"William W. Johnstone - Ashes 02 - Fire In the Ashes" - читать интересную книгу автора (Johnstone William W)

тАЬTwelve cells smashed. More than two hundred people taken,тАЭ Cecil said. тАЬIt makes me physically ill to
imagine what is happening to those people at this time."

тАЬI try not to think about it,тАЭ Doctor Chase said. He glanced at Ben. тАЬAre you going to retaliate, Ben?"

Ben was slow in replying. Chase was about to repeat the question when Ben said, тАЬYes ... I am. But not
in the manner that is expected of us."
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тАЬArm the people?тАЭ Cecil said.

тАЬYes, but there again, we're going to move slowly. I spent a sleepless night last night. I've thought it out
carefully, and my mind is made up."

The men waited for Ben to give the order to start the killing.

тАЬCody and Hartline are going to be very disappointed in the Rebel movement for the next six months to
a year, I'm thinking.тАЭ Ben smiled at the startled and puzzled looks on the faces of the men. тАЬWe are going
to rebuildтАФfrom the ground up. We are going to reopen old training bases in the mountains and the
deserts; we are going to stockpile and train and we are going to keep our heads down low; so low if we
got any lower our buttons would be in the way."

Ben began his restless pacing. It was his habit when deep in excited thought. тАЬOne year from this date,
gentlemen, we are going to strike. We are going to hit so hard, and in so many places, with such force,
we are going to knock the pins right out from under Cody, Hartline, and the members of Congress who
support them. On June 2, 2000, we are going to take this government and give it back to the people.тАЭ
He smiled. тАЬAt least take the first step, that is.

тАЬIke, get on the horn and get our field commanders ready to receive. I want the message coded and
scrambled. Tell them there will not be one incidence of revenge or retaliation for the hanging of
Samuelson and his daughter or for the breaking up of the cells. Not untilI give the word. Any Rebel who
disobeys this order will be subject to court-martial, and I will personally shoot that person.

тАЬOne year, gentlemen. One year. When civilization takes its first struggling steps into the year 2000, that
is when we strike."

The meeting was over.

Outside the tent, out of earshot, Cecil said, тАЬI thought Tri-StatesтАЩ undertaking was a mammoth
operation. But Ben's about to start taking some giant steps, Ike."

Before Ike could reply, Doctor Chase said, тАЬWell, boys, I'll say this for the crazy goddamn gun soldier:
if anyone can do it, he can."
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By mid-summer of 1999, the survivors of the bombings of 1988 came full-face with hard reality: America