Before September 11, 2001, one terrorist group had killed more
Americans than any other: Hezbollah, the "Party of God." Today it
remains potentially more dangerous than even al Qaeda. Yet little
has been known about its inner workings, past successes, and future
plans-until now.
Written by an accomplished journalist and a law-enforcement expert,
"Lightning Out of Lebanon is a chilling and essential addition to
our understanding of the external and internal threats to America.
In disturbing detail, it portrays the degree to which Hezbollah has
infiltrated this country and the extent to which it intends to do
us harm.
Formed in Lebanon by Iranian Revolutionary Guards in 1982,
Hezbollah is fueled by hatred of Israel and the United States. Its
1983 truck-bomb attack against the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut
killed 241 soldiers-the largest peacetime loss ever for the U.S.
military-and caused President Reagan to withdraw all troops from
Lebanon. Since then, among other atrocities, Hezbollah has murdered
Americans at the U.S. embassy in Lebanon and the Khobar Towers U.S.
military housing complex in Saudi Arabia; tortured and killed the
CIA station chief in Beirut; held organizational meetings with top
members of al Qaeda-including Osama bin Laden-and established
sleeper cells in the United States and Canada.
"Lightning Out of Lebanon reveals how, starting in 1982, a cunning
and deadly Hezbollah terrorist named Mohammed Youssef Hammoud
operated a cell in Charlotte, North Carolina, under the radar of
American intelligence. The story of how FBI special agent Rick
Schwein captured him in 2002 is a brilliantly researched and
written account.
Yet the past is only prologue in theunsettling odyssey of
Hezbollah. Using their exclusive sources in the Middle East and
inside the U.S. counterterrorism establishment, the authors of
"Lightning Out of Lebanon imagine the deadly future of Hezbollah
and posit how best to combat the group which top American
counterintelligence officials and Senator Bob Graham, vice-chairman
of the Senate Intelligence Committee, have called "the A Team of
terrorism."
"From the Hardcover edition.
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