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PC or not, Middle Eastern groups, including Abu Nidal's, are not tacticians. They walk into nightclubs strapped with explosives, plant car bombs, spray crowded markets with machine-gun fire, and fly hijacked planes full of fuel into buildings. Plain and simple, they're cowards. They won't confront anyone on a one-to-one basis. They don't have the savvy or the courage to do in-your-face operations.
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None of the sheep ever wanted a sheepdog around until one of them spotted a wolf. By then, it was often too late.
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Harvath had met and worked with over his years in both the SEALs and the Secret Service. Harvath stood up and started moving toward the front of the cabin.
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Bullshit. I don't know how, but somehow you followed us." "I will admit, Agent Harvath, that when you logged on to the web site I gave you for the surveillance photos of Marcel"
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It's the world's peaceful Muslims, the majority of the followers of Islam, who have perverted the faith. They have strayed. If Mohammed came back today you can bet there'd be hell to pay. He'd be lopping off heads left and right. And he'd have a lot of help too because in case you haven't noticed, the largest killer of Muslims in the world isn't us filthy infidels, it's other Muslims. Fundamentalist Islam is booming, if you'll pardon the pu..
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Bismillah al rahman al Rahim," he replied. In the name of God, most Gracious, most Compassionate. Harvath knew the phrase. Every chapter in the Quran, except for the ninth, began with it. "Ash-hadu an laa ilaaha illallah," he continued. "Wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan rasulullah." I bear witness that there is no god except Allah. And I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah."
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Conrad had gotten his ambassadorship by being a big bundler and raising a lot of money for the previous president. He reminded Harvath of Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia. In addition to being a thorough Arabist who thought he knew the region better than anyone else--along with what America's foreign policy absolutely should be--his hair was too blond, his teeth were too white, and his skin was too tan for a man of his age and stature. H..
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The truth was, when it came to Islam, it had been violent since its inception. Its clearly stated goal was worldwide conquest. It was a mandate handed down in all of its religious texts. And while Harvath believed there were peaceful and moderate Muslims, he knew from studying the religion that there was no such thing as peaceful and moderate Islam.
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People who took themselves too seriously not only were no fun, but could also be very dangerous.
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What's this bit in Chinese that keeps popping up?" he said. "Xue Long?" "It's the codename for the operation." "What does it mean?" "Xue Long is a mythical Chinese creature said to bring darkness, cold, and death." "What's the translation?" "In English, it would be called a snow dragon."
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He carried no electronics. No laptop, no cell phone, no walkie-talkie. He carried no ID. Beside his large-caliber Glock, spare magazines, and a knife, there was nothing on his person that could connect him to anything, anyone, or anywhere. That was how professionals worked.
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You can't spell unprofessional, unethical, or unaccountable without the UN.
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Ockham's razor. The simplest explanation was usually correct. They
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Department of Homeland Security. "Each one of them is mid- to upper-level management in their agencies."
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They had one mantra, and it came straight from the founder of the OSS, Wild Bill Donovan. If you fall, fall forward
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The funny thing about believing you can do no wrong is that you quickly begin doing nothing but wrong.
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yours, Rob," she replied. "Damn it, Gretchen," he said. "This is how it works. I can't always give you all the information." "Well you could have given us more." The statement hung in the air between them for several moments. Finally, Hutton relented, "I don't have all of the pieces,"
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Their time was short, so Morrell spoke quickly. "It is the stated policy of the United States government never to negotiate with terrorists. We all know it's the nation's first and most important commandment in the war on terror -- Thou shalt not negotiate with terrorists." Harvath was well aware of the commandment. "But somebody broke it," he guessed as he thought about the five prisoners released from Guantanamo. Morrell nodded. "There is..
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You can't always choose the situation you find yourself in, but you can choose how you react to it.
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If you must break the law, do it to seize power." --JULIUS CAESAR"
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He removed the 9mm Heckler & Koch USP SD Herman had given him and spun a GEMTECH suppressor onto its threaded barrel. It was loaded with subsonic ammunition and he carried two extra magazines. If bullets started flying, though, that meant something had gone very wrong.
