Just saw some gruesome photos of Russian atrocities in Cherchnya in this new book. MY JIHAD | The Globe Pequot Press MY JIHAD The True Story of An American Mujahid's Amazing Journey from Usama Bin Laden's Training Camps to Counterterrorism with the FBI and CIA. ... http:;www.globe-pequot.com/myjihad.cfm Aukai Collins has been described as a "beefy-linebacker, All-American, blue-eyed, Irish- American mujahid holy warrior" who has led a life of faith, danger, and espionage in some of the most perilous war zones on the face of the Earth. He trained in Afghaistan with the most aggressive and terrifying mujahadeen in the world. But when a commander asked him to raid a town in Kashmir that would include hostage taking and the killing of civilians, his life took another turn. As he was fighting jihad in Chechnya, terrorist attacks across the world shocked him and he became disillusioned by the way some were using Islam to further their own ends or to attack innocents.
He was recruited by the U.S. government as an undercover operative in the fight against terrorism. His treatment by the American law enforcement and intelligence community provides insight into why the U.S. government can't fight against something it doesn't understand. Michael Pugliese