I Am Soldier of Fortune: Dancing With Devils by Robert K. Brown

Author:Robert K. Brown [Brown, Robert K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Nonfiction, Philosophy, An abstract treatise of sexuality., Dark Humor
ISBN: 9781612001937
Publisher: Casemate
Published: 2013-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

GALEN GETS HIS ROUNDS

After Geer spent 11 days in Afghanistan, going for longer and farther than any Western reporter could boast at that time, he called SOF with an update: “Yes I’ve got the ammo but the gun is going to cost $25,000—$ 5,000 to buy three AK-47s to use to trade for the weapon . . . and $10,000 for the guy to bring it out.” SOF wasn’t about to front the money as we didn’t know this Afghan from Adam. We made a frantic call to the arms dealer who at that time was in Santiago, Chile. The wily bastard agreed only to front $2,500 and another $7,500 when the weapon was delivered. Since we sure as hell weren’t going to come up with the additional funds, we decided to keep in touch with the contact in Pakistan, who would attempt to get the weapon out of Afghanistan. If he did, then we would decide what course of action to follow.

By this time, we had developed a full-blown case of SOF paranoia. We’d been having a lot of international phone and cable traffic, which was by no means secure. What if the CIA found out that SOF could do what they could not? Humiliated, would they confiscate the ammo at U.S. Customs? We would have photos but no hard evidence.

Solution? Have Geer smuggle the ammo to Seoul, Korea, to await further instructions. Poos would link up with Geer, take some of the ammo and stand by to see if Geer got through U.S. Customs. It is illegal to bring ammunition into the U.S. even if you declare it, so it’d be confiscated. So they give you a receipt, big deal! The likelihood of getting it back was between zero and nil.

Either customs was waiting for Geer or he fit a “stop” profile. His luggage was thoroughly searched and 23 rounds were confiscated and a receipt was given. Incidentally, we never did find out what customs did with those rounds, though we speculate they had no idea what they had, and therefore made no attempt to forward them to the CIA or the Pentagon. No doubt they were thrown into some “confiscated items” dust bin where they may well remain today. Poos returned a couple of days later and received the same treatment. But somehow he managed to get two of the rounds past customs.

Along with the ammo, Geer and a former British paratrooper, whom he had hooked up with in Peshawar, brought out an NBC filter from the latest-model Russian BMP-2 armored personnel carrier. Western intelligence had also not seen this before. They turned the filter over to the American Consul in Peshawar who in turn forwarded it to the Foreign Science and Technology Center (FSTC), a secret agency of the army. This item did not get the public attention that the ammo did but was of value as it was suspected that it might contain residue from some type of Russian gas.

The same day Geer arrived in

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