Task Force Black
The explosive true story of the SAS and the secret war in Iraq
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"One of the few truly authentic accounts of the modern SAS outside the world of fiction." THE TIMES
Following the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq in 2003, the SAS launched one of the most intense and secretive operations in its history: Task Force Black.
Operating out 'The Station' in Bagdad, Task Force Black's role was to hunt down senior members of Al-Qaeda operating in Iraq. Using the latest weaponry, combining with other international special forces units, the group waged a sustained covert campaign against terrorist groups across the county. Combining intelligence with brute force, the SAS went on the attack and had multiple successes, including the killing of several key Al-Qaeda commanders.
BBC journalist Mark Urban uncovers the sensational story of this operation and the extraordinary men who carried it out.
PRAISE FOR TASK FORCE BLACK
'That Mark Urban, a BBC journalist also known for excellent recent books on the Napoleonic Wars, has been able to tell this story is a testament to his determination and investigative skill. Few reporters succeed in cultivating any sources within the closed world of the British special forces; Urban has found dozens who have spoken with unprecedented candour. The result is gripping and troubling in equal measure and an invaluable addition to the increasingly comprehensive literature on the Iraq war.' Jason Burke, OBSERVER **
'Urban's book, Task Force Black, deserves to do well. It is the first account, as full as it can be under the circumstances, of the clandestine war waged by the SAS and their Royal Marines equivalent, the SBS, alongside US Delta Force in the height of that murderous war' Kim Sengupta, INDEPENDENT
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Following the 9/11 attacks, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld directed the Marine Corps to establish a unit that would answer to US Special Operations Command. The eighty-six-man "Detachment One" was formed with a two-year charter to train and deploy as a "proof-of-concept" to assess the viability of a larger Marine Special Operations contribution in support of the Global War on Terror. For such a departure from the norm, a special leader was needed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great historical account of the precursor to today’s MARSOC
- De bryan en 01-14-25
De: John A. Dailey
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The Devil's Playground
- The Story of Two Charlie and the Arghandab River Valley
- De: Andrew Bragg
- Narrado por: Kevin P. Mullan
- Duración: 11 h y 13 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 36
“The Devil’s Playground” was anything south of the second canal to the men of Charlie Company’s 2nd Platoon—Two Charlie—during their 2009–2010 deployment to the Arghandab River Valley in Afghanistan. The valley had been a notorious hot spot throughout history, with the Russians unable to maintain a foothold in the 80s and Coalition forces now facing the same problem during Operation Enduring Freedom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heart Wrenching
- De Kimberly en 11-06-24
De: Andrew Bragg
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Guns, Girls, and Greed
- I Was a Blackwater Mercenary in Iraq
- De: Morgan Lerette
- Narrado por: Jay Mohr
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 64
Lerette, a private contractor employed by the notorious Blackwater in the early days of the Iraq War, pulls no punches in calling out the incompetence of both the US military and the Department of State during the collapse of Iraq. You can decide if the insertion of private contractors in Iraq assisted or detracted from the war effort and if the costs in blood and treasure were worth the carnage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A funny, yet no bullshit view on the pros and cons of being a contractor in iraq
- De Kyle Gabree en 04-12-25
De: Morgan Lerette
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Not a Good Day to Die
- The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda
- De: Sean Naylor
- Narrado por: John Henry Cox
- Duración: 19 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 701
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 625
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 623
At dawn on March 2, 2002, America's first major battle of the 21st century began. Over 200 soldiers of the 101st Airborne and 10th Mountain Division flew into Afghanistan's Shah-i-Kotvalley - and into the mouth of a buzz saw. They were about to pay a bloody price for strategic, high-level miscalculations that underestimated the enemy's strength and willingness to fight.
