Thursday, May 12, 2016

Back To Iraq, Book #2 of Janitors Series - Team gets first post 9/11 assignment.



Today’s excerpt is from Back To Iraq, Book #2 of the nine-book Janitors Series featuring Jim Scott and friends.  Hours after the 9/11 al-Qaida attack on America, the Janitors are assigned the task of taking out a known secret al-Qaida facility in Iraq.  Enjoy and have a fantastic day.

m.j.

 

The call came sooner than Jim had anticipated.  Eighteen hours after Jim had taken off his first boot, the phone rang.  Jim was sound asleep, but instantly awoke and answered on the first ring.  He said, “Hello,” in a surprisingly clear voice.

“Hi, Jim.  Bradley here.”

Army Major General Ellis G. Bradley was the Military/Intelligence advisor to the President and the Janitors’ direct link to the President.

“Damn, General, you cost me ten bucks.”

“How’s that?”

“I bet Hector you’d have Ted call.”

“Tough luck, pal.  You can afford it.  I think that underground facility you’ve been monitoring in Iraq needs some further attention.  The boss agrees…even if we can’t publicize it. He wants to send a message, and soon.  Needless to say he’s pissed, as we all are.  We’re already sure it was asshole bin Laden and his al-Qaida scum.  It’d be wonderful if that facility in Iraq was theirs.  I presume you’re ready to go.”

“Yes, sir.  We’ll probably need some sort of escort.  So will Hector and Tom from Los Angeles.”

“Already arranged.  Your plane and theirs make it without fueling stops?”

“No.  Probably need a stop.  Maybe Scott or thereabouts.”

General Bradley did some fast mental calculations and decided Scott Air Force Base in Illinois would work well with the change in escorts he’d planned.  “Okay, I’ll arrange it for Scott.  I’ve got a number for you to call when you’re ready to roll.  Pass it on to the boys in LA…separate escorts for both of you.  What about Drew Hollins and the Russian?”

“They’re driving.  Probably at the Joint by now, or soon will be.”

“Good.  Talk to you when you arrive,” General Bradley replied before giving Jim the phone number to use for his military escort.

General Bradley always referred to Boris as “the Russian” because he was not all that comfortable having an ex-KGB agent working so close to White House matters.  This in spite of both he and the President having agreed to the inclusion of Boris in the Janitors.

 

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