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Author Probes Past in Terror Camp Feb 23, 2009
By Jeanne Dixon
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It's not very often that a reader gets an insight into the day-to-day occurrences which take place in a guerrilla training camp. But Colin Morgan Dennis provides completely plausible picture of those events.
The reader gets a first-hand account of training that seems to parallel the training one reads about taking place in an Al Qaeda camp, for example. The author says he was sent by the government of Michael Manley, the leftist prime minister of Jamaica. What is not quite clear is why.
In any event the book is well-written and I found it exciting to read.
Dark, Harrowing but Well-Written Memoir Oct 11, 2008
By Christine Lafleur
The author recounts his experience in a Cuban guerrilla training camp in 1980, sent there apparently by the Jamaican government led by the leftist prime minister Michael Manley. The author gives a bird's eye account of what transpires in a terrorist camp. It is not unlike the fare one sees in an Al Qaeda camp but without the religion: training in the use of arms like Kalashnikovs, Uzis and M-16s; bomb making and intelligence gathering, among other subjects.
Whether Dennis has buyer's remorse or was really unaware of the subject matter of the mission on which he was sent to Cuba, on his return to Jamaica (Morgan Dennis says he was unaware of the nature of the training prior to his departure to Cuba) he hides from his recruiters and the narrative covers this period of hiding which takes place against the backdrop of the bloody 1980 general election, a Cold War proxy battle, until his arrival in Canada in 1983 as a refugee claimant.
Morgan Dennis links his training in Cuba to the upsurge in the island's murder rate and increased strength in the garrison gangs who were represented in the camp in Cuba. Morgan Dennis seems pessimistic about his homeland's long-term prospects even though the island's political parties have drawn closer ideologically.
The author's bio at the back of the book indicates that not only did he forsake the use of guns and eschewed involvement in terrorism but he managed to turn his life around, attaining two university degrees. I guess that is the ultimate redemption.
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