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Giordino said stonily, "she'll be shoved under the water and mashed into the bottom No trace of her would ever be found"

Dillenger gave Pitt a hard look "After all the lost opportunities, do you think they finally intend to ers?"

"I do"

"Why not before now?"

"The myriad of deceptions was a stall for ti Presidents Hasan and De Lorenzo alive

I can't tell you why-"

"I can," said Hollis "Akhypt soon after it was announced that President Hasan and UN SecretaryGeneral Hala Kamil were abducted and presumed killed by unknown terrorists at sea After he and his close supporters established a solid power base, he would claients had found the ship, and then act the benevolent es'

release"

"Crafty bastard," murmured Giordino "A Nobel Peace Prize candidate for sure if he saved President De Lorenzo and Senator Pitt as a bonus"

"Naturally, Yazid would see that Hasan and Kaypt"

"And he'd still corunted

"A grand sting," ad to the latest news reports, the military has ren and fold the present government

Hollis nodded "Yes, throwing Yazid's carefully calculated schedule out the "

"So he's plotted hi tactics, end of masquerades; this tih into oblivion, or face the very real threat of intelligence sources ferreting out his role in the operation "

"A theory with no leaks," agreed Hollis