In God's Name [antikvár]

PREFACE T! Ihis book, the product of nearly three years' intensive research, would not exist without the active help and cooperation of many people and many organizations. Very many of these agreed to help only on the strict understanding that they remained publicly unidentified. As with previous books I have written under similar conditions, I respect my sources' wishes. On this occasion there is an even greater need to protect their identity. As will become clear to the reader, murder is a frequent accompaniment to the events recorded here. A considerable number of the murders committed remain officially unsolved. No one should doubt that the individuals responsible for those deaths have the capacity to murder again. To reveal the names of men and women who provided me with crucial help and who are now at risk would be an act of criminal irresponsibility. To them I owe a particular debt. Their reasons for divulging a wide range of information were many and varied, but again and again I heard the remark, "The truth must be told. If you are prepared to tell it, then so be it." I am deeply grateful to all of them and to the following, who with the greatest respect I classify as the tip of the iceberg: Professor Amedeo Alexandre, Professor Leonardo Ancona, William Aronwald, Linda Attwell, Josephine Ayres, Alan Bailey, Dr. Shamus Banim, Dr. Derek Bar- ( ! I I r, ; IX