Author: John K. Cooley

To oppose the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, the United States formed an extraordinary anti-Communist alliance with militant Islamic forces in South Asia. John Cooley describes the development of US foreign policy and CIA covert activity in the 1980s, which facilitated the training and arming of almost a quarter of a million Islamic mercenaries drawn from around the world. He provides a behind-the-scenes account of this alliance and of how the CIA planned and ran the 'holy war' in Afghanistan. Cooley marshals a wealth of evidence to demonstrate the devastating consequences of this alliance between the US government and radical Islam – from the assassination of Sadat, the destabilization of Algeria and Chechnya and the emergence of the Taliban, to the bombings of the World Trade Center and the US embassies in Africa.

In this controversial and acclaimed book, Cooley examines the crucial role of Pakistan's military intelligence organization; uncovers China's involvement and its aftermath; the extent of Saudi financial support; the role of "America's most wanted man", the guerrilla leader Osama bin Laden; the BCCI connection; and the CIA's cynical promotion of drug traffic in the Golden Crescent. Unholy Wars seeks out the lessons to be learned from this still unfolding drama. This completely revised edition examines the new terrorist conspiracy network uncovered in the US and Canada, linked to Bin Laden since December 1999. It also covers the many important events in Pakistan since the military coup of October 1999 and the impact of this on Indo-Pakistani relations. Cooley also focuses on recent events in Algeria, which have been linked to the role of the 'Afghanis' in the extremist GIA whose members are involved in the new US-Canada conspiracies.

John K. Cooley is an ABC news correspondent now based in Cyprus. A graduate of Dartmouth College who undertook his postgraduate studies at the New School, he started his journalistic career at the New York Herald Tribune. He covered the Algerian revolution for UPI, NBC News and the London Observer, and in 1965 was appointed Middle East correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor in Beirut. His journalistic awards include the Council on Foreign Affairs’ Foreign Correspondent Fellowship, and the coveted George Polk Memorial Award for distinguished career achievement in international reporting. He is the author of five other books on the Middle East, including Payback: America's Long War in the Middle East and Libyan Sandstorm: Qaddafi's Revolution.

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Country of Origin: Afghanistan
Paperback: 288 Pages
Published: 2000, 2nd Edition

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