| The August Assassin |
The August Assassin is the true story of one of America’s premier counter-terrorists. The book
recalls the numerous operations undertaken to rid the world of some of the most notorious
terrorists and brutal dictators known to exist. It begins deep in the jungles of Southeast Asia in
1966, and takes the reader along on a dizzying global odyssey highlighting those operations
through 2003.
If you have ever wondered what really happened to people such as Idi Amin, Abu Nidal, and
Pablo Escobar, as well as a host of others across the globe, this book will answer those
questions. And if you’ve ever wondered if the United States, Israel, and other countries, really
employ assassins, this true story will take you behind the scenes of the Department of State and
Mossad, and into the consulates and embassies on five continents.
recalls the numerous operations undertaken to rid the world of some of the most notorious
terrorists and brutal dictators known to exist. It begins deep in the jungles of Southeast Asia in
1966, and takes the reader along on a dizzying global odyssey highlighting those operations
through 2003.
If you have ever wondered what really happened to people such as Idi Amin, Abu Nidal, and
Pablo Escobar, as well as a host of others across the globe, this book will answer those
questions. And if you’ve ever wondered if the United States, Israel, and other countries, really
employ assassins, this true story will take you behind the scenes of the Department of State and
Mossad, and into the consulates and embassies on five continents.
John Chapman Elliott, JD, was a bomb disposal technician, and conducted criminal investigations for
Interpol. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business, an MBA, and a Juris Doctorate degree. He
also worked for the US Department of State, and for the government of Israel as a member of Mossad.
Interpol. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business, an MBA, and a Juris Doctorate degree. He
also worked for the US Department of State, and for the government of Israel as a member of Mossad.
Of "The August Assassin," Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez, in a recent statement
from Caracas, said, "In 2003, I promised to
send the proof. The proof has now been sent
to me - this book is the proof. This American
killer, an emissary of the devil, was one of
those tasked with my destruction. He failed to
act, and is lucky to be alive. He was shrouded
in treachery, and was a scourge to our
Colombian friends, but his luck will soon end."
The quote was obtained from a source within the
Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC, and translated
from the Spanish.
Former Minnesota Governor and ex-navy seal,
Jesse Ventura, recently said that there is, "A
small minority within the government that does
this. Let's just hope their sights are aimed at
the enemy."
President Hugo Chavez, in a recent statement
from Caracas, said, "In 2003, I promised to
send the proof. The proof has now been sent
to me - this book is the proof. This American
killer, an emissary of the devil, was one of
those tasked with my destruction. He failed to
act, and is lucky to be alive. He was shrouded
in treachery, and was a scourge to our
Colombian friends, but his luck will soon end."
The quote was obtained from a source within the
Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC, and translated
from the Spanish.
Former Minnesota Governor and ex-navy seal,
Jesse Ventura, recently said that there is, "A
small minority within the government that does
this. Let's just hope their sights are aimed at
the enemy."
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AMAZING STORY
John Chapman Elliott: License to Kill
By Audra Smith
The 700 Club
CBN.com – During the late ‘60s, John Elliot was one of the sharpest shooters in the world. By the
age of 19, his ability with firearms earned him the attention of the U.S. government. He was hired
by the U.S. State Department and trained at Quantico. John was barely an adult, but his life was
suddenly all about death.
“Back then the Vietnam War was going hot and heavy, and behind the scenes there was
something, called the Secret War, I found myself heading out over the Pacific and that was the
first time, on that airplane that I got to thinking ‘What is this that I’ve gotten myself into? I’m not
quite sure about this.’”
John was born in 1946 and because his father worked for Pan Am Airlines, he spent the majority of
his childhood in England. He went to school there but nurtured dreams of becoming a U.S.
Olympian.
“My father used to smoke cigarettes. When I caught him smoking a cigarette, I did a little bit of
extortion. I said, ‘If you will give me a BB gun, I won’t tell mom.’ I practiced every single day in the
back garden. I knew I was going to win gold for the States in Olympics shooting.”
When John returned to America at age 19, he entered a shooting competition sponsored by the
Virginia State Police. He was the first to score a perfect 300 in the competition.
