Joining me for this week's podcast is a veteran foreign correspondent and author of First Casualty: The Untold Story Of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11 Toby Harnden. Harnden is a Royal Navy Veteran from the United Kingdom and has spent years covering wars in conflict zones worldwide. We discussed his journalism career, and he cut his teeth in Northern Ireland, covering the conflict there. He's also spent time in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The initial American response to the 9/11 attacks was a secret eight-man CIA squad called Team Alpha. Team Alpha rode into battle on horseback alongside the Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum. Mike Spann, an ex-Marine and member of Team Alpha, was the first American killed in combat in Afghanistan. We discussed his book in detail, including the role of Delta Force, The British Special Boat Service, and Army Green Berets in routing Al Queda during the early days of the war. Plus many more topics. Tune in.
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--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/globalrecon/supportGRP 14 Benghazi , Women In Combat, Bureaucracy, Webinars
GRP 13 Wounded Warfighters, Never Quit, Special Forces
GRP 12 Special Operations Working Dogs, Green Berets, Nutrition Tips
GRP 11 MARSOC Memorial March, Benjamin Bitner, Special Forces Green Berets
GRP 10 Unconventional Warfare, Foreign Internal Defense, Ronin Tactics
GRP 09 Medal Of Honor Recipient Captain Florent Groberg
GRP 08 The Rescue Of Marcus Luttrell, Mindset, and Special Forces
GRP 07 Aviation, Snipers, Fitness And Mindset.
GRP 06 Survival, Special Forces, Selection, And Fitness
GRP 05 Interview With Aleks Skarlatos, PTSD, Fitness, And Mindset.
GRP 04 Tu Lam, RoninTactics, Army Special Forces
GRP 03 Special Operations Selection, Fitness, And Mindset
GRP 02 Vice News Reporter, Female Apache Pilot Interviews.
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