Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda (47 page)

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

E
RIC
S
CHMITT
is a terrorism correspondent for the
New York Times
and has embedded with troops in Iraq, Somalia, and Pakistan. Schmitt has twice been a member of
Times
reporting teams that were awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

T
HOM
S
HANKER
, a Pentagon correspondent for the
New York Times
, routinely spends time embedded with troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Shanker was formerly a foreign editor and correspondent for the
Chicago Tribune
, based in Moscow, Berlin, and Sarajevo.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Schmitt, Eric, 1959–

  Counterstrike : the untold story of America’s secret campaign against al Qaeda / Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker.—1st ed.

       p. cm.

  Includes bibliographical references and index.

  ISBN 978-0-8050-9103-8

1.  Qaida (Organization)   2.  Terrorism—United States—Prevention.   3.  War on Terrorism, 2001–2009.   4.  United States—Military policy—21st century.   I.  Shanker, Thom.   II.  Title.

  HV6432.5.Q2S34 2011

  973.931—dc22                                          2011010294

First Edition 2011

eISBN 978-1-4299-7310-6

First Times Books eBook Edition: August 2011