BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.1.7//EN TZID:America/Anchorage X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Anchorage BEGIN:VEVENT UID:270@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180907T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180907T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092656Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/terrorist-in-love-true- life-stories-of-islamic-radicals/ SUMMARY:Terrorists in Love: True Life Stories of Islamic Radicals || Ken B allen DESCRIPTION:Imagine a world where a boy’s dreams dictate the behavior of warriors in battle \; where a young couple’s only release from forbidden love is death\; where a suicide bomber survives only to become fiercely p ro-American. This is the world of Terrorists in Love.\n\nA former federal prosecutor and congressional investigator\, Ken Ballen spent five years as a pollster and a researcher with rare access—via local government offic ials\, journalists\, and clerics—interviewing more than a hundred Islami c radicals\, asking them searching questions about their inner lives\, dee pest faith\, and what it was that ultimately drove them to jihad. Intimate and enlightening\, Terrorists in Love opens a fresh window into the rea lm of violent extremism as Ballen profiles six of these men—from Pakista n\, Afghanistan\, and Saudi Arabia—revealing a universe of militancy so strange that it seems suffused with magical realism.\n\nMystical dreams an d visions\, the demonic figure of the United States\, intense sexual repre ssion\, crumbling family and tribal structures—the story that emerges he re is both shocking and breathtakingly complex. Terrorists in Love intro duces us to men like Ahmad Al-Shayea\, an Al Qaeda suicide bomber who surv ives his attack only to become fiercely pro-American\; Zeddy\, who trains terrorists while being paid by America's ally\, the Pakistani Army\; and M alik\, Taliban leader Mullah Omar's personal seer. Lifting the veil on the mysterious world of Muslim holy warriors\, Ballen probes these men's deep est secrets\, revealing the motivations behind their deadly missions and d elivering a startling new exploration of what drives them to violence and why there is yet an unexpected hope for peace. An extraordinarily gifted l istener and storyteller\, Ballen takes us where no one has dared to go—d eep into the secret heart of Islamic fundamentalism\, providing a glimpse at the lives\, loves\, frustrations\, and methods of those whose mission i t is to destroy us.\n\nKen Ballen\, Terrorist In Love: True Life Stories o f Islamic Radicals \nKen Ballen is President and founder of Terror Free Tomorrow. Ballen has spent nearly two decades on the frontlines of law en forcement\, international relations\, intelligence oversight and congressi onal investigations. As a federal prosecutor\, Ballen successfully convict ed international terrorists. He also prosecuted major figures in organized crime\, international narcotics and one of the first cases in the United States involving illegal financing for Middle Eastern terrorists.\n Ballen served as Counsel to the House Iran-Contra Committee\, where he was a le ad investigator responsible for questioning key witnesses during the natio nally televised hearings. Among other assignments on Capitol Hill\, Ballen also was Chief Counsel to a bi-partisan Senate special investigative comm ittee and Chief Counsel to the House Steering and Policy Committee\, where he directed initiatives on crime prevention\, intelligence oversight and select national security matters for the U.S. House of Representatives. \ nBallen has regularly contributed to CNN\, and its companion website CNN.c om. His articles have also been published in the Washington Post\, Financ ial Times\, Los Angeles Times\, Wall Street Journal and the Christian Sc ience Monitor\, among others.\n\nKen Ballen was born in New York City. He graduated from Tufts University in 1977 and has a Masters in International Affairs from The Fletcher School and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.\n&n bsp\;\nBooks are available for purchase at Alaska World Affairs Council. E mail rachel.williams@alaskaworldaffairscouncil.org for purchasing informat ion.  \n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\nProgram Details\ n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Those with online r eservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we wi ll have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this pr ogram will be available for individual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Co. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure you re ceive your meal by the end of the program.\n Online registration will clo se at midnight on Thursday\, September 6. Remaining tickets will be availa ble for purchase the day of the program at the door from 11:30am.\n\n  \;\n\n\n\nComplimentary parking is available in nearby EasyPark Alaska lot s for individuals who preregister online by the September 6th deadline to attend this program. Successful registrants will receive an email the day before to the program with parking details.\n\nAdmission is free to active duty\, National Guard\, Reservists and their spouses\, compliments of USO Alaska. Military attendees must register in advance for free admission an d free parking.\n\n \;\n\nHigh school and full-time college students w ho register in advance receive complimentary admission and a voucher for a lunch item of their choosing thanks to the generous support of BP. 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