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the gratification of the men. After a few days, dispose of them in ways
which will not implicate us. By then, I will have planned our strike and
the need for caution will be over. Our followers in the motherland have
been most generous with funds to help us bring the infidels to their
knees ... I would hate to disappoint them."

As Mustafa left to carry out his orders, Farrar turned to the case of
AK-47 assault rifles in the corner and began cleaning and inspecting
each one. He spoke softly to himself. "Yes, Allah, we badly need to
strike back at the infidels to

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regain our respect among our brothers in the Middle East, and I need to
do this to avenge my family."

Known only as the Desert Fox to the United Nations intelligence service,
Farrar had been number one on their "hit list" for the past seven years.
Three agents had been killed trying to assassinate him, and he currently
carried the "kill on sight" designation for intelligence agencies in
four countries. Although aware of this, Farrar didn't dwell on it since
he was a true believer in the lightness of his cause and of the
Prophet's personal protection for him and his people.

Unknown to the intelligence forces of the United Nations, he and a
handpicked band of assassins had made their way to the United States of
America for the express purpose of assassinating Claire Osterman and
softening up the country for its eventual takeover by his forces.

His band of terrorists were hiding out in a poor section of
Indianapolis, preparing for the first strike against the United States,
knowing it had been terribly weakened by its unsuccessful war against
the SUSA of the previous year. If this attack were to go well, Farrar
knew he would have little trouble attracting men of influence to back
him and his cause.

Claire Osterman glanced up and smiled at her bodyguard, Herb Knoff, as
he handed her a cup of coffee in her office. She was surrounded by her
team of advisors, which she called her "cabinet."

Harlan Millard, ostensibly Claire's second in command, sat across the
room, nervously biting on a thumbnail as he watched Claire with an
expression much like a canary watching a cat.

General Maxwell Goddard, who'd recently assumed command of the United
States' Armed Forces after General Bradley Stevens, Jr., had failed in
the last war against the SUSA and Ben Raines, rolled a thick, black
cigar around in his mouth, not daring to light it in Claire's presence.
He was