I remember my friend was very into this kind of adventure/intrigue movie, and after the 7th or 8th he saw that year, he commented "I can't believe how widespread and powerful the Chechen mob is."
> While fascinated by toxins, Abu Khabab was scornful of the nuclear ‘boosters’ among the al-Qaeda hierarchy.
> [...]
> Al-Ghamdi told me al-Qaeda operative Abu Leith al-Libi had suggested spreading the rumour that the group had several nuclear weapons at a meeting attended by Abd al-Aziz al-Masri and Abu Khabab. Abu Khabab also told me about the meeting. He told me that Chechens and Uzbeks linked to the Russian mafia had several times approached al-Qaeda offering nuclear warheads but they all turned out to be scams.
Max, I think you might find the book fun, BTW. I don't put much stock in it being a real account, but it's an entertaining spy novel type read.
very sorry for your loss; i also had a senior cat with CKD and i also found tanya's extremely useful both for getting information and soothing my anxiety. a true gem of a vanishing genre of website. another gem in that genre of "extraordinarily helpful, not monetized, and very plain-looking throwback to better internet days," to my mind, is the classic drug information repository erowid's vault. (admittedly, learning about what happened to some guy who popped 2 molly and then did half a gram of coke in one night isn't as important as figuring out how to care for an ailing beloved pet, but it can be more fun!)
Having grown up in Dublin, Ireland, it was always bizarre watching how the IRA were portrayed in Hollywood movies. Since Tom Clancy and many of his readers were conservative Irish-Americans, this led to a schizophrenic approach-- the "good" IRA were faithful Catholics, while the "bad" IRA were ruthless Marxists. Neither category matched the reality.
Condolences for Goose. Our cat passed away last year - she sounds like a very similar personality, and a similar age (we think - we found her in a pizza box outside our house one day).
And this is great data on the 90s dad thrillers, which really do feel like throwing a dart at a map of central Asia. A lot of movies from that era struggle imo because it's very hard to make a US intelligence officer the underdog in the 1990s! Tom Clancy, of course, solved this by having Japan do 9/11.
So sorry for your loss 😔 I wanted to share that I also love that website. My cat got some blood work last year that "predicts" he will develop CKD within a few years and the doctor's tone was grave but didn't offer much concrete advice so I was frantically googling and happened upon Tanya's website. It was exactly as you said, dense with as much information I could want to help ease my bewilderment. It's a very generous/genuine place on the Internet.
I remember my friend was very into this kind of adventure/intrigue movie, and after the 7th or 8th he saw that year, he commented "I can't believe how widespread and powerful the Chechen mob is."
Reminds me of something. From "Nine Lives", recently reviewed on https://www.astralcodexten.com/
> While fascinated by toxins, Abu Khabab was scornful of the nuclear ‘boosters’ among the al-Qaeda hierarchy.
> [...]
> Al-Ghamdi told me al-Qaeda operative Abu Leith al-Libi had suggested spreading the rumour that the group had several nuclear weapons at a meeting attended by Abd al-Aziz al-Masri and Abu Khabab. Abu Khabab also told me about the meeting. He told me that Chechens and Uzbeks linked to the Russian mafia had several times approached al-Qaeda offering nuclear warheads but they all turned out to be scams.
Max, I think you might find the book fun, BTW. I don't put much stock in it being a real account, but it's an entertaining spy novel type read.
very sorry for your loss; i also had a senior cat with CKD and i also found tanya's extremely useful both for getting information and soothing my anxiety. a true gem of a vanishing genre of website. another gem in that genre of "extraordinarily helpful, not monetized, and very plain-looking throwback to better internet days," to my mind, is the classic drug information repository erowid's vault. (admittedly, learning about what happened to some guy who popped 2 molly and then did half a gram of coke in one night isn't as important as figuring out how to care for an ailing beloved pet, but it can be more fun!)
I still don’t have any clue who the Lienz Cossacks were.
Having grown up in Dublin, Ireland, it was always bizarre watching how the IRA were portrayed in Hollywood movies. Since Tom Clancy and many of his readers were conservative Irish-Americans, this led to a schizophrenic approach-- the "good" IRA were faithful Catholics, while the "bad" IRA were ruthless Marxists. Neither category matched the reality.
Condolences for Goose. Our cat passed away last year - she sounds like a very similar personality, and a similar age (we think - we found her in a pizza box outside our house one day).
And this is great data on the 90s dad thrillers, which really do feel like throwing a dart at a map of central Asia. A lot of movies from that era struggle imo because it's very hard to make a US intelligence officer the underdog in the 1990s! Tom Clancy, of course, solved this by having Japan do 9/11.
RIP Goose
I’m sorry for your loss, Goose sounded wonderful.
So sorry for your loss 😔 I wanted to share that I also love that website. My cat got some blood work last year that "predicts" he will develop CKD within a few years and the doctor's tone was grave but didn't offer much concrete advice so I was frantically googling and happened upon Tanya's website. It was exactly as you said, dense with as much information I could want to help ease my bewilderment. It's a very generous/genuine place on the Internet.
Aww dang, sorry for your loss. Cats make everything better.
Sorry about the loss of your cat. Always hits harder than you expect.
In an interesting coincidence, our beloved cat who died last year was also named Goose.
Condolences on your loss. I'm also currently taking care of a senior cat with kidney issues. Fortunately he's still doing well on prescription diet.