SEAL Target Geronimo: The Inside Story of the Mission to Kill Osama bin Laden

SEAL TARGET GERONIMOxa0A marvelously engrossing account of the military operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden, from associate editor of The Counter Terroristxa0Pfarrer ( Warrior Soul,xa02004, etc.).... xa0Richly told in broad, cinematic strokes, this is catnip for readers who enjoy special-ops tales.KIRKUS REVIEWS (STARRED BOOK)A SEAL Team SIX Assault Element Commander in the 1980s, Pfarrer is known inside the community for his well-regarded first book Warrior Soul... xa0SEAL Target Geronimo explodes a number of media myths about the raid that killed Osama Bin laden... xa0There was no 45 minute firefight... Richard Miniter , Author of Mastermind, Kahlid Shiek Mohammed THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT OF THE SEAL TEAM SIX OPERATION IN ABBOTTABAD NEW IN THE PAPERBACK EDITION Three new chapters of Information from newly declassified documents captured in the raid as well as a blockbuster independent investigation conducted by Pakistani Brigadeer General (Ret) Shukat Qadir, who interviewed military and ISI personnel as well as debriefing eyewitness and undertaking a guided tour of the bin Laden residence hours after the raid.xa0 xa0 The new chapters include detailed information on: OBL's exact locations for the ten years he was on the run in Pakistan OBL's exact locations for the ten years he was on the run in Pakistan The locations of Ayman Zawahiri and Mullah Omar. The locations of Ayman Zawahiri and Mullah Omar. An analysis of declassified papers taken by ST6 from Abbottabad An analysis of declassified papers taken by ST6 from Abbottabad Al Qaeda's planned attack on the Pakistani nuclear weapons facility at Kahuta Al Qaeda's planned attack on the Pakistani nuclear weapons facility at Kahuta Al Qaeda's plan to use poison gas in Yemen (from a letter dated six days before OBL's death) Al Qaeda's plan to use poison gas in Yemen (from a letter dated six days before OBL's death) Information taken from an independent Pakistani investigation of the raid to include previously unknown details of CIA's pre mission reconnaissance Information taken from an independent Pakistani investigation of the raid to include previously unknown details of CIA's pre mission reconnaissance The code name of Dr. Shekel Afridi's CIA controller and details about the "Hepatitis Screening Program" that eventually located OBL The code name of Dr. Shekel Afridi's CIA controller and details about the "Hepatitis Screening Program" that eventually located OBL New details about Al Qaeda's kidnapping of an Iranian diplomat to trade for Khairee bin Laden (Wife #1) who was being held in Tehran New details about Al Qaeda's kidnapping of an Iranian diplomat to trade for Khairee bin Laden (Wife #1) who was being held in Tehran Details of OBLs detailed planning for the transfer of his wife after the prisoner exchange with the Iranians. Details of OBLs detailed planning for the transfer of his wife after the prisoner exchange with the Iranians. New details on CIA's phone call to the compound two nights before the raid New details on CIA's phone call to the compound two nights before the raid Information obtained during Pakistan's nearly year long interrogation of OBL's surviving wives and children Information obtained during Pakistan's nearly year long interrogation of OBL's surviving wives and children Information from the Pakistani first responders who entered the compound only minutes after the helicopters had left. Information from the Pakistani first responders who entered the compound only minutes after the helicopters had left. Connecting the dots on who the US closed in after the arrival of Khairee bin Laden, as well as the capture of Bali Bomber Umer Patik in Abbottabad a mere four months prior to the raid Connecting the dots on who the US closed in after the arrival of Khairee bin Laden, as well as the capture of Bali Bomber Umer Patik in Abbottabad a mere four months prior to the raid Eye witness testimony about the raid from OBL's widows and Children, as well as Pakistani neighbors who saw the entire raid. Eye witness testimony about the raid from OBL's widows and Children, as well as Pakistani neighbors who saw the entire raid. Confirmation from eye witnesses who saw the helicopter crash in the middle of the operation and not at the beginning. Confirmation from eye witnesses who saw the helicopter crash in the middle of the operation and not at the beginning. Details about Pakistani fighters who were scrambled and nearly shot down the US helicopters as they retreated. Details about Pakistani fighters who were scrambled and nearly shot down the US helicopters as they retreated. More details about the "special access granted to Boal and Bigelow--confirmed by Freedom of Information Act requests that show DoD and WH emails confirming that the two SONY Studios filmmakers were give the names of ST6 operators unlawfully. More details about the "special access granted to Boal and Bigelow--confirmed by Freedom of Information Act requests that show DoD and WH emails confirming that the two SONY Studios filmmakers were give the names of ST6 operators unlawfully. And there is more, including information that following the November 2011 "Border Incident" in which US Special Operations Forces killed 20 Pakistani soldiers, Pakistan moved surface to air missiles to the Afghan Border.xa0 The source for this information was Pakistani and all of it has been cross-referenced. CHUCK PFARRER is a former Navy SEAL whose assignments included stints at Underwater Demolition Team Twenty-one and SEAL Team Four.xa0xa0 He served as a military advisor in Central America, trained NATO forces in Europe and the Mediterranean as well as undertaking duties in the Middle East. Pfarrer ended his service as Assault Element Commander for the Navy's famed SEAL Team SIX.xa0xa0 xa0 Pfarrer is an internationally recognized expert on Al Qaeda and the Global Salafist Jihad.xa0 xa0He was the principal author of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Annex to the National Counterterrorism Plan and has lectured widely on Terrorism, Terrorist Methodology and the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. xa0Pfarrer presently serves as an Associate Editor of The Counterterrorist, The Modern Journal of Counter Terrorism, andxa0he is also a Distinguished Fellow of the US Naval Special Warfare Institute. xa0 Pfarrer is the founder and ABI and Desert Cove International, Federally Registered Defense Contractors providing National Security Affairs training. DCI specializes in applications relevant to weapons of mass destruction, international counter-terrorism, special operations, counter-proliferation and domestic preparedness.xa0 ABI and DCI's clients include the Department of Defense, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, as well as other government organizations and agencies. xa0 xa0 Pfarrer is the New York Times Best selling author of SEAL Target Geronimo , the definitive account of SEAL Team Six's Operation Neptune's Spear. xa0 His autobiography, Warrior Soul, The Memoir of a Navy SEAL is a continual Amazon Best Seller. xa0He is the author of a novel, Killing Che , and thexa0screenwriter for The Jackal, Red Planet, Darkman , and Navy SEALs . Read more