H-Hour Podcast #97 Alexs Thompson – former US Navy, student of Islam, Counter Insurgency adviser

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Alexs Thompson left the US Navy to study religion. Following the 9/11 attacks in the USA, Alexs narrowed his focus to Islam, studying under Imams in Egypt and Yemen where he lived as a fundamentalist muslim. Alexs subsequently deployed to the Middle East as a counter insurgency adviser to the US military.

Check out his website here and definitely get a copy of his book “I’ll Go” at this link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1735390429

Podcast host: Hugh Keir ( @hughkeir )

This episode was sponsored by Aardvark Clearmine, and Rugby4Heroes.

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