The Spymaster of Baghdad, by Margaret Coker

Author: Margaret Coker. Review by Reg Naulty

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The spymaster of Baghdad is Abu Ali al-Basri, who was the head of counter-terrorism for the national intelligence agency in Iraq. His unit, the Falcons, had a spectacular record of success against Islamic State during the prime ministership of Nouri al-Maliki. Over the course of sixteen months, it stopped thirty suicide bombings and eighteen massive terror attacks on the Iraqi capital.

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