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handle is hein.amenin/aeiaarf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Praise for Study of Revenge In this brilliant and brave book, Laurie Mylroie shows that a thorough, incisive, solitary scholar can be worth far more than battalions of bureaucrats. Not only does she make a sound case that Saddam Hussein was key in the attempt to topple the World Trade Center, she casts fundamental doubt on the Clinton administration's single-minded emphasis on arresting and prosecuting individual terrorists: 'combating malaria by swatting mosquitoes.' Anyone who wishes to continue to deal with Saddam by ignoring his role in international terrorism, by declaring that he's 'in his box,' and by giving only office furniture to the Iraqi resistance now has the staggering task of trying to refute this superb work. -R. James Woolsey, Director of Central Intelligence, 1993-1995 Move over, Tom Clancy; Laurie Mylroie has written the year's thriller. Based on a thorough examination of the evidence, she painstakingly reconstructs the plot to blow up the World Trade Center and comes to a startling conclusion. When you get to the end-and plan on reading straight through because you won't be able to put it down-your first reaction will be to call the FBI and report an unsolved crime ripe for a new investigation. This splendid and wholly convincing book should form the basis for urgent Senate and House hearings to get to the bottom of the case. Was Saddam Hussein behind the greatest terrorist plot in American history? If Laurie Mylroie is right, we will face an even bigger question: What should we do about it? -Richard N. Perle, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, 1981-1987 Laurie Mylroie's provocative and disturbing book argues powerfully that the shadowy mastermind of the 1993 bombing of New York's World Trade Center, Ramzi Yousef, was in fact an agent of Iraqi intelligence. If so, what would that tell us about the extent of Saddam Hussein's ambitions? How would it change our view of Iraq's continuing efforts to retain weapons of mass destruction and to acquire new ones? How would it affect our judgments about the collapse of U.S. policy toward Iraq and the need for a fundamentally new policy? These are questions that urgently need to be answered. -Paul Wolfowitz, Dean, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 1989-1993 Study of Revenge is a fascinating book. Laurie Mylroie understands that what we do not yet know about terrorism, crime, and war may be more important to our security than what we do know. Mylroie describes the major terrorist bombings of the past century and the major terrorists. Her book is bold and does not hesitate to name names and make charges. An unnamed intelligence source seems to speak for her, 'The finger of suspicion points straight at Saddam.' -Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1981-1985 Study of Revenge is one of the most brilliant pieces of research and scholarship in this area that I have ever read. Mylroie provides analysis that uncovers linkages that I believe the U.S. government investigators failed to notice. Her unique research and analytical talents, her considerable expertise in the Arab world, and her persistence in following the complicated and often hidden threads of the World Trade Center bombing result in both vivid exposition and brilliant conclusions. The alarms she raises about Saddam Hussein's mntentions to generate terrorism in the United States are as well-founded as they are alarming. -Vincent Cannistraro, Former Chief of Counterterrorism Operations, CIA I regard Mylroie as one of the world-class experts regarding Islam and the World Trade Center bombing, and her book Study of Revenge is one of the most comprehensive and best-researched reviews of the bomb ng i vestgati n--James M. Fox, Former Director, New York FBI Office ISN0844172 52495 0 -- -911780844174-1277

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