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4 out of 5 stars
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50/50
- De Kindle Customer en 11-14-16
De: Sean Naylor
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American Mercenary
- The Riveting, High-Risk World of an Elite SEAL Team Operator Turned Hired Gun
- De: Daniel Corbett
- Narrado por: Daniel Corbett
- Duración: 8 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 97
What does an elite Navy SEAL Team operator trained to kill the United States’ most dangerous enemies do when he realizes his skills aren’t being properly utilized? He leaves the Navy. In American Mercenary, Daniel Corbett takes listeners on a wild ride through the unadulterated, morally ambiguous, and riveting world of being a hired gun. From Abu Dhabi to Washington, D.C., Cairo to San Diego, Belgrade to places that must remain secret, this is a world where money rules, and where adventure, danger, and absurdity often follow.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not worth the listen
- De Jeffery en 03-31-25
De: Daniel Corbett
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The Unit
- My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives
- De: Adam Gamal, Kelly Kennedy
- Narrado por: Adam Gamal, Peter Ganim
- Duración: 7 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 429
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 418
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 418
Inside our military is a team of operators whose work is so secretive that the name of the unit itself is classified. Highly-trained in warfare, self-defense, infiltration, and deep surveillance, "the Unit," as the Department of Defense has asked us to refer to it, has been responsible for preventing dozens of terrorist attacks in the Western world. Never before has a member of this unit shared their story — until now.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Meh
- De Anonymous User en 03-06-24
De: Adam Gamal, y otros
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Gray Work
- Confessions of an American Paramilitary Spy
- De: Jamie Smith
- Narrado por: Jeff Gurner
- Duración: 15 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,237
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,120
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,119
In this unprecedented audiobook, a paramilitary contractor with more than two decades of experience gives us a firsthand look into the secret lives of America's private warriors and their highly covert work around the world. Author Jamie Smith has planned and executed hundreds of missions on behalf of government agencies and private industry in some of the world's most dangerous hot spots - and lived to tell the tale.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don't believe a word of it.
- De Dustin Harry en 08-26-15
De: Jamie Smith
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Zero Footprint
- The True Story of a Private Military Contractor's Covert Assignments in Syria, Libya, and the World's Most Dangerous Places
- De: Simon Chase, Ralph Pezzullo
- Narrado por: Eric Brooks
- Duración: 9 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,048
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 945
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 949
Armored cars, burner phones, top-notch weaponry, and top-secret missions - this is the life of today's private military contractor. Like author Simon Chase, many PMCs were once the world's top military operatives, and since retiring from outfits like US Navy SEAL TEAM Six and the UK's Special Boat Service, they have devoted their lives to executing missions too sensitive for the government to acknowledge. Chase reveals here for the first time the operations too hazardous and politically volatile to be officially sanctioned by his employers.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Read Amazon reviews, not Audible reviews
- De Andrew M en 02-22-16
De: Simon Chase, y otros
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Dagger 22
- U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan
- De: Michael Golembesky
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 915
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 843
The unforgiving Afghan winter settled upon the 22 men of Marine Special Operations Team 8222, call sign Dagger 22, in the remote and hostile river valley of Bala Murghab, Afghanistan. The Taliban fighters in the region would have liked nothing more than to once again go dormant and rest until the new spring fighting season began. No chance of that - this winter would be different.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Story, but...
- De Donovan Russian en 10-10-16
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MOB VI: A Seal Team Six Operator's Battles in the Fight for Good over Evil
- De: Justin K. Sheffield
- Narrado por: Justin K. Sheffield
- Duración: 4 h y 13 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,493
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,357
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,349
There are special forces. There are US Navy SEALs. There is the select and secretive group of highly trained operators known as SEAL Team Six or MOB VI as they like to call it. And then there is Justin Sheffield. When it comes to talking about the most experienced, effective, and deadly warriors in the world, Sheffield is part of an exclusive group that can be counted on one hand. This audiobook is uncompromising, raw, violent, and real.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fast read /listen
- De G Bonsonto en 12-12-20
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All Secure
- A Special Operations Soldier's Fight to Survive on the Battlefield and the Homefront
- De: Tom Satterly, Steve Jackson
- Narrado por: Tom Satterly
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,526
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,365
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,362
As a senior non-commissioned officer of Delta Force, the most elite and secretive special operations unit in the US military, Command Sergeant Major Tom Satterly fought some of this country's most fearsome enemies. Tom is a legend even among other Tier One special operators. Yet the enemy that cost him three marriages, and ruined his health physically and psychologically, existed in his brain. Told through Satterly's firsthand experiences, it also weaves in the reasons for his career-long battle against the most insidious enemy of all: post-traumatic stress.
