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Welcome to DouglasDeBono.Com, the Cyberspace Home of
author Douglas De Bono.

Mr. DeBono seamlessly blends history and fiction with the deft precision of a literary surgeon. His knowledge of special forces, intelligence agencies, political corruption and the tradecraft of espionage are unrivaled in the literary world.
--Jim Clonts, Author Of MIG Drivers

I was glued to my cozy chair during the entire story! I enjoyed the characters and found both the dialogue and the plot of this fantastic story a real edge of your seat kind of read from cover-to-cover! (A Highly Recommended Novel!)
--Victoria Taylor Murray, Author Of Friendly Enemies/Le Fin

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Glock –
I know I’ll get flak about this, but the Glock is one of the finest handguns ever made. A Glock can be dropped off high buildings, submersed in seawater, clogged with dirt and sand, and fed awful ammunition. Despite all of these torture tests, they still go BANG when you pull the trigger. I have 3 of them for those who are interested: Models 17, 19 and 21.

Golden Dragon -
Johnny Tao, a Chinese agent provocateur, owns the Golden Dragon restaurant. There were two restaurants in Little Rock, Arkansas, plus a nightclub called Johnny’s Place.

Government Model 1911 –
Generically called the Colt .45. This is John Moses Browning’s enduring creation that served the American military for more than 70 years.

Green Line –
There are several green lines in the world. It designates the demarcation between Islamic groups and others. In the case of Beirut, the green line separates Islamic and Christian communities. In Israel, the Green Line separate the Palestinians and the Israelis.

Greenbriar –
Located 250 miles and 5 hours distant from Washington D.C., the Greenbriar is a luxury hotel nestled in West Virginia. Below the congressional wing lies a800 person nuclear bombproof bunker designed to protect the national government. The bunker was built in 1959-60 and maintained until the mid-1990s.

Group 4 –
Saddam Hussein’s secret R&D group tasked to develop a Hiroshima style weapon. According to defectors, Group 4 perfected and tested a 10-kiloton device by September 1989. The weapon detonation took place beneath Lake Rezzaza, a former resort area southwest of Baghdad.

Group 5 –
Saddam Hussein’s secret R&D group tasked to develop a hydrogen bomb. Since this development coincided with the Gulf War, it has been run underground and away from the myopic eyes of the UNSCOM weapons inspectors.

GRU -
With the dissolution of the USSR at the start of 1992, the GRU (Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravlenie) became, for a time, the principal intelligence body of the Main Command of the Commonwealth of Independent States Armed Forces. Following the April 1992 creation of a Russian Ministry of Defense, however, the GRU became Russia's military-intelligence arm.

Guojia Anquan Bu –
See Ministry of State Security.

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