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Mar 4, 2008 · Hidden from the politicians and the government bean counters, The Activity has been carrying out deniable operations, preparing the way for Delta and SEAL Team Six. Now journalist Michael Smith...
- illustrated
- Michael Smith
- Macmillan, 2008
This was the book that revealed the astonishing history of America’s most secret special operations team and the way it was directing drone strikes to kill al-Qa’eda and other terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Yemen and Somalia.
Killer Elite tells, within the limits of security, how the Activity participated in the search for General James Dozier when he was kidnaped by the Red Brigades in Italy. The Activity also operated against jihadists, Communist guerillas, narcotraffickers, and Balkan war criminals.
Here is a gripping novel, inspired by real-life events, about a private team of British vigilantes that sets out to eliminate a gang of cold-blooded contract killers. From 1977 to 1990, four former British soldiers die, one by one, supposedly due to accident or illness.
- (1.2K)
- Mass Market Paperback
- Ranulph Fiennes
But soon a link is established between the victims: a shared mission in the desert kingdom of Oman, where they fought for a sultan against insurgents and ruined the life of a rival sheikh, who in turn has sent a band of assassins to methodically slay the soldiers and salvage his pride.
- Sir Ranulph Fiennes
'The Activity," as it became known to insiders, has achieved near-mythical status, even among the world's Special Operations elite. Now journalist Michael Smith gets inside this clandestine...
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Feb 1, 2006 · Translated from Pentagon-speak, this means operating undercover in the world's most dangerous places, penetrating enemy organizations including Al Qa'eda, Hamas and Islamic Jihad. 'The Activity' combines the spy work of the CIA with the commando/SAS role of the Green Berets.
