or to a Western European nation and from there, use false ID to travel to his real destination. He would return the same way leaving no record of suspicious activity.
Much thought had been put into this new approach, and he had been privileged to be part of developing the initial concept. He had been in that cave as part of the meeting when the domestically available weapon of choice had been selected. It had been his recommendation. Having been educated in America and having lived among the infidels for all these years, he understood their vulnerabilities and weaknesses. He knew what would work and what was readily available.
As the teams prepared to meet separately, Farsi left on a walk to pass by the selected sites for the initial attacks to gather additional operational details and to think through escape scenarios. He drew no attention, appearing to be a graduate student walking between classes on campus. The team leaders had already been briefed, and his presence was no longer necessary for the moment. His physical contact with the group would be minimal. He had become a most valuable asset to the Jihad and must be protected in the event of discovery or failure. He would not be involved in the actual field operations and lived elsewhere in the city.
The leader of the first team was Kalb Sawori. His team met downstairs. Sawori understood from Farsi that his team’s mission was to begin a concentrated effort to attack the enemies of the faith by striking selected churches and synagogues, killing some of the infidels indiscriminately while striking terror in the hearts of others who worshiped this enemy of the faith. They needed to be shown that their god could not protect them. For now, the cover would be to kill people of color if they had the opportunity. This, they hoped, would create confusion and misdirect the investigation into who was responsible for the killings. In the Williams’ test, they would not publicly take responsibility for their acts. Ensuring proper tactics and learning how people and the authorities would respond was what leadership was seeking to confirm before releasing a much larger national effort. When the effort went national, they would go public and claim responsibility.
The leader of the second team meeting upstairs was Allahabad Doeg, a hardened veteran of the fight in Afghanistan and Iraq. He knew how to kill Americans from experience and hated all Americans of any age with an unholy passion. His view of how to deal with Americans was how the ‘Jewish God’ told their first king to deal with the Amalekites who had opposed them on their exodus from Egypt. The whole exodus thing was just fiction in his eyes, but the instruction was what he liked. The command was to go and attack and completely destroy everything they had – to kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.15 Doeg joyfully accepted his current assignment to kill children and infants. That would send a message that these infidels needed to hear – convert or die. Surrender to the Jihad or be destroyed by its power. Nothing would be able to stop them. America must pay for its interference in the homeland and its opposition to the faith.
Had the Curtain been parted for even a moment, darkness would have been revealed so complete that it would have appeared impenetrable. Present for the meetings were Keepers and Tempters galore including those named Liar, Anger, Hatred, Jealously and Pride. Also present was the one called Death, a direct report to the Dark Master. He was here because of the importance of Jihad to the overall plan that the human creatures perish. Success would require much blood, but it also required a one world government and religion. Both were in play through the Jihad.
There were no Guardians and no Providers present, for none in attendance at the meetings sought guidance from a light within. There was no light in any of them. That did not mean, however, that the forces of light were unrepresented. Present, but uninvited was Barnabas, the leader of the forces of light in Williams. He was parallel in authority to Argon with whom he was well acquainted, having opposed him all the years there had been a Williams.
Also present was the light itself, for God the Holy Spirit is present everywhere. 16 The agenda of the light at that moment focused on those who were planning to kill. There was no anxiety in Heaven over the intentions of the eleven for they could not proceed unless the Father allowed17 and the future had not yet been revealed. The concern was that those under the influence and temptation of the darkness needed an opportunity to understand the evil they were seeking to do and be drawn to make another choice. None of those made in the image of God were unimportant to Him, including those now meeting and planning death and destruction.18 Even the most evil, like Saul, who became Paul, 19or David, who murdered Uriah in seeking to cover up his adultery,20 could be changed if they were willing. It was here that the invisible battle was also being fought, and there was already some success as doubts began to arise in the hearts of some of those chosen to kill children.
CHAPTER 3
Thursday, January 31 – MD Minus 115 days
AS PAUL WALKED across the campus toward the Chadwick History Center, Professor Thompson was just completing a lecture in his class entitled, “A Historic Perspective on Biblical Israel.” With his mind on the burning question of what he had seen in his dream, Paul walked quickly passed Abdul Farsi, who was headed to College Church on the corner and then to Kingdom Day Care a couple of blocks over on the other side of the railroad tracks. Coming toward him was a rather non-descript woman who Paul vaguely remembered seeing in some of his classes last year. He didn’t know her name and was unaware that she had just come from an inquiry at Kingdom Day Care. Looking for a part time job is what she had told the workers. The looking part was true.
On the other side of town, some of the armed citizens of Williams gathered as the Citizen’s Militia to organize a campaign to save their city from what they saw as the incompetence of local authorities and the threat of the shooter. Most considered the authorities to be as much of a threat to the citizens as the shooter.
Sam Will was angry. His level of anger surprised even him. Almost overnight he had become passionately determined to stand and fight for the safety of the city. It was becoming even more than a passion; it was a compulsion. He wanted just one clean shot at the shooter and the crisis would be over. He was prepared to fight with anyone who got in his way. He was a little frightened by what he felt but knew he had to finish this and that he was right.
Fortunately, the Citizen’s Militia had their own version of Officer Sally Johnson. It was Tom Campy, a no-nonsense, but no less passionate leader. Tom didn’t have Sam Will’s compulsion; rather, he had a steadfast dedication to labor together until the job was done. He was both persistent and patient, and he was a thinker. The contrast between Sam and Tom was the classic distinction between one who reacts in response to a situation and one who acts in the reality of the situation. At its simplest comparison it was intentional conduct vs. emotional response – thoughts vs. feelings.
Tom had already invested the time to think through a plan to establish the equivalent of a citizen’s army. “We’ve got to take advantage of the state firearms laws to bring the public into this before we have mass panic,” he argued. “People have to see that they are safe, to feel safe, and the law allows us to be in public with guns visible. We need to do that in a way where the public and law enforcement know we are the Citizen’s Militia and not the shooter. If we are successful, we will be invited to provide visible protection in parks, schools, and businesses – just about anywhere in the city. Once we are physically present, the people will feel safe and the shooter will be afraid to show himself. If he does, he dies. We shoot back.”
All agreed that was the answer, but how could it be done quickly and effectively. There were massive organization problems and coordination issues. Fortunately, money would not be a problem, for one of the city’s wealthiest citizen was a gun enthusiast.
