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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GRP 133-In honor I gained them and in honor I die with them: A British Royal Marine Commando
GRP 132-Do every act of your life as it were your last: SEAL to a Special Ops Aviator Mike Rutledge
GRP 131: Thorns and Roses grow on the same tree: The story of a female Kurdish fighter
GRP 130- Great deeds are wrought at great risks: From the south Bronx to the SEAL teams Remi Adeleke
GRP 129-From Africa to the French Special Forces-Qui ose gagne: The Story of a French SAS Operator
GRP 128-The 20 Year Journey of a Navy SEAL Sniper: Jack Carr
GRP 127-An American Spy Master: The former Director of Overseas Operations for the CIA Jack Devine
GRP 126-In chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order: CIA Security Officer Tom Pecora
GRP125-There is wisdom of the head and a wisdom of the heart:Dave Nielsen a Special Missions Sniper
GRP 124- The Work of a Nation, the Center of Intelligence: Insight from an Intelligence Advisor
GRP 123-Only light can drive out darkness-Guardian Group: Countering Child Sex Trafficking
GRP 122- We’ll do the Voodoo so that you can do what you do: Australian Special Forces Medics
GRP 121-Voodoo Medics: Australian Special Forces Medics in Afghanistan
GRP 120-Warriors Heart: Two Brothers Serving in Special Missions in The War on Terror
GRP 119- A Navy SEALs Humanitarian Struggle in The Battle For Mosul: The City of Death
GRP-118: Know thy self know thy enemy A thousand battles a thousand victories: The Guardian Group
GRP 117-The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang: Insight from a Special Missions Commander
GRP 116-All warfare is based on deception: A Warfighters Perspective
GRP 115-ARMY OF NONE: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War
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