during the last decade, including those in many foreign countries and finally in New York and Washington. In the process, he tells the gripping story of the DSS and its agents protecting us and our representatives here and abroad. Katz's detailed, personal, on-the-ground anecdotes bring home the contexts and linkages of the War on Terrorism that has been fought on our behalf by the DSS since the 1980s. Relentless Pursuit is a stirring tribute to an unsung group of brave Americans.
304 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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적중시 상한금 : 1,500만 ( 단폴, 다폴 동일 ) / 축베팅 3,000만
최대 베팅한도: 스포츠 500만 / 미니게임 300만
단폴 베팅한도: 500만
수년 차 무사고 메이저 안전토토사이트로 탄탄한 자금력과 유저들의 믿음과 신뢰로 지금까지 안전하게 운영되어 오고 있는 사이트 입니다.
처음 스포츠토토에 입문하시는 유저분들 혹은 사이트 이동을 고민중이신 분들은 믿고 사용하실 수 있는 사이트로 검증업체에서 강력 추천 드립니다.
헐크는 먹튀 없고 다수의 검증사이트에 검증된 메이저중의 최고의 토토사이트입니다.
이미 많은 곳에서 추천 업체로 손꼽는 곳입니다.찾아보기 힘들 정도로 다수의 검증사이트에서 헐크벳 먹튀 무사고 업체로 칭송하고 있습니다.
다른 메이저 놀이터 보다 다양한 이벤트와 게임을 서비스하고 웬만한 분들은 다 아시는 곳이리가 생각됩니다.
꽤 많은 곳에서 해외 업체를 참조한 기능을 제공하고 있지만, 메이저 헐크벳처럼 실시간 스포츠 배팅이 잘 활성화된 곳은 드뭅니다.
이곳은 경기 가 시작되어도 종료전까지 배팅이 가능합니다. 크로스는 당연히 가능하고, 회원분들의 승부 스타일을 인정합니다. 모든 베팅 제재가 없다는 뜻입니다.
적중 상한 1,500만. 다폴도 동일합니다. 축배팅은 상한이 3,000까지 풀려있으며 안전계좌로 입/출 처리 됩니다.
헐크 평생도메인 :헐크도메인.COM
헐크 가입코드: 가입코드 : cc22
안전놀이터주소문의
카톡문의 MKMK888
베팅 제한 : 베팅 제재사항 없음
신규가입 첫충전 : 40%
매충전 보너스 : 10% jangmi kk55
낙첨금 포인트 : 1~5% ( 등급별 상이 )
롤 링 보너스 : 없음
라이브 게임 목록 : EOS 파워볼, 해외식 파워볼, 별다리 1~3분, 슈어 사다리 1~3분, 마리오 1~3분, 탑홀/짝, 뽀글이 1~3분, 보글 사다리 1~3분, 보글 파워볼 등
입출금 정보 : 안전계좌 이체
적중시 상한금 : 1,500만 ( 단폴, 다폴 동일 ) / 축베팅 3,000만
최대 베팅한도: 스포츠 500만 / 미니게임 300만
단폴 베팅한도: 500만
April 29, 2018
This was a little heavy in the documenting the rise of terrorism throughout the world, but it provides great insight into the working of the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS).
April 18, 2019
this book was both informative and reflective on the events between 1985 and 2001 pertaining to terrorism. I will definitely be reading more of the author's work
November 23, 2021
It was ok.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 15, 2014
Solid book about pre-9/11 DSS terrorism-related investigations. Not excessively chest-thumping or ego/resume-boosting, it felt like a fair summary of the early days dealing with the militant Al Qaeda threat. I did feel like the book could have used a more updated postscript, something that summarized the post 9/11 era in DSS with regard to these topics. Definitely something the author should consider if this book is ever re-released. Dated, but would still recommend.
July 14, 2014
Burning bomb factories, devastating explosions, demented plots of mass killing--these are the sign posts on the road in an underworld of terror, where murder and deception are the currency of the kingdom. Samual Katz has told the story as only he could, with the skill of a first-rate Middle East security expert and special-ops writer.
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