02-02-2015, 13:02
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A new book written by a member of this community
Osama's Angel is a novel that speculates on whether the US, after ten years of preparation, would have decided to kill bin Laden instead of capture him.
The operation is examined in detail and the competitive relationship between Devgru and Delta is highlighted.
Readers from this website will be amused to find one or two characters from here with cameo roles in the story. This site is featured in the Acknowledgement page for its valuable contribution to the content of the book.
As of today, Osama's Angel is available in electronic form, and from next week as a conventional paperback.
Anyone here who reads the book is invited to write an informed criticism of the book either here or on Amazon.
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02-03-2015, 08:32
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Give this knuckledragger a link. I live by links!
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02-03-2015, 08:39
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02-03-2015, 08:45
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Give this knuckledragger a link. I live by links!
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http://www.amazon.com/Osamas-Angel-M...ael+mcwilliams
For an author with several books, there is very little info on the web?? No FB or linkedIn, not even sure there is a picture..
I suspect Michael McWilliams is a nom de gare?
Guy, DO you have any background on this fellow??
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02-03-2015, 09:26
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Originally Posted by JJ_BPK
http://www.amazon.com/Osamas-Angel-M...ael+mcwilliams
For an author with several books, there is very little info on the web?? No FB or linkedIn, not even sure there is a picture..
I suspect Michael McWilliams is a nom de gare?
Guy, DO you have any background on this fellow??
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Wouldn't that be a nom de plume, in this case? 
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02-03-2015, 09:27
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Pay attention and you'll figure out who it is.
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02-03-2015, 09:48
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Pay attention and you'll figure out who it is.
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Duh,, Slap my butt..
Renewable Energy and Climate Change
same same
Partner in a Carbon Emissions Trading Company
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02-03-2015, 09:32
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Originally Posted by JJ_BPK
http://www.amazon.com/Osamas-Angel-M...ael+mcwilliams
For an author with several books, there is very little info on the web?? No FB or linkedIn, not even sure there is a picture..
I suspect Michael McWilliams is a nom de gare?
Guy, DO you have any background on this fellow??
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Amazon bio: 
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Mike McWilliams works in the Renewable Energy and Climate Change field.He has been a television cameraman and the owner of a design consultancy. He did military service in 1970, starting as an infantryman at 6 South African Infantry but immediately volunteered to train as a Paratrooper at 1 Parachute Battalion in Bloemfontein. He served in 1 Para Bn, 2 Para Bn and 3 Para Bn completing many 3 month stints as Fire Force in Owamboland South West Africa until 1978. The Battle for Cassinga was his last operation. Mike was a skydiver and won the South African National Championships five years in succession from 1980 to 84 and also competed at World Parachuting Championships and World Cups in both Free Fall Relative Work as well as Canopy Relative Work. In 1983 he captained the South African 8 Way Team to a Bronze Medal at the World Championships. Mike is married to Frances and has three sons. His interests are classical music, chess, hunting, motorcycles and reading.
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I bought the Kindle version out of pure curiosity....
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Book Description
Publication Date: January 6, 2015
What really happened during the raid on the bin Laden house? Was the leader of al Qaeda killed? Read Osama's Angel and find out how bin Laden was taken alive and interrogated. Learn about the new interrogation methods pioneered at Gauntanamo Bay and how they were perfected and used on Osama bin Laden to discover his plans for a world-shaking act that would eclipse the attack on the Twin Towers and bring apocalyptic destruction to America. Osama's Angel is an action-packed story that brings to light CIA involvement in al Qaeda in the organizations infancy. The story is told by an author who has intimate knowledge of the tactical operational details of Special Forces actions. Readers will come away from this important book with detailed knowledge of exactly how an operation is mounted. From the choice of infiltration methods to the actual use of equipment and special weapons, Osama's Angel has the details that are often missing in similar books on the Special Forces.
An insiders view of the White House and the politics that led to the decision to execute the raid give a rare insight on the interaction between the military establishment, career spies, politicians and support staff.
Osama's Angel explains the inexplicable events linked to the Abbottabad attack. Why was SEAL Team 6 killed in a helicopter crash shortly after the raid? How did the CIA and the military pinpoint so many al Qaeda leaders after the raid? More importantly, who escaped the net, and what were their plans for the spread of world-wide terror?
Osama's Angel is a profoundly thought provoking story, told in a very accessible way. It will interest anyone who is skeptical of official versions of government actions. Military buffs will delight in the detail of HAHO parachuting, Fast-Roping, house clearing, breaching of doors and detailed demolition tasks that only someone on the inside could tell. Osama's Angel is a fast-paced, thrilling novel about a story that is everyones business.
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02-03-2015, 15:35
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Amazon bio:
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Thanks Streck,
I will buy you a beer when I come to the States again.
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02-03-2015, 17:10
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Picked a copy up too.
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02-03-2015, 19:11
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Thanks Streck,
I will buy you a beer when I come to the States again.
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I look forward to the book and will hold you to the beer. You buy the first, I'll get the rest. Maybe. Sort of.... At least a few, any way.
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02-03-2015, 15:32
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JJ_BPK
http://www.amazon.com/Osamas-Angel-M...ael+mcwilliams
For an author with several books, there is very little info on the web?? No FB or linkedIn, not even sure there is a picture..
I suspect Michael McWilliams is a nom de gare?
Guy, DO you have any background on this fellow??
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JJ BPK,
He is I.
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02-05-2015, 16:51
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Originally Posted by Guymullins
Osama's Angel is a novel that speculates on whether the US, after ten years of preparation, would have decided to kill bin Laden instead of capture him.
The operation is examined in detail and the competitive relationship between Devgru and Delta is highlighted.
Readers from this website will be amused to find one or two characters from here with cameo roles in the story. This site is featured in the Acknowledgement page for its valuable contribution to the content of the book.
As of today, Osama's Angel is available in electronic form, and from next week as a conventional paperback.
Anyone here who reads the book is invited to write an informed criticism of the book either here or on Amazon.
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Please continue with your summery !!! And when are you going to be doing a book sighing in the US?
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02-06-2015, 00:11
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I'll buy a signed copy.
Just to let you know, Franklin D. Miller signed his book to me, "If you don't like it, I'll buy it back and kiss your ass".
Can you beat that? And how do I order?
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02-06-2015, 00:27
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Originally Posted by Divemaster
I'll buy a signed copy.
Just to let you know, Franklin D. Miller signed his book to me, "If you don't like it, I'll buy it back and kiss your ass".
Can you beat that? And how do I order?
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The books are printed in the US and UK and can be ordered from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk. For some reason, the UK books are slightly cheaper (taxes?) but US readers will probably lose when postal fees are included. I have yet to get my copies by mail, and the cost to mail them to darkest Africa is more than the cost of the book itself. This means that , with mailing each way, the book becomes as expensive as a first edition Gutenburg bible. Naturally, if its starts to do well in the States, I will get on a plane to do some talks and signings.
As for Franklins warrantee? I can't match that, but send a picture of your ass and I will see what can be done.
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