Recruiters were ready to talk. Before he knew it, John was overseas. His assignment? To kill a
General and a Colonel involved with The North Vietnamese Army. John was now a paid assassin.
“I had to wait for those people to show up for 2, almost 3 days and during that period of time, I just
laid there and thought about it a lot. I knew that I was going to finish this and do what I was being
paid to do. I thought it would be for the greater good. I was actually convinced of the fact. I
thought of all those reasons for doing it, never thinking, that, ‘Here it is, I’m looking at someone
and I am going to take that person’s life.’”
John successfully killed both targets and two others. His career was set, but his emotions were
starting to unravel.
“Every time I went overseas I never thought I would be coming back. I was really so frightened
then. You could open up a book and read about a war, and you can read about the facts about it,
but, you can’t actually experience it. You can’t smell it. You can’t taste it. You can’t feel it. You can’
t go through those emotions. It changed me dramatically. I still continued in the work, but for me it
became something I didn’t like at all, and it just tore away at my insides. I never talked about what I
did but it affected me deeply, anyway.”
When John returned to Virginia, he attended a service at a local Baptist church.
“I thought there was no way I would ever go to church. I actually didn’t believe. I didn’t believe.
But that night, the pastor talked about forgiveness of sins, and he said, ‘If you just come to God,
no matter what your sin is. It can be little. It can be big. Whatever it is. You just come to God. You
lay your life in front of God, and ask Him to forgive you, and He will. He will take that sin from you
and you will be saved.’ I knew he was talking to me, and I found myself walking up and accepting
the Lord as my Lord and Savior.”
But after accepting Christ, John still had to go to work. “It was a pull. The money was an attraction.
The fact that I knew what I was doing and I could do it. After the Lord came into my life, it became
excruciatingly difficult to continue in the work. I did continue it, and I don’t have an excuse for
that. I think, when I rationalized it, I thought, ‘I know now that if I die, I know where I am going.
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind.’ and I thought, OK, I can do pretty much anything I want to
do.’ It went from bad to worse for me.”
Despite his internal conflict, John continued to work for the State Department. He even joined
forces with Mossad in Israel and spent many years working with Interpol. John was still a paid
assassin and was involved in the deaths of many high profile targets.
“I carry around a lot of those ghosts. I still think about it today, and I can still see some of those
images today, all these years after the fact.”
A colleague John met while on assignment was also Christian and began to talk with John about
going in a different direction.
“It was his influence over my life at that time that sort of really made me think about what I was
doing. Even though he was doing the same thing for a very short period of time he said, ‘John I
just can’t do this anymore. This is not what you and I are put here for.’ He explained what his
Christian faith meant to him. I just had to make a decision about what I was going to do with my
life.”
In 2003, John retired from the State Department. “I told the State Department. I said, ‘I just cannot
do this anymore. This isn’t me. I have too many internal conflicts. God is telling me something
else.’”
Today, John lives a quiet life close to his family and is the author of 11 books, including The
August Assassin, which details many of his missions with the State Department and shares his
newfound hope in God’s forgiveness.
“I am so thankful for what God has done in my life and how He has changed my life and how He has
managed to take this train wreck that was going in one direction and just turn it 180 degrees
around and make it go in another direction. It’s just absolutely wonderful. He is everything to me.
What you do in your life, no matter where you are in your life, no matter how bad you think you are,
God can forgive you of anything – of absolutely anything. Christ died on the cross for all of those
sins, not just a few of them – for all of them. You can get forgiveness. You can have salvation.”
John Chapman Elliott: License to Kill
By Audra Smith
The 700 Club
CBN.com – During the late ‘60s, John Elliot was one of the sharpest shooters in the world. By the
age of 19, his ability with firearms earned him the attention of the U.S. government. He was hired
by the U.S. State Department and trained at Quantico. John was barely an adult, but his life was
suddenly all about death.
“Back then the Vietnam War was going hot and heavy, and behind the scenes there was
something, called the Secret War, I found myself heading out over the Pacific and that was the
first time, on that airplane that I got to thinking ‘What is this that I’ve gotten myself into? I’m not
quite sure about this.’”