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The first thing Harvath removed was a sand-colored, modified Palafox 9mm SIG Sauer P226 pistol. It had bright green TRUGLO Tritium/Fiber-Optic Day/Night sights that allowed for fast target acquisition regardless of light conditions. Portions of the slide had been milled away to lessen the weapon's weight. It also helped to reduce muzzle flip and better assist recoil management. Accompanying the pistol was a Sticky-brand inside-the-waistband..
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Within half a block the man was sweating. By the intersection, his clothes were sticking to his body. The Glock tucked behind his right hip was slick with perspiration. Guns, money, and a bunch of high-tech gear. Just like something out of a movie. Except it wasn't. This was real. Turning right, he headed into the large open-air market. It looked as if a car bomb packed with neon paint cans had detonated.
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Being happy boils down to three things. Something to do. Someone to love. And something to look forward to.
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Nicholas is smart, though. He doesn't push it directly at Vottari. He pushes it through other people Vottari knows and trusts on SnapChat, Instagram, et cetera. They repost it and it keeps showing up in his feeds. That's it.
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Harvath shrugged as his phone chimed. "That's social media for you. There's a reason the intelligence community loves it so much."
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In the corner of the lobby was a registration desk. Harvath greeted the young man sitting behind it and gave him the
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Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.
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whoever had written it. Placing the crime scene photo of Claire Marcourt's body with the other two pictures, he remarked, "How about the local police, do they have any clues to go on? Witnesses? CCTV footage?" "Nothing," the security chief replied. "Whoever did this went to great lengths to make sure they didn't leave any evidence behind." He found that hard to believe, too. There was always evidence. It was just a matter of how well traine..
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hunt you down and kill you myself. Chapter 18 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA The call from Philippe Roussard's handler came in the middle of the night. "Do you have everything in place?" Roussard sat up in bed"
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Godspeed. Citius venit malum quam revertitur. Evil arrives faster than it departs. PROLOGUE ITALIAN COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS MARITIME RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER ROME An explosion of thunder shook the building as Lieutenant Pietro Renzi, dressed in his Navy whites, answered the phone in front of him.
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As it says in Job--"They that plow iniquity and sow mischief shall reap the same."
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Do not fear failure. Do more than is required of you. Make your plans fit the circumstances. There is only one type of discipline--perfect discipline.
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Leadership was not only about taking charge, it was also about giving your team everything they needed to succeed, and then getting out of their way. It meant knowing when you should be the first person charging through a door and when you should stand down and let someone else do it. Harvath
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Carlton signaled and merged into a faster-moving lane. "Jacobson gave us his file with everything on the"
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Insecure men with a patina of authority could be annoying. Give those same men actual authority and they could be deadly.
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had delivered them flawlessly. After showing a quick excerpt from the Declaration of Independence about America pledging its sacred honor to help the victims and their families, the cameras would fade to the presidential seal and that would be it. Though the circumstances were horrible, the press secretary had always hoped he'd be given a chance to write a speech that would be remembered for eternity. He felt pretty confident this was going..
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In Grossman's mind, there were just three categories of human beings--sheep, sheepdogs, and wolves.
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we still live in a world where might makes right. The moment we lose sight of that rule and start shrinking from our duties as a nation, is when we'll all need to begin trading in our minivans and baseball mitts for prayer rugs and Arabic lessons.
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Without someone to hunt the wolves, the sheep would never be safe. The wolves were multiplying too quickly. The sheepdogs were being overrun.
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As far as he was concerned, he had the three necessary ingredients to happiness: something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to.
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I know what a bar is, you nonce.
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Langley felt the airport was too controlled and therefore too easy for the Chinese to tilt in their favor. The CIA wanted a public location with multiple evacuation routes. They had cars, safe houses, changes of clothes, medical equipment, fake passports, and even a high-speed boat on standby. They had thought of every contingency and had built plans for each. That was how worried they were. Stepping inside, Harmon scanned the cafe. The ai..
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Harmon wasn't a polished Ivy Leaguer like Cahill. He was tall, built like a brick shithouse, and he didn't attend fancy parties. He usually drank alone in the decrepit back-alley bars of some of the worst hellholes in the world. He was a rough man with few attachments and only one purpose. When someone somewhere pushed the panic button, Harmon was what showed up. He had decided to meet the asset in Hong Kong. It made more sense than Shangh..
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