Time to Kill by Coughlin Jack & Davis Donald A

Author:Coughlin, Jack & Davis, Donald A. [Coughlin, Jack & Davis, Donald A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: thriller, War
ISBN: 9781250012876
Google: bFVJJ8HjYMUC
Amazon: 1250012872
Goodreads: 15793181
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2013-05-07T07:00:00+00:00

THE SAFE HOUSE

“ARE YOU STAYING IN trouble, I hope?” The deep voice of Major General Bradley Middleton rumbled firm and decisive over the satellite phone, although he was thousands of miles away in the Pentagon office where he commanded Trident.

“Yes, sir. I think you might say that.”

“Good. Well, Gunny Swanson, I have you on the speaker here, and the rest of the team with me. Give us a sitrep.”

Kyle had been putting his thoughts in order ever since he saw the first boats hit the beach. “A large force of Iranian troops has invaded Egypt and seized control of Sharm el-Sheikh. They did not bring any heavy weapons that I could see, but some small artillery pieces might be arriving by boat or plane. Another force attacked the tourist hotels hard, with unknown casualties. They were dressed like Egyptian army but neither looked nor acted that way. I think they were plants. We now have eyes on the airport, where one of about fifteen troop-carrying planes crashed on approach. The runway was partially blocked. That’s about all I know at this point.”

There was a momentary silence on the other end; then the general spoke again. “You are certain that the soldiers are Iranian.”

“Without a doubt, sir. I met a couple of them up close and personal. Their ID cards said they were with the Revolutionary Guard.”

“How many?”

“I estimate they have about three to four thousand men on the ground right now from both the sea and air. Can you brief me what’s going on elsewhere? I only know what I can see.”

“Hey, Kyle.” A higher-pitched voice—Lieutenant Colonel Sybelle Summers. “Mixed reports are coming in, mostly through the media, and we got an earlier info dump from your partner. The hotel massacre also looks like a stage show to us. The attack was pretty savage, but brief, and Iranian troops chased away the bad guys. The Egyptian military is being blamed, while the Iranians are being hailed as liberators by the Muslim Brotherhood on Al Jazeera. The Brotherhood is cranking up the crowds in Cairo to embrace these actions, so the legitimate government is stumbling for answers, and their denials sound weak. Our allies are extremely nervous, trying to figure out a response. It’s just too early in the game for us to know much more than you.”

The general’s voice resumed. “Gunny, no doubt that an organized plan will be pulled together here soon, but it will take hours to implement anything. The one item that you can consider to be true is that Iran will not be allowed to take a foothold in Egypt, particularly by force. Letting them keep Sharm would be a disaster.”

“So what do you want me to do? Just overwatch and report in every once in a while?” Kyle put an edge of sarcasm into the questions.

“We discussed it before you called, Kyle.” Sybelle again. “You are the only thing we have on the ground right now, so you have to go with your gut. Try to confuse and bother them, because they are operating very close to the edge of their capabilities.

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