choice for each letter. The additional stamps have phrases attached to them,’ he continued, handing over a separate list, ‘and you have each been assigned an innocuous login name. To give me forty-eight hours warning of the attacks in Phase One, you simply go to the chat room and put up a notice that you’ve acquired a US #231 1893 Columbian Commemorative stamp.’ Khan pointed to the American Bank Note Company’s violet-brown two-cent stamp depicting Christopher Columbus coming ashore at Guanahani in San Salvador, where he had claimed the land in the name of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. ‘A stamp collectors’ website is the last place the Infidel will look.’
‘And the Australian and British stamps?’ asked Yousef.
‘They refer to our operations against the Infidel’s sycophantic allies . . . and the cells we’re building to attack those countries,’ explained Khan. ‘So to announce that an attack is about to begin in Australia, you would post that you have acquired the 1963 five-penny Blue Mountains Crossing stamp,’ he said, pointing to the dark blue stamp that contained images of the explorers Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson. In 1813, the three explorers had finally blazed a route across the previously impenetrable Blue Mountains west of Sydney, and they were pictured looking toward the as-yet unexplored western plains from the top of Mount York. ‘To let us know an attack has commenced in the United Kingdom, you simply post an acquisition of a 1941 King George VI two-and-a-half-pence stamp. None of these stamps are particularly rare, but they’re rare enough to warrant announcing that you’ve added them to your collection. Phase One is an attack on this choke point here, with the best launch sites here, and here,’ Khan said, outlining the details of the first of the attacks on the West. ‘Once that attack is successful, we will wait.’
‘Why?’ Yousef demanded. ‘Why give the Infidel time to recover?’
‘There is no point in executing the next two phases while the Infidel is at a heightened state of alert. To attack then risks failure,’ Khan lied, knowing the delay was essential for the shadowy powerbrokers in the West to take advantage of it.
‘Phase Two is to take place when
I
post an acquisition of stamps,’ Khan said, pointing to the 1971 issue of the Republik Österreich two-schilling stamp featuring the Austrian nitrogen plant at Linz. Khan smiled at the irony of the code. Linz had featured prominently in the early life of Adolf Hitler.
‘Once Phase Two has been executed, we will wait again, but the final attacks in Phase Three will be the most devastating of all, and they will start when I indicate I have acquired the 1960 American four-cent stamp,’ Khan said, pointing to the blue and red stamp inscribed with George Washington’s entreaty to ‘Observe good faith and justice to all nations’. ‘The Infidel has ignored the wishes of his first president, and that will be his downfall.
Insha’Allah
, these final attacks will plunge him into the abyss.’
The conversation was interrupted by the unmistakable sound of a Chinook helicopter. Suddenly the night sky was lit up with a fireball, and the explosion reverberated around the snow-capped mountains.
Yousef and Jamal cheered and General Khan smiled.
‘Your fighters have not taken long to get the new missiles into action.’
‘No . . . and with your help, we can get many more of them, yes?’
‘It will be difficult, but not impossible, my friend. In the meantime, the Infidel will be looking for us, so it’s time for me to leave. When next we meet, the plans for the attacks on the choke point and the other two phases will be well advanced.’
Yousef and Jamal chorused in unison. ‘
Insha’Allah
!’
6 Château Cornucopia, Corsica
E VRAN, the world’s largest energy and arms multinational, dwarfed companies like Chevron, ExxonMobil, Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems. EVRAN’s chairman and
‘And the Australian and British stamps?’ asked Yousef.
‘They refer to our operations against the Infidel’s sycophantic allies . . . and the cells we’re building to attack those countries,’ explained Khan. ‘So to announce that an attack is about to begin in Australia, you would post that you have acquired the 1963 five-penny Blue Mountains Crossing stamp,’ he said, pointing to the dark blue stamp that contained images of the explorers Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson. In 1813, the three explorers had finally blazed a route across the previously impenetrable Blue Mountains west of Sydney, and they were pictured looking toward the as-yet unexplored western plains from the top of Mount York. ‘To let us know an attack has commenced in the United Kingdom, you simply post an acquisition of a 1941 King George VI two-and-a-half-pence stamp. None of these stamps are particularly rare, but they’re rare enough to warrant announcing that you’ve added them to your collection. Phase One is an attack on this choke point here, with the best launch sites here, and here,’ Khan said, outlining the details of the first of the attacks on the West. ‘Once that attack is successful, we will wait.’
‘Why?’ Yousef demanded. ‘Why give the Infidel time to recover?’
‘There is no point in executing the next two phases while the Infidel is at a heightened state of alert. To attack then risks failure,’ Khan lied, knowing the delay was essential for the shadowy powerbrokers in the West to take advantage of it.
‘Phase Two is to take place when
I
post an acquisition of stamps,’ Khan said, pointing to the 1971 issue of the Republik Österreich two-schilling stamp featuring the Austrian nitrogen plant at Linz. Khan smiled at the irony of the code. Linz had featured prominently in the early life of Adolf Hitler.
‘Once Phase Two has been executed, we will wait again, but the final attacks in Phase Three will be the most devastating of all, and they will start when I indicate I have acquired the 1960 American four-cent stamp,’ Khan said, pointing to the blue and red stamp inscribed with George Washington’s entreaty to ‘Observe good faith and justice to all nations’. ‘The Infidel has ignored the wishes of his first president, and that will be his downfall.
Insha’Allah
, these final attacks will plunge him into the abyss.’
The conversation was interrupted by the unmistakable sound of a Chinook helicopter. Suddenly the night sky was lit up with a fireball, and the explosion reverberated around the snow-capped mountains.
Yousef and Jamal cheered and General Khan smiled.
‘Your fighters have not taken long to get the new missiles into action.’
‘No . . . and with your help, we can get many more of them, yes?’
‘It will be difficult, but not impossible, my friend. In the meantime, the Infidel will be looking for us, so it’s time for me to leave. When next we meet, the plans for the attacks on the choke point and the other two phases will be well advanced.’
Yousef and Jamal chorused in unison. ‘
Insha’Allah
!’
6 Château Cornucopia, Corsica
E VRAN, the world’s largest energy and arms multinational, dwarfed companies like Chevron, ExxonMobil, Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems. EVRAN’s chairman and
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