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Oct 27, 2022 43 min

Taking down the Islamic State

from The Hipstorians

In ‘The Spymaster of Baghdad’ Pulitzer Prize-finalist Margaret Coker tells the gripping story of the spymaster and two of his agents, the Sudani brothers - one undercover in ISIS for 16 long months, the other his handler - and the disillusioned scientist who turns bomb-maker, threatening the lives of thousands. After slowly gaining the trust of the characters on all sides, reveals a story of unlikely heroes, unbelievable courage and good old-fashioned spycraft. A military brat, Ms. Coker grew up around the United States, but considers Georgia home, where she joined us for this episode of The Hipstorians

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