John was born in 1946 and because his father worked for Pan Am Airlines, he spent the majority of
his childhood in England. He went to school there but nurtured dreams of becoming a U.S.
Olympian.
“My father used to smoke cigarettes. When I caught him smoking a cigarette, I did a little bit of
extortion. I said, ‘If you will give me a BB gun, I won’t tell mom.’ I practiced every single day in the
back garden. I knew I was going to win gold for the States in Olympics shooting.”
When John returned to America at age 19, he entered a shooting competition sponsored by the
Virginia State Police. He was the first to score a perfect 300 in the competition.
Recruiters were ready to talk. Before he knew it, John was overseas. His assignment? To kill a
General and a Colonel involved with The North Vietnamese Army. John was now a paid assassin.
“I had to wait for those people to show up for 2, almost 3 days and during that period of time, I just
laid there and thought about it a lot. I knew that I was going to finish this and do what I was being
paid to do. I thought it would be for the greater good. I was actually convinced of the fact. I
thought of all those reasons for doing it, never thinking, that, ‘Here it is, I’m looking at someone
and I am going to take that person’s life.’”
John successfully killed both targets and two others. His career was set, but his emotions were
starting to unravel.
“Every time I went overseas I never thought I would be coming back. I was really so frightened
then. You could open up a book and read about a war, and you can read about the facts about it,
but, you can’t actually experience it. You can’t smell it. You can’t taste it. You can’t feel it. You can’
t go through those emotions. It changed me dramatically. I still continued in the work, but for me it
became something I didn’t like at all, and it just tore away at my insides. I never talked about what I
did but it affected me deeply, anyway.”
When John returned to Virginia, he attended a service at a local Baptist church.
“I thought there was no way I would ever go to church. I actually didn’t believe. I didn’t believe.
But that night, the pastor talked about forgiveness of sins, and he said, ‘If you just come to God,
no matter what your sin is. It can be little. It can be big. Whatever it is. You just come to God. You
lay your life in front of God, and ask Him to forgive you, and He will. He will take that sin from you
and you will be saved.’ I knew he was talking to me, and I found myself walking up and accepting
the Lord as my Lord and Savior.”
But after accepting Christ, John still had to go to work. “It was a pull. The money was an attraction.
The fact that I knew what I was doing and I could do it. After the Lord came into my life, it became
excruciatingly difficult to continue in the work. I did continue it, and I don’t have an excuse for
that. I think, when I rationalized it, I thought, ‘I know now that if I die, I know where I am going.
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind.’ and I thought, OK, I can do pretty much anything I want to
do.’ It went from bad to worse for me.”
Despite his internal conflict, John continued to work for the State Department. He even joined
forces with Mossad in Israel and spent many years working with Interpol. John was still a paid
assassin and was involved in the deaths of many high profile targets.
“I carry around a lot of those ghosts. I still think about it today, and I can still see some of those
images today, all these years after the fact.”
A colleague John met while on assignment was also Christian and began to talk with John about
going in a different direction.
“It was his influence over my life at that time that sort of really made me think about what I was
doing. Even though he was doing the same thing for a very short period of time he said, ‘John I
just can’t do this anymore. This is not what you and I are put here for.’ He explained what his
Christian faith meant to him. I just had to make a decision about what I was going to do with my
life.”
In 2003, John retired from the State Department. “I told the State Department. I said, ‘I just cannot
do this anymore. This isn’t me. I have too many internal conflicts. God is telling me something
else.’”
Today, John lives a quiet life close to his family and is the author of 11 books, including The
August Assassin, which details many of his missions with the State Department and shares his
newfound hope in God’s forgiveness.
“I am so thankful for what God has done in my life and how He has changed my life and how He has
managed to take this train wreck that was going in one direction and just turn it 180 degrees
around and make it go in another direction. It’s just absolutely wonderful. He is everything to me.
What you do in your life, no matter where you are in your life, no matter how bad you think you are,
God can forgive you of anything – of absolutely anything. Christ died on the cross for all of those
sins, not just a few of them – for all of them. You can get forgiveness. You can have salvation.”
