War Games: French Corruption and the Hidden Face of Terrorism

Original title: Jeux de guerre. Corruption française : la face cachée du terrorisme

Author: Eichinger, Marc

Publication Date:

March 2022

Pages:

225

Original language and publisher

French | Massot Editions

Territories Handled

Worldwide excl. French

Genre

Current Affairs

War Games: French Corruption and the Hidden Face of Terrorism

Original title: Jeux de guerre. Corruption française : la face cachée du terrorisme

Author: Eichinger, Marc

Synopsis

An explosive investigation!

On the night of 13-14 November 2015, three Islamist terrorist cells attacked Paris.

For the perpetrators, it was the culmination of meticulously planned operation; for the rest of us, it was a consequence of the moral turpitude of our leaders.

Planning the wave of attacks that swept across Europe and financing the war effort required a lot of money, but the Islamic State had a fabulous source of wealth at its disposal in the form of oil, which was bringing in as much as 2 billion dollars a year.

But they still had to get it out of Iraq and Syria and then sell it, despite the UN embargo on the region.

By following the trail of this oil, the author has discovered that the Islamic State benefited from the complicity of key players in the oil market, including some who were based in France. He also lifts the veil on many other secrets that encompass various theatres of conflict, from Libya to the Bataclan.

Who are the European accomplices of these terrorists? How could oil companies take part in this deadly trade while being well aware of what was at stake? What did the government and the intelligence services know? And why was nothing done to dismantle these criminal networks?

Marketing Information

  • HIGHLY TOPICAL: the trial of the alleged perpetrators of the 13 November 2015 terrorist attacks is taking place now and the verdicts are expected in May.
  • Exclusive behind-the-scenes revelations concerning France’s foreign policy and the financing of Islamic State.
  • In the run-up to the French presidential election, concrete policy proposals for avoiding power games with such disastrous consequences.
  • Marc Eichinger is a hard-hitting investigator who revealed the truth of the Areva scandal in L’Homme qui en savait beaucoup trop – one of Massot’s bestselling books.