I have to kill.

Author: Nima Zamir
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This book begins with Nima Zamir joining "Mossad" at the age of 22, revealing astonishing details with incredible precision about how she underwent training, how she was forced to kill, and how she navigated the secrets of spy life entangled in deception, torture, bloodshed, and the art of seduction. Recently, at Nima Zamir's home in the Left Bank area of Paris, France, this young French woman gave an exclusive interview to a reporter from The Times. At the age of 22, this beautiful woman was spotted by "Mossad." When she held the reporter's hand, her grip was surprisingly strong, like that of a seasoned professional killer. Her 18-month-old daughter was crawling and playing around her. Despite being tall and looking very fit, if the reporter had not been informed beforehand, they would never have guessed that this beautiful French woman with gentle eyes, a calm voice, and neat black hair could be a professional killer under Israel's secret intelligence agency, "Mossad." Mossad is one of the world's most renowned intelligence agencies, rivaling the Soviet KGB and the U.S. CIA in fame, excelling particularly in its ruthlessness and efficiency. This book is a memoir by Nima Zamir (a pseudonym), a 33-year-old French woman who once worked as a "beautiful spy" for Mossad. I Had to Kill was published in France in 2003 and immediately shook French society. The book begins with Nima Zamir joining Mossad at the age of 22, revealing with astonishing detail how she underwent training, how she was forced to kill, and how she navigated the secrets of spy life entangled in deception, torture, bloodshed, and the art of seduction. In this stunningly harrowing experience of a beautiful spy, killing became a part of daily life: sometimes out of necessity for self-defense, sometimes as cold-blooded orders from her superiors. The constant pain of choosing between life and death haunted her throughout her career as a spy. Unable to endure the increasingly intense physical and mental torment, Zamir finally left Mossad in early 2001. At an Istanbul airport in Turkey, she was hunted down by a colleague from Mossad.