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This year’s Pulitzer Prize went to a book called “Black Flags” by Joby Warrick. The subtitle of the book, and that is the topic of the book, is the rise of ISIS and it is all about Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian head of ISIS and how ISIS has grown as a result of the strategic mistakes of President Bush and Obama.
In fact, his rise to fame started with President Bush who initially proclaimed that he was involved in the 2001 World Trade Centre terrorism, when planes were flown into the two towers and used that as a basis to invade Iraq. He was falsely identified as the link between Saddam Husain and Osama Bin Laden and in some ways George Bush gave him fame, and a chance to rise by giving him a notoriety that he had not in fact “earned”. It is a fascinating read by a journalist who has won a Pulitzer Prize previously with his book, “The Triple Agent” and I certainly found it very informative and of great interest.
Posted by Michael de Broglio on Monday 31-Oct-16
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Lourien said:
on Thursday 03-Nov-16 03:10 PM
I enjoy to read in my spare time and would really be interested to read this book, its always good to learn as much as possible and the finding out how ISIS has grown. This would be a must read.
Angelique Jurgens said:
on Thursday 03-Nov-16 11:58 AM
Definitely sounds like my kind of book. I do however, prefer the documentaries on ISIS or anything happening in the Middle East.
Brenda Du Toit said:
on Thursday 03-Nov-16 09:44 AM
I know that isis is a bad bunch of people this book looks very interesting i would like to read it i want to see inside these people minds. thanks for the book ref.
Tersia said:
on Wednesday 02-Nov-16 07:29 AM
Sounds very interesting, would not mind reading the book. It would definitely teach you a lot. It fascinates me to know the background of such events and the people involved, especially historic events that we were not a part of.
Sinead said:
on Tuesday 01-Nov-16 02:20 PM
This is pretty fascinating. This sounds like a book I would read - Educate myself on the origin of ISIS. I think "The Triple Agent" actually also sounds really interesting.
Latoya said:
on Tuesday 01-Nov-16 08:21 AM
This book sounds very interesting and detailed about the happenings of how they strategize the attacks and reveal the truth. No one knows the truth only what they hear on the news and like guinea pigs believe everything they read and see. "There are two ways to be fooled .One is to believe what isn't true; The other is to refuse to accept what is true." -Soren Kierkegaard
Jessica M said:
on Tuesday 01-Nov-16 08:18 AM
Ya that documentry they had about the lovely president Bush and how he was involved in the twin towers to get into that country. What a not so smart move. He has now infected the entire world with this ISIS by making this huge mistake, anyone that supports an American product now gets attacked by ISIS.
Nikita said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 04:45 PM
There are so many theories of what actually happened the day of the 911 attack. An attack on America is really (for the most part) an attack on the rest of the world. I do not pay too much attention to it but one certainly needs to know the basics.
Liesl said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 03:29 PM
Any literature that involves true stories and the like intrigues me. Sounds like a good book to dig into
Juliet said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 03:10 PM
I think it's important to keep educated about terrorist organizations such as ISIS because you should always know your enemy well and to me ISIS is an enemy. I battle to actually believe people can be so brainwashed to think acting so evil is acceptable! And their beheading videos are disgusting. Everything about them is unacceptable to me.
Nicky said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 02:57 PM
I haven't read this book ,but if it is about the rise of ISIS and its rapid growth-hopefully it would also have some revelation (written or unwritten) about how to eradicate the organisatin as well.
Helen said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 02:36 PM
The ISIS scares me, I did watch documentary about terrorist act they did. Would be very interesting to read this book. I would say that ISIS today is the most dangerous organization in the world, and someone very powerful stands behind them and give them financial support.
Melissa said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 01:59 PM
This sounds like a very interesting book, would love to read it and learn more about the ISIS
Sarah said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 01:55 PM
This book could be educational for me and interesting to find out the truth and it will be an eye opener.
Thabitha said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 01:32 PM
For it to win a prize then it means its a good book and knowing what is happening in government is another story scary
Prishani said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 12:47 PM
This would definitely be an interesting read! I enjoy investigative journalism. ISIS is a scary reality and it would be nice to be clued up and have more insight on the topic. It wouldn't harm considering that the book has won such a prestigious prize.
Lucretia said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 12:28 PM
This is definitely a book I will look out for. Perhaps a nice Christmas present for my dad with the provision that I get to read it when he is finished - we always do that. I know my Christmas present from him this year is Helen Zille's "Not without a fight", with the same provision :-)
patrick said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 12:17 PM
these is the sot of thing that happens when somedody does not investigate facts carefully and act on suspicion. international laws dealing with reasonable suspicion needs to be changed. America has always relied on it and most of the time a year or two later is found to be wrong. Irag is perfect example. one does not condone dictartaorship but Irag had peace during Saddam 's tenure.suspicion is always used to gloryfy war to compture oil wells.
Jolene said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 11:24 AM
This will be very interesting to read and of course eye opening, I think there will be a lot of juicy details included that havent reached the media yet. I have read up a bit on ISIS before and it is quite scary!
Melissa P said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 11:24 AM
Sounds like an interesting read. Although I'm scared of what I'll find out when reading it. I don't know much about ISIS so it would probably be an educational read for me.
Tamaryn said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 10:45 AM
I always enjoy reading non-fiction works written by journalists, local and international alike. I find investigative journalism fascinating and am always very glad when they share their intel and investigations through books and interviews etc. I may just have to read this one!
tamzyn said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 10:27 AM
I actually know very little about the origin etc. of ISIS, I am sure it will be a very interesting read, despite the bias that is pointed out by Nicolle.
