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Escape from Baghdad : First Time Was For the Money, This Time It's Personal - James Ashcroft

Escape from Baghdad

First Time Was For the Money, This Time It's Personal

By: James Ashcroft

Paperback | 15 May 2010 | Edition Number 1

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The gripping true story of James Ashcroft's audacious return to war-torn Iraq to save his friend The Mission: Get in. Rescue an entire family from death on teh streets of Baghdad. Get everyone out alive.  The Pay: Saving the life of a friend. In James Ashcroft's first book, Making a Killing, his escape from death at the hands of insurgents in Iraq was thanks to the bravery of his interpreter and friend Sammy, a Sunni ex-Iraqi air force pilot. Now, a call for help means Ash must take a break from chasing pirates in West Africa and return to the chaos of war-torn Baghdad. Abandoned by the occupying Coalition Forces and at the mercy of the Shia-dominated Iraqi police, Sammy and his family face certain death unless Ash and his crack team can get in and quickly rescue them. From secretly acquiring weapons on the black market to dodging the fearsome death squads that roam the streets and the suicide bombers that wreak havoc on a daily basis, this is the story of a vulnerable family adrift in the chaos of war, where the only thing that can be relied upon is the bond between former brothers-in-arms. And this time, these guns-for-hire who come with a hefty price tag aren't even being paid?this time, it's personal.
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A genuinely terrifying insight into how execution squads now stalk Baghdad targeting people who helped the coalition forces ... An encounter with a suicide bomber is truly harrowing but Ashcroft somehow manages to blend stark realism with gallows humour ... Edge of the seat stuff. * News of the World *
Readers who like big guns and adrenaline-buzzed adventure will love the second outing for Ashcroft and co-writer Clifford Thurlow ... Nuggets of political insight are woven through this page-turning adventure that is head and shoulders above the other military memoirs hitting the shelves * London Lite *

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