The paperback release of '' Crisis Four '' briefly suffered poor sales in the United States due to the book being released the week before the events of the September 11 attacks and McNab using bin Laden as the book 's villain . McNab explained the usage of bin Laden as the villain , stating that " This guy 's been out there for about 10 years , insane and doing his thing in the darkness ... the war against him has been going on for a long time . " McNab faced criticism for using product placement in his novel '' Liberation Day '' , with Brand Republic reporting that the author inserted " more than 60 references to Traser watches " into the text
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