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Aimen Dean: Jihadi Turned Spy

Former Al Qaeda jihadi-turned-Mi6 spy Aimen Dean talks to Nihal Arthanayake.

Former Al Qaeda jihadi-turned-Mi6 spy Aimen Dean talks to Nihal Arthanayake about his time in Bosnia and Afghanistan, the moment he decided he had to bring the organisation down, and living a new life under the shadow of death threats. Nine Lives: My time as MI6's top spy inside Al-Qaeda by Aimen Dean with Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister is published by Oneworld.

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