About the Book
"The attack of the French oil tanker suggests Al-Qaeda plans to weaken the petroleum industry by conducting sea-based attacks against large oil tankers." October 24, 2002, Transportation Security Information Report
"Osama bin Laden has a 'terrorist navy' of 15 ships [to be used for] missions of destruction. Ship insurer Lloyd's of London is said to be helping MI6 and the CIA trace vessels bought by Al-Qaeda from a Greek shipping magnate with links to bin Laden." The Daily Mirror, February 12, 2004
In the September 23, 2001, New Orleans Times Picayune, under the title, A Terrifying Coincidence, columnist Agnus Lind wrote:
"On and off for the past 17 years, Charles P. Carriere III has been trying to get his Arab terrorism novel published. In June he sent the same letter to several literary agents which read in part: 'Are you interested in a novel about the plot of wealthy Muslim fundamentalists to devastate the oil industry by running freighters into the supertanker fleet, foiled by a New Orleans insurance agent? Think of it, an insurance agent as a hero who suspects the plot and then confirms it through Lloyd’s of London."
As you read Dupree's Crude War, which was written twenty years ago and forecast events of today’s global conflict, you'll wonder if the author is Nostradamus.