Suzanne said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 10:09 AM
This is something I would actually buy and enjoy reading! I know a bit about ISIS, but am sure that this book will give me an in depth look at how it came to be.
Nicolle said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 09:58 AM
What better way to get caught up on radical Islamic terrorism? I am sure that Black Flags is a solid way to understand how ISIS came to be, never mind the million other conspiracy theories of ISIS came to be. I would ask myself, after reading this book; do I know the real story? I mean, what is Warricks bias? One, he is an American and two, despite having worked for the Washington Post, even well-connected journalists generally arent going to have intel on the governments secrets and what really goes on behind the scene.
That being said, I, the average-Jane, will be satisfied with the mere glimpse of insight into the known history of ISIS, its beginnings and developments.
Bianca said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 09:18 AM
This book certainly sounds like it is most definitely worth a read, I am not at all clued up on ISIS however I do believe that you need to be aware of your surroundings and I believe that their following leads deep into every single country. I remember reading in the news a couple of months ago that a young woman was leaving Cape Town to go and join ISIS. Terrorism has certainly become out of control and the disasters of the terrorism seem to be escalating drastically. We live in a dangerous world and I believe everyone should be encouraged to enhance their knowledge on the terrorist groups.
Angelique P said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 09:08 AM
It must be a very good book if it won the Pulitzer Prize.
I think this book will be very interesting to read.
Its always interesting to read things that were never revealed before.
Dune said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 09:06 AM
Sounds like a very interesting read, I am sure there is a lot going on, that the world is unaware of. Most of these tell all books, are eye openers, and makes a great read!
Joyce said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 09:06 AM
The book sounds interesting to read and I think it is a job well done by Joby Warrick, It looks like by the topic of the book he managed to attract readers and won himself a Pulitzer Prize
Daniella said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 09:06 AM
I would really like to read this book and educate myself about ISIS. This book seems as it will be opening the eyes of many people.
Brenda van den Bergh said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 08:59 AM
Sounds like this could be quite an interesting read. Although my interest in ISIS is not yet at a level where i know the ins and outs of their activities, it would still be beneficial to know what is happening in the world, especially since it does affect us.
In all honesty before this blog, I did not even know that President Bush proclaimed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's involvement in the 9/11 tragedy, and that in itself is quite shocking on my part as i have been so oblivious to what is happening. So perhaps I should starting reading books like this to get more educated in what is going on in the world.
Nina said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 08:58 AM
Sounds like a interesting book to read. Definitely an eye opener. Don't think we have half a clue what is actually going on in ISIS and the damage they have done so far.
charlotte said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 08:56 AM
I think this is something my husband would enjoy reading. He is quite into these type of books. This might be a good idea for a Xmas prezzy for him.
Clare said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 08:49 AM
I would like to read this Book I can actually feel the Intenseness of this book by looking at the cover, there is another book that I would like to get my nose in I think its from one of the bodyguards of Bush, anyway it looks good, would like to see the Lies behind the Ties...
Ashleigh said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 08:43 AM
I would like to read this book. I'm very inquisitive and interested in what really takes place in government affairs and terrorist attacks. Some are so shocking especially when I believe that presidents and governments are there to actually look after their own country and not cause damage to their own. But I suppose corruption is not only here and that there is no more loyalty and honor anywhere anymore.
Henrietta said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 08:22 AM
I love reading and this book definitely sounds interesting. A book one can learn a great lot of knowledge. When we watch the news etc. we dont know half of the actual story so I guess reading a book like this book might shine a lot of light on some of the grey areas. I saw some of the reviews of this book and everyone who has read this book so far enjoyed it and learned a lot . Will definitely make time to read this book.
Natasha said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 08:22 AM
I don't know a lot about the ISIS but the book looks very interesting would like to read it sometime think I can learn a little more about the ISIS then
Zanell said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 08:21 AM
I would definitely read this book, just to know more about Isis and its origin. I find it very interesting.
Alexis said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 08:09 AM
Must be quite an honor to win The Pulitzer Prize. I am not sure that this is a book I would read though, although I know it will be fascinating and a good read. I am still trying to finish my collection of Raymond E Feist - will get there though
Jessica Apfel said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 08:06 AM
That sounds truly fascinating. I personally would like to be informed of the origins of ISIS and how is it that they have 'captured' the world. Moreover, why and how so many young people are finding it appealing. From the little knowledge I have, he seems to be one of if not 'the' founding member of ISIS but later pledged his allegiance to al-Qaeda. Makes one wonder what has catipulted ISIS to what it is now?
Mathilda said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 08:00 AM
I would actually love to read this book , I'm always interested in anything to do with revealing the secrets of Government and also the terrorist groups and how they came about
If President Bush did not make such a scene about ISIS and connecting them with the 9/11 attach people would not even know about them today and things might not have gotten out of hand like it did
Zindy said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 07:36 AM
It does sound very interesting and being an author for 20 years must mean he has attained a wide variety of diplomacy in international affairs and intelligence.
brumilde said:
on Monday 31-Oct-16 07:19 AM
i am not very clued up about the ISIS matters , but obviously i know about them a little bit. Bush did allot of things that altered the world in many ways. And yes all for financial gain. i do hope most of the people have watched the documentary from Michael Moore. Farenheit 9/11, such an eye opener
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