The Mind of a Terrorist: David Headley, the Mumbai Massacre, and His European Revenge

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Written with the pacing of a thriller, a veteran journalist's account of the terrorist behind the Mumbai attacks.
David Headley, the American-Pakistani also known as Daood Gilani, lived a double life. One day he would stroll through Central Park in his tailored Armani suit as a true New Yorker, and the next he would browse in the bazaar in Lahore wearing traditional Pakistani clothes. One day he would drink champagne at the most extravagant clubs; on another he would prostrate himself in prayer in remote Pakistan and pledge fidelity to Allah.
Born in 1960, the son of an American mother and Pakistani father, with one blue eye and one brown, Headley grew up between East and West. He was attracted to both worlds, even working as an informant for the US government, until one day he found he had to choose between the place of his birth and a radical form of Islam preaching global jihad. This is the disturbing story of the mastermind behind the 2008 attacks in Mumbai that killed 166 peoplewho two months later flew to Copenhagen to plan another act of terror with the help of al-Qaeda sleeper cells in Europe.

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An immensely readable hybrid between a well-written thriller and high-level investigative journalism.Weekendavisen (Denmark)

Convincing . . . Difficult to put down until the last page is turned.Jyllands-Posten (Denmark)

The tension lies not only in the description of the terrorists actions and planning, but also in the psychological mindset of David Headley and his friends. Berlingske Tidende (Denmark)
An immensely readable hybrid between a well-written thriller and high-level investigative journalism.Weekendavisen (Denmark)

Convincing . . . Difficult to put down until the last page is turned.Jyllands-Posten (Denmark)

The tension lies not only in the description of the terrorists actions and planning, but also in the psychological mindset of David Headley and his friends. Berlingske Tidende (Denmark)

Author Bio

Kaare Srensen is an investigative journalist who has covered Islamic terrorism and international affairs extensively. He has lived in New York, traveled to Pakistan, Yemen, and Iran, and covered the Arab Spring during the violent clashes in Tahrir Square in Egypt in 2011. For many years a reporter on politics, terrorism, surveillance, and the intelligence agencies for the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, he is now with the national television station TV2. For The Mind of a Terrorist, Kaare Srensen won the 2014 FUJ-Prisen, the prestigious award for best investigative book from the Danish Association for Investigative Journalism. He lives in Copenhagen, Denmark.