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"Yeah."

"It seems this Abdullah El Farrar has decided to attempt a takeover of
the USA as his first big target. I have it on good authority he intends
to assassinate Claire Osterman and then try to move in during the
resultant chaos."

Ben slowed to a walk, his eyes narrowed. "The man must be insane. From
what you say, he has no real army, just a ragtag bunch of misfits and
extremists who are pissed off at the world."

"Maybe he's not as crazy as we think," Mike said, bending over and
putting his hands on his knees and taking deep breaths.
"How so?" Ben asked.

"I have further information that the Armies of both Iraq and Iran
haven't been paid for several months now. There is talk that Farrar is
using some of his family's old oil money they had stashed in Switzerland
to bribe the Armies' higher officers to break allegiance with Iraq and
Iran and come under his command."

"Are you talking about a coup?"

Mike nodded. "If that happens, and Farrar can manage to get the
religious leaders to endorse his regime, he'll be the de facto new
leader of two of the most extreme countries in the Middle East, Iran and
Iraq."

Ben stroked his chin. "And he'll have some control over a third of the
world's oil fields."

"Not something to look forward to, is it?"

"What do you recommend we do about it?"

"First, I'd send a team of antiterrorists into the USA to give Claire
some help. If he can be stopped there, the Army officers back home won't
be too anxious to let him take over their Armies, no matter how much
money he has."

Ben pursed his lips. "Claire won't be eager to accept our help. She'll
think we're trying to take her government over."

"Well," Mike said, straightening up and breathing more

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normally now, "you asked what I recommended, and that's it. How you do
it is up to you."