US Marines in the Congo-Beni War

US Marines in the Congo-Beni War

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Publisher's Synopsis

A US marine sent to the Congo by the Pentagon to be part of a team of military instructors selected to train a battalion of Congolese Special Forces boarded a UN plane in Goma. He was travelling to the training center in the city of Kisangani, in the DR Congo. However, the aircraft crashes in the middle of the jungle. The crew perishes in the accident. The Marine and other passengers survive, only to be attacked and captured by merciless Simba militiamen. However, the Marine, a captain who had fought in Iraq and Somalia, succeeds in subduing their captors, helped by a CIA agent who was a former Marine, a Congolese army lieutenant, and a child-soldier. They escape through the Congolese jungle until they reach the city of Beni. The previous night, the city had been devastated by ferocious rebels who abducted an American missionary. The Marines team up with valiant Congolese soldiers, pursue the rebels, and uncover "blood gold" transactions linked to money-laundering by Islamist terrorists' partners based in Kampala and Nairobi. The Marines and the Congolese soldiers engage in a breathtaking battle against Ugandan Special forces in the town of Mutwanga in the Beni terrtory. They overwhelm their foes and expose the involvement of some rogue Congolese and Ugandan top army officers in these "blood gold" deadly dealings. The Congolese government has to make a bold decision…

Book information

ISBN: 9781728383248
Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
Imprint: AuthorHouse UK
Pub date:
Edition: Hardback original
DEWEY: 813.6
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 386
Weight: 735g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 25mm