Dolemite wrote:
] I read this book several years ago and enjoyed it, but with
] the current political situation and the "threat of terror"
] that we are reminded of on a daily basis, I thought I'd
] recommend this to others. It's fiction, of course, but close
] enough to reality to make us all think twice about it. Here's
] a snippet from the review.
]
] This particular jaunt into "mainstream, commercial,
] technothriller-type fiction" takes us back to the days leading
] up to the Gulf War, when Saddam was our friend basically
] because he wasn't Iranian. And the plot revolves around --
] don't worry, I'm not giving away anything you won't get from
] the marketing text on the dust jacket -- Iraqi scientists
] using student visa's to get access to leading American
] educational institutions, where they can work on biological
] weapons which they then plan to use on us and our allies.
] Nasty. But then again, that is why we went to war with them.
]
] The main characters are Clyde Banks, a small town deputy
] sheriff who's campaigning to replace his boss in an upcoming
] election (and who has a pregnant wife in the National Guard
] destined to go guess where), and dowdy CIA analyst Betsy
] Vandeventer. The small town the sheriff lives in also happens
] to be home to Eastern Iowa University which, sitting square in
] the American heartland as it does, specializes in agricultural
] science, a veritable magnet for Iraqi biological weapons
] specialists.

I second Scotts recommendation to read this book. Its really good:)

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