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ENEMY IN THE ASHES

"Monsieur Chapelle," El Farrar said when the Secretary General of the
U.N. was on the line. "I am sure by now you have heard of the events
which have transpired over the past twelve hours."

"What do you mean?"

"My men have in each of the locations dozens of small packages of
plutonium attached to high-explosive charges. These bombs, which are
arranged so as to do maximal damage to the oil fields, will be set off
if anyone tries to attack or otherwise interfere with my men."

"But ... but that is insane!" Chapelle argued. "That would ruin most of
the world's oil supply for generations."

"I am glad you understand," El Farrar said, all hint of civility gone
from his voice.

"All right, it seems we are at an impasse. What are your demands?"

"Not now, Chapelle. First, I am going to airlift in some more troops to
each location, just to be sure you don't try anything stupid. Would you
be so kind as to instruct all of the nations involved not to attempt any
interference with the planes delivering my troops?"

"You know I cannot tell sovereign nations what to do with their
airspace," Chapelle reasoned.

"Then, just inform them that if they do interfere with any of my
transports, I will explode my bombs and render their oil fields useless
to them."

"But that would mean killing your own men."

"My men are perfectly willing to martyr themselves in a good cause. I
will contact you once again when my men are in place. And Chapelle . . ."

"Yes?"

"I would advise you to keep the General Assembly in close attendance.
You will soon have some momentous decisions to make."

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