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5 out of 5 stars
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- One of those books that truly make a difference
- De henry en 12-21-19
De: Tom Satterly, y otros
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New Dawn: The Battles for Fallujah
- De: Richard S. Lowry
- Narrado por: Derek Dunbar
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 70
Fallujah. Few names conjure up as many images of blood, sacrifice, and valor as does this ancient city in Al Anbar province 40 miles west of Baghdad. This sprawling concrete jungle was the scene of two major US combat operations in 2004. The first was Operation Vigilant Resolve, an aborted effort that April by US Marines intent on punishing the city’s insurgents. The second, Operation Phantom Fury, was launched seven months later. Richard Lowry’s New Dawn: The Battles for Fallujah is the first comprehensive history of this fighting.
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5 out of 5 stars
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DarkHorse "Get Some"
- De Disgruntled en 02-11-25
De: Richard S. Lowry
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Level Zero Heroes
- The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan
- De: Michael Golembesky, John R. Bruning
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,158
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,050
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,047
In Level Zero Heroes, Michael Golembesky follows the members of U.S. Marine Special Operations Team 8222 on their assignment to the remote and isolated Taliban stronghold known as Bala Murghab as they conduct special operations in an effort to break the Taliban's grip on the Valley. What started out as a routine mission changed when two 82nd Airborne Paratroopers tragically drowned in the Bala Murghab River while trying to retrieve vital supplies from an air drop that had gone terribly wrong.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Worst narrator ever
- De Bob M en 07-03-15
De: Michael Golembesky, y otros
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Relentless Strike
- The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command
- De: Sean Naylor
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 19 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,035
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,817
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,816
Relentless Strike tells the inside story of Joint Special Operations Command, the secret military organization that, during the past decade, has revolutionized counterterrorism, seamlessly fusing intelligence and operational skills to conduct missions that hit the headlines and those that have remained in the shadows - until now. Because JSOC includes the military's most storied special operations units - Delta Force, SEAL Team Six, the 75th Ranger Regiment - as well as America's most secret aviation and intelligence units, this is their story, too.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Horrible narrator
- De Michael en 08-19-19
De: Sean Naylor
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Killer Elite: Completely Revised and Updated
- The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team
- De: Michael Smith
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 12 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 687
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 599
A top-secret US Army Special Operations unit has been running covert missions all over the world, from leading death squads to the hideout of drug baron Pablo Escobar to capturing Saddam Hussein and, in one of the greatest special operations missions of all time, helping to track down al-Qa'eda leader Osama bin Laden. "The Activity," as it became known to insiders, has achieved near-mythical status, even among the world's Special Operations elite.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Narrator is awful
- De Vinny en 09-20-17
De: Michael Smith
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Razor 03
- A Night Stalker’s Wars
- De: Alan C. Mack
- Narrado por: Alan C. Mack
- Duración: 9 h y 22 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 298
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 284
The attacks of September 11, 2001, prompted the creation of a robust and deadly special operations force—Task Force Dagger. Alan C. Mack, Callsign Razor 03, led a team of MH-47E helicopters and armed MH-60s. Their two-fold mission–Personnel Recovery (PR) and Unconventional Warfare (UW) involved flying in terrain and weather previously not thought possible. If that wasn’t enough, they pushed the flight envelope of their specially modified Chinooks to the limit and beyond.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The honesty of the author
- De Daniel en 06-10-24
De: Alan C. Mack
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Shock Factor
- American Snipers in the War on Terror
- De: Gunnery Sgt. Jack Coughlin USMC (Ret.), John R. Bruning
- Narrado por: Tony Ward
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 213
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 189
Retired Marine sniper Jack Coughlin and John Bruning pull back the curtain of secrecy to take an insider's look at the dark and misunderstood world of America's sniper force. Long considered the redheaded stepchildren of the infantry, snipers have been loathed by their fellow warriors, called "ten cent killers" by our media, and portrayed as unbalanced psychopaths by Hollywood.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Snipers are Needed
- De Pamela Dale Foster en 11-23-14
De: Gunnery Sgt. Jack Coughlin USMC (Ret.), y otros
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Big Boys' Rules
- The SAS and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA
- De: Mark Urban
- Narrado por: Mark Urban
- Duración: 11 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1
In 2007, after almost 40 years of operations, the SAS ceased operations in Northern Ireland and ended the longest operational commitment in the unit's history. Starting in 1969, Mark Urban reveals the extraordinary history of the special forces' operations in Northern Ireland and the unenviable dilemmas faced by intelligence chiefs engaged in a daily struggle against one of the world's most sophisticated terrorist organisations.
De: Mark Urban