for fighting. They were becoming soft, like the Americans who do not understand that if there is nothing worth dying for, there is nothing worth living for. “The Americans have no stomach for a real fight against a dedicated foe willing to battle for decades and committed to spilling their blood at any cost,” the Sheik continued. “Vietnam and Beirut showed that, and there is every reason to believe that Iraq and Afghanistan will be a repeat performance. Look at what ISIS has accomplished. This so called Christian faith of the infidels is powerless to stand against the Jihad. I despise the weakness of these cowards, with their technological weapons to kill at a distance without dirtying their hands. They will taste their own blood soon enough,” and then he was silent, looking down in obvious thought.
Ahem El-Ahab never spoke in these moments, waiting respectfully, almost worshipfully until the Sheik looked at him, signaling that his moment of meditation had ended and he was ready to proceed. It was in those moments of silence that he knew the Sheik sought inspiration, which he was unaware, was received from his Keeper and also from Legion, the ruler of the spiritual forces of darkness in the Middle East.
Legion was a direct report to the Dark Master, a member of the inner circle known as the Counsel of Darkness. He was one who actually encountered the Son in the flesh; a story included in the Enemy’s Book. He was cast out of a man and sent into a large herd of several thousand pigs, which immediately rushed down a steep bank into a lake and were drowned.28 The Dark Master took note of his inspired ability to promote suicide, which was what he knew would be needed to advance his agenda from the Middle East. Because of that, Legion had been promoted over many others and had served the Dark Master well. He would continue to be needed to raise an army of those desiring death so they might indiscriminately kill many others considered enemies of the faith. It is a unique talent to be able to deceive a healthy young man into killing himself so that others might die, simply for the hope that he would be rewarded for his service in the afterlife by having all his sexual fantasies met eternally.
Obviously, they had to keep the Enemy’s Book away from that crowd. The truth was that Legion had barely escaped being sent to the pit by the Son. Fortunately, few read the Enemy’s Book and most of those who did could easily be convinced it contained nothing more than myths and fables.
When El-Ahab’s eyes again met the Sheik’s, he continued, “Let me go through the basics of the plan and update you on where we are and what’s next. We have established research centers at Universities in Tehran, Mexico City, and Madrid to independently conduct an investigation using the internet. The centers have been useful in determining what firms to acquire to obtain control over the weapons of choice. They have also been helpful in identifying and targeting vulnerable installations so we will know where to strike. With internet access to satellite photographs, we do not have to send people to physically investigate a target and thus avoid attracting suspicion.”
“Yes,” said the Sheik, “but what have we done with what we have learned?”
“Mighty one, we have refined the plan. We now believe we need a minimum of a 1,000 weapons and an equal number of trained warriors dispersed across the infidels’ land for a coordinated attack at night. Since the target of this part of the effort is economic destruction, and not killing people, a night attack offers a better opportunity for operational success and for mass terror as they will awake to the destruction of industries necessary for their continued economic survival. We are going to put Americans on foot, living in the dark. It will be a great victory.”
“The warriors have been recruited. That was the easy part. Training has been ongoing in our camp located in the Kerman Province of our brothers in Iran. Once trained, the warriors are being transported to a gathering point in Oaxaca, Mexico where they are equipped, assigned a location for their mission and prepared for the border crossing. We have a coordination unit located in Carmen, Arizona, a small town down Interstate 19 not far from the border. Thus far we have been able to get warriors across without detection by sending them in groups of one or two. Patience is the key to success as discovery with equipment could be disastrous. We have tried to limit the possible damage by not telling the warriors anything about their targets or timing.”
“Our brothers in Saudi Arabia have provided richly the resources need to purchase the businesses that own and operate the weapons. We will not have to commandeer a single unit. They will be owned by operatives through American or Mexican shells. We will employ Americans and pay American taxes until the warriors are in position and ready to use the units for our purposes. We will give the American workers a paid holiday, substitute operators and complete our mission of destruction. How glorious it is to take the money the foreign infidels spend to purchase our oil and use it to finance their destruction.”
“Yes, but what of the plans to kill millions of these infidels,” asked the Sheik. “I will not rest until they beg to sit at my feet and cry out for peace. Then we will drive them from Muslim land and prepare for the final assault that will demand they convert or die.”
“Mighty one, we continue to work with our Iranian brothers hoping to develop and obtain atomic weapons to clean from the earth the Jewish curse and bomb parts of America into the stone age, killing millions. We have tested new chemical weapons and are directing our efforts on a way to attack their food supplies and to poison the water supplies of major cities. This is the focus of their investigation, which makes it more difficult and dangerous. It is also harder because of the technology we don’t yet fully understand. We will not be ready for this before we launch the economic strike.”
“What about the execution units? We cannot let these Americans send their troops to kill our brothers and not feel pain,” the Sheik cried in a loud and passionate voice, pounding the table in front of him. “I have had to endure years of threats and all the attempts to hunt me down like an animal and kill me. They killed bin Laden in his own home, but they have failed to kill me because I was protected and wise enough to retreat to the caves. They too must be driven by fear to seek safety deep within the earth.”
“We continue to guide our people across the border,” El Ahab responded, “and they are being housed with college students around the country. A test is being prepared in Williams, Illinois. We have two teams there in the final planning stages for their first strikes. One will hit open enemies of the faith and the other will strike at the heart of fear so prevalent in these Americans. We are using this test to confirm tactics and gage response. We want this to be a continuing effort over a long period of time, so we need to be sure what works before we unleash the total assault.”
“If you have followed Williams recently, mighty one, you can see the fear our teams will be able to inflict. A single shooter has had the whole town living in terror for months now. They cannot catch him and the people are a step away from rebellion. Many are leaving the city. What a great model. When we unleash our assault across the country, there will be no safe place for them to hide. Eventually, the people will force the American president to beg you for peace on his knees.”
“What a great day that will be,” the Sheik said with joy and expectancy. “It will happen. What the Russians learned in Afghanistan, the Americans will learn in their hometowns. We cannot be defeated and we will not surrender. Kill us and we only multiply. Victory will be ours.”
The discussion closed by El-Ahab advising the Sheik, “Messengers have been sent throughout the Muslim world to gather selected Jihad leaders together to finalize plans. It won’t be long now.”
“Good. It cannot happen too soon,” was the Sheik’s only response.
A Discovery, But of What
On the other side of the world, in the Washington office of the director of Homeland Security, the head of the CIA, the head of Military Intelligence, the director of the FBI and the president’s National Security advisor had gathered at the urgent request of Director Hollister. “Something is definitely afoot. We not only have detected increased chatter out of the Middle East, but numerous messengers have been sent to known operatives which would indicate that a centralized plan of some nature is nearing the operational stage. We have no clue regarding the details of the plan but believe that it is directed at a major assault on the nation as a whole based on some of the intercepts. They are frankly