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Toby Harnden on the CIA's mission in Afghanistan

Toby Harnden on the CIA's mission in Afghanistan

Richard Aldous
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Welcome back, dear listeners, to Season Two of Bookstack! With the twentieth anniversary of the Al Qaeda terror attacks on New York and Washington approaching this weekend, our host Richard Aldous sat down with author Toby Harnden to discuss his new book First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11.

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