Black Hawk Day Rewind: An action packed spy thriller (Mark Savannah Espionage Series Book 1) by Dominick Fencer, Baibin Nighthawk Read Free Book Online

the card. Both screens displayed a 3D-image with the time, address and a street number in Herat.
    “See you there in thirty minutes,” Mark said in Arabic.
    “Lisunov-Li-2, you have to go on foot. Don’t take any public transportation. It isn’t safe these days. We’re expecting some martyrs in the bazaar and on the buses,” said BAT FK23 Bantam.
     
    Mark reached the building just half an hour after leaving the bazaar. It was a dilapidated building.
    The back of the building faced a drainage ditch in the Mahal Mohammad Ha district, the oldest and poorest in Herat.
    The door was open and there was a strong smell of sewage.
    Mark went up a small flight of stairs and into a room which was almost completely dark. The shutters had been closed, and sunlight was filtering through holes in the wall caused by mortar fire.
    Mark found himself sitting at a table again with BAT FK23 Bantam, but instead of the two men he had met in the bazaar, surprisingly he found Colonel F. Braxter of the CIA and his deputy J. Randles, who were responsible for the operation on the American side.
    “Lisunov-Li-2, we have no reliable information as to where Uday Bouda is at the moment, but both our and your operatives have told us that Bouda has a large opium poppy plantation in the southwest of Afghanistan, and more specifically in the region of Helmand. About 66% of the opium production in the country is concentrated there and, needless to say, this is where the Taliban have greater penetration and presence; in fact, they control thirteen districts of the province.
    “Furthermore, Bouda has a laboratory to make and refine heroin inside Pakistan. From there the heroin comes back to Afghanistan, after which it is sent to Iran through Turkey, or in some cases, through Iraq, and finally it arrives in Europe.
    “These are the images of the region sent via satellite.
    “As you can see the area of poppy cultivation is extensive but also defined for each farmer. According to our information, Bouda is the owner of only one poppy plantation; it is, however, very large.
    “He was able to obtain it through the Taliban in the period when they had lost power and used Bouda as a mercenary to organize their new outposts.
    “We’re in the harvest season, the best time to start the mission.
    “With the support of BAT FK23 Bantam, and our Pashtun operative who will pick up you in the morning at your hotel, you will reach the plantation and you will follow the next consignment in order to identify the location of Bouda’s laboratory, and obtain all possible information to get to Bouda.
    “You absolutely must not cause any damage to the building, you must remember that you will be in Pakistan and, for obvious reasons, the ISI has not been informed; so you will have all the necessary technology available, but only two men with you, and you will have to trust them if you want to complete the mission successfully and get home in one piece.
    “For security reasons all information will be sent simultaneously to the two agencies within five hours of it being received.
    “When you find Bouda, you will terminate him and leave him in the field. A team of specialists will handle the next step; he "will be killed" in a firefight with UK and USA services in Kabul during an auction for batches of heroin with the Chinese Triad.
    “The agents on the ground, representing the two western countries most involved in the fight against drugs, will "find" documents in his stronghold that link the terrorist, Uday Bouda, to al-Qa'ida in the "Saddam Hussein weapons of mass destruction" affair.
    “The two external relations offices will deal jointly with the media, whereas you should already have been back in London for a few days. I would say that's it.
    “Beware of "green parrots" as they call them here; these are landmines that were left by the Soviets more than twenty years ago.”
    Braxter stood up, shook hands with the two agents and, before leaving the room, showed them