A Washington Post Expert's Pick on Terrorism and the Middle East
THE WAR AGAINST AMERICA
Saddam Hussein and the World Trade Center Attacks:
A Study of Revenge
(Previously Published as Study of Revenge)
By Laurie Mylroie
COAUTHOR OF THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Saddam Hussein and the Crisis in the Gulf
With a foreword by former CIA Director R. James Woolsey,
and newly revised introduction and conclusion by the author.
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Praise for THE WAR AGAINST AMERICA...
"Move over, Tom Clancy, Laurie Mylroie has written the year's thriller….
This splendid and wholly convincing book should form the basis for
urgent Senate and House hearings to get to the bottom of the case."
-Richard Perle, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International
Security Policy
"After September 11 many, including myself, believe that the attacks may
be the result of a partnership between the terrorists and a state with a
sophisticated intelligence service and a program of biological warfare.
If this proves to be true and Iraq is shown to be the terrorists'
partners, there is no reason for anyone to ask, 'Why didn't someone warn
us?' because Laurie Mylroie did."
-R. James Woolsey, former CIA Director
"Provocative and disturbing…argues powerfully that the shadowy
mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing…was in fact an agent
of Iraqi intelligence."
-Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense
"A convincing case that the technical skills, coordination, and
resources required for mega-terror operations need the support of
hostile intelligence agencies and governments with an overriding need to
strike America senseless."
-Washington Post
On September 11, Americans were faced with destruction so terrifying
that they couldn't always speak of it in direct terms. Instead, they
made comparisons: it was like a movie, a nightmare, Pearl Harbor. But in
fact, this attack resembles nothing more than it resembles the first
bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993, the harbinger of terrorism to
come.
In THE WAR AGAINST AMERICA (ReganBooks; An Imprint of
HarperCollinsPublishers; On-sale Date: November 7, 2001; ISBN
0-06-009771-X; $14.00 U.S. / $20.95 Canada), Laurie Mylroie-an adviser
to Bill Clinton on Iraq and coauthor of New York Times bestseller Saddam
Hussein and the Crisis in the Gulf-revisits her previous in-depth
investigations of this first attack. Now, taking into account compelling
new information, Mylroie offers a real-life detective story that follows
the individuals-and perhaps nations-behind the original bombing. In the
process, she raises astonishing questions about the September 11 assault
and the biological attacks that have followed.
In his foreword, former CIA Director R. James Woolsey supports Mylroie's
assertions that during the early 1990's, the U.S. government shifted
from viewing terrorism as a tool used by governments to a practice
engaged in by smaller fringe networks. This change led U.S. officials to
go after the individuals responsible for the first World Trade Center
attack while overlooking the fact that those men appeared to have
extensive contacts with Iraqi intelligence. But here, Mylroie traces the
actions of Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind behind the bombing, who remained
at large until a botched attempt to down a dozen U.S. planes two years
later. In reviewing Yousef's phone calls before the bombing, false
passports and escape patterns, Mylroie finds ties to Iraq at every turn.
Could it be that he was acting alone, out of his own hatred for America,
or was the Iraqi government, and Saddam Hussein in particular,
supporting Yousef in what was once the most ambitious terrorist attack
on U.S. soil?
During this time when Americans are desperately seeking answers, they
first need to discover which questions to ask. Nineteen men, who seemed
to be working with Osama bin Laden, took down four planes on September
11. But was bin Laden working with support from shadow nations? And
Saddam Hussein, who has stores of anthrax, has vowed that his battle
with America will continue. Is this his idea of revenge?
THE WAR AGAINST AMERICA is a must-read for anyone seeking a greater
understanding of terrorism. Laurie Mylroie's tireless research and
thoughtful analysis offer stunning, convincing new evidence about the
1993 World Trade Center bombing that will forever change the way that
Americans view the events of September 11.
About the Author
Laurie Mylroie, publisher of the online newsletter Iraq News, was an
adviser on Iraq to the 1992 presidential campaign of Bill Clinton. She
is an adjunct fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and has taught
at Harvard University and the U.S. Naval War College. She is coauthor,
with Judith Miller, of the New York Times number-one bestseller Saddam
Hussein and the Crisis in the Gulf. Her articles have appeared in the
Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Newsweek, Atlantic
Monthly, National Interest, Commentary, New Republic, and American
Spectator.
As Americans are confronted by acts of bioterrorism, powerful forces in the nation's capitol believe Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is to blame for this and many other terrorist acts during the last decade. Many are lobbying to mobilize a military operation to oust Hussein when the next phase of the war on terrorism kicks in. Proponents of the plan, including former Clinton administration CIA director James Woolsey, contend Hussein was involved in the first World Trade Center bombing, the attempted assassination of President George H.W. Bush in 1993, and the ongoing state sponsorship of terrorist activities. Foes of this plan argue that attacking Hussein will destabilize other nations in the region, most prominently Saudi Arabia, and no doubt destroy the carefully crafted coalition presently hunting for Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. FRONTLINE investigates America's other enemy, Saddam Hussein.
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