The Puppetmasters (K. D. Lamb) by K. D. Lamb

Author:K. D. Lamb
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780985016760
Publisher: Applet Island Publishing
Published: 2013-09-02T18:30:00+00:00

As rescues go, Mossad Director Benjamin Zimmerman was pleased. Those that counted had been rescued, and Israel would look like a hero in the world’s eyes. The ones not rescued would not be missed should they perish in Afghanistan … like Rashid Sharif, who no one knew about anyway, or Kendall Radcliffe, who if need be would be made to look like an instigator or willing participant with the drug kingpin, the late President Mujtaba Shazeb. The AIDC building had been destroyed, and along with it, the critical Afghanistan computer network that kept the infrastructure going on a daily basis.

The country had been brought to its knees and would soon descend into chaos. The president and his sons were dead … presumably. With a quick communiqué from Rashid during the time he and Paul Fields were deactivating the AIDC network, the Mossad had received the passwords and financial accounts to President Shazeb’s personal business enterprises. The Mossad had now liquidated and closed all of the president’s personal accounts. Zimmerman was a little surprised how few millions had been in Shazeb’s accounts, and had a queasy feeling in his stomach. He chose to ignore it … for the time being. All evidence of those accounts had also been destroyed as a result of the bombing. The only other location of the personal account information was at the Shazeb Palace. And the Mossad had craftily taken care of that … unbeknownst to Rashid.

Director Zimmerman knew that he had to be patient for the first communication from Rashid … if he perchance survived. In his mind, the execution of the rescue plan had been flawless. He could not imagine that Kendall was still alive. There was no way she would’ve been able to jump the ten feet between buildings. He knew that Rashid could do it, but doubted that Rashid would have stayed behind and been blown up with her … no matter how much he liked her. And if he had remained with her, then it would be a shame, as he was a valuable Israeli asset. A lot of investment had gone into his training. Ultimately, he had done his job. He had masterfully orchestrated the events leading up to the rescue, the president and sons were dead, the Afghan government offices destroyed, and the personal financial accounts siphoned off. The only remaining task was the strategic bombing of the poppy fields, manufacturing locations, and all transport trucks before they reached the Pakistan border the next day.

For the good of the nation of Israel, the Mossad and Israeli leaders had made a strategic decision that no word would leak out about the rescue of the Orion executives until after all the bombing was through the next day. That would only amount to a delay of twenty-four hours. After that, a huge PR event would be set in motion, complete with the appropriate fanfare and parade of heroes.

The plan was for the Orion executives to be displayed on live TV … or at least Paul Fields to be on camera.

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