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The Spy Who

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🗓️ 17 June 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Aimen Dean is now working undercover posing as a loyal jihadi in Afghanistan, while actually spying for the British intelligence service MI6. And he knows that one mistake is all it will take to wind up dead. But that’s not his only worry because the sense that al-Qaeda’s got a major plot in the works is growing by the day.

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0:00.0	Wonderry Plus subscribers can binge full seasons of the Spy Who early and add free on Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app.
0:09.8	A note to listeners. This episode of The Spy Who contains depictions of animal cruelty and violence and may not be suitable for everyone. November 1999, Afghanistan.
0:35.6	In the kitchen of the jihadi training camp, a few miles outside Jalalabad,
0:40.6	Amandine is peeling potatoes for tonight's dinner of Afghani fries.
0:45.4	It's been five months since he returned to Afghanistan's terrorist camps.
0:50.2	And this time, he's here to spy on al-Qaeda for British intelligence.
0:56.3	He finishes peeling another potato and reaches for another,
1:00.7	only to notice that the chatting in the rooms turn to silence.
1:04.9	Before he can turn around, he feels something hard and metallic push into the base of his spine.
1:12.1	It's over, Dean free spine. It's over.
1:13.5	Dean freezes.
1:15.3	He realizes the object pressed into his spine is the barrel of a gun.
1:20.4	We know who you are and who you're working for.
1:24.7	Dean's training kicks in.
1:27.5	Attack when attacked.
1:29.8	Dean spins round to face his accuser.
1:31.8	Lower your weapon immediately.
1:34.1	The jihadi, with a gun, steps back.
1:37.0	Surprised by the ferocity of Dean's response.
1:40.0	The man's made no specific allegations against him,
1:42.7	so Dean's betting that this is just a test,
1:45.5	a ploy to draw out a confession if there's one to be drawn.
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