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training. ThereтАЩs a deep religious underpinning within all the groups, which Hashim
Nidal is using to supercede their political beliefs. For all intents and purposes, he has
united them behind a common cause тАФ the destruction of Israel.
тАЬAnd the threat to the United States isтАж?тАЭ asked Driehaus.
тАЬExtremely serious. According to their doctrine, the destruction of Israel will be
immediately followed by the destruction of the United States.тАЭ
тАЬWhatтАЩs pushed this all to center stage?тАЭ asked the secretary of state.
тАЬThereтАЩs been a conflux of events тАФ increased telephone chatter picked up by the
NSA, FBI probes into suspected sleeper cells here in the U.S., and a significant
breakthrough by the CIA,тАЭ said Vaile, with full knowledge that his agency needed to
appear two steps ahead of terrorism for once instead of two steps behind.
тАЬAnd what exactly was this significant CIA breakthrough?тАЭ asked Driehaus.
тАЬWith the help of the NSA, weтАЩve been monitoring communications among several
of the most serious Islamic terrorist groups. Someone code-named, Ghazi, which is
Arabic for тАЬthe conqueror,тАЭ has been repeatedly referenced as the great father of the
organizations. Ghazi has also been discussed as masterminding an upcoming event
that will begin the shift of world power to the true believers of Islam.
тАЬNow, last night, a senior member of the Islamic Jihad was picked up in Beirut.
Under interrogation, he identified Hashim Nidal as the person referred to as Ghazi,
but said heтАЩd never met him in person and couldnтАЩt provide a description of him. He
indicated that NidalтАЩs upcoming event was imminent and would unite the Arab
world, once and for all, in decimating Israel, followed by the United States.тАЭ
Even the most seasoned poker faces around the situation room table couldnтАЩt mask
their shock and disbelief.
тАЬDoes the CIA actually believe this Hashim Nidal has the wherewithal to pull
something like this off?тАЭ asked the chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
тАЬWe canтАЩt afford not to believe,тАЭ answered the president. тАЬWeтАЩre going to need
everyone working together on this. Hashim Nidal has to be stopped and his
organization dismantled before he can launch any attacks within or against the United
States. We also want to prevent anything that could start a war between Israel and
the rest of the Arab world.тАЭ
тАЬWithout knowing what this guy looks like or where he is, how do we even start?тАЭ
asked Director Sorce of the FBI.
тАЬThe CIA has already put the wheels in motion, and weтАЩre tracking down several
leads. WeтАЩll find Hashim Nidal, and we will stop him,тАЭ replied Vaile.
Most of the people around the table, including the president, wished they could be
as confident in the CIA as its director was. He was flying completely blind and they
all knew it. Only a miracle would allow his agency to pull this operation off. The
question was, where would they find one?


4
Scot Harvath made it outside just in time to see LeeтАЩs cab pull away from the curb.
The fierce wind was driving the rain horizontally as he and Sammy Cheng ran for the
car they had picked up at the Macau Jetfoil Terminal.
Cheng threw him the keys and indicated he wanted him to drive so he could use his
cell phone. Harvath maneuvered himself behind the wheel of the tiny tourist rental
known as a Moke, and slid the seat back as far as he could, but was still cramped.
Cell phone my ass, thought Scot. There wasnтАЩt a person in Hong Kong he had met
yet who couldnтАЩt drive, talk on his cell phone, read the paper, change CDs, and eat