Marwan's story is a reminder of the Cold War era in West Asian politics
THE ANGEL The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel Uri Bar-Joseph HarperCollins 371 pages; Rs 999 On June 27, 2007, a 63-year-old Egyptian businessman fell to his death from the fifth floor of his luxury apartment in London. Was he pushed or did he jump? The dead man’s identity makes this a curiouser and curiouser sort of story. The son-in-law of Egypt’s most revered leader, Abdel Gamal Nasser, and a trusted aide of Anwar Sadat, Ashraf Marwan had been “exposed” five years before as a double agent who had tricked Israel in the opening days ...
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