Rosenberg, Joel C. - The Last Days

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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.

THE LAST DAYS

A Forge Book

Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC 175 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10010

www.tor.com

Forge® is a registered trademark of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication

Data

Rosenberg, Joel C., 1967

The last days / Joel C. Rosenberg.-1st hardcover ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 0-765-30928-9

1. Americans-Middle East-Fiction. 2. Arafat, Yasir, 1929-Fiction.

3. Palestinian Arabs-Fiction. 4. Middle East-Fiction. 5. Jerusalem-Fiction. I. Title. PS3618.0832L36 2003

813'.54-dc22

200317063

First Edition: October 2003

Printed in the United States of America 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

This book is dedicated to our Arab and Jewish friends

in and around the Middle East who are pouring out their very lives

for the peace that passes all understanding.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

To my incredible wife, Lynn-my hero and best friend. You constantly amaze me with your grace

and discernment, your kindness and stamina. I don't know how I'd survive without you. Every

day we walk together I learn something more wonderful about you. I love you so much. Thanks

for loving me and doing this adventure together. We're living our dreams, and this is just the

beginning. To Caleb, Jacob, and Jonah, my prayer warriors and "traveling buddies." I love being

your dad. I love seeing your faith, hope, and love growing day by day. Spain, Morocco,

Gibraltar, Jerusalem-who knows what's next!

To everyone in our previous acknowledgments, especially our families, friends, and kindred

spirits from Syracuse, Washington, McLean, and Frontline. To our November Communications

compadre, "John Black John Black," thanks for all your "air support" and wisdom! To Dan

("Duncle") Rebeiz, welcome aboard; Marcus and Tanya Brackman; the "Posse"; our Spain '03

team; the Stahls; the Rose family; Shirley O'Neill; and the team at World magazine. Thanks for

your faithful friendship and for making us part of your lives.

Special thanks to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. You sent The Last Jihad into the

stratosphere and our lives into hyperspeed with your passion and enthusiasm. We couldn't have

been more surprised or had more fun. And many thanks to Steve and Sabina Forbes and Bill Dal

Col for your enduring friendship and tremendous encouragement. We're still so humbled and

grateful. God bless you guys!

To those who've been so generous with their time, research, and insights, including Allen

Roth, Steven Schnier, and their colleagues; Ambassador Dore Gold; Mey Wurmser at AEI; Jim

Phillips and Ariel Cohen at Heritage; and to so many Palestinian and Israeli sources who wish to

remain anonymous.

To everyone who put together such wonderful book events for us over the last year, and have

blessed our lives in so many ways, including Stanley and Gay Gaines; Janet Westling and her

family; Bridgett Wagner at Heritage; Jeff Taylor; Nancy Streck, Steve Scheffler, and their team

in Iowa; David Keene, Diana Banister, and everyone at CPAC; and even the kind folks who

invited me to do the "Pat the Bunny" readings on that beautiful Saturday afternoonthanks so

much!

To Greg Mueller, Leif Noren, Keith Appell, Mike Russell, Peter Robbio, Suzanne Bakri, and

the wonderful team at Creative Response Concepts for everything you did for me.

To Tom Doherty, Bob Gleason, Linda Quinton, Elena Stokes, Brian Callaghan, and the stellar

team at Tor/Forge Books. You guys are absolutely amazing. Thanks so much for all you did to

make The Last Jihad a bestseller and for giving me the opportunity to do what I love. I couldn't

be more grateful.

And to Scott Miller at Trident Media Group, the best agent in the business. What an amazing

year-who woulda thunk it? Thanks again for your wisdom and candor, your willingness to go the

extra mile, and most of all for your friendship. Let's hope there's more to come.

CAST OF CHARACTERS

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

James "Mac" MacPherson

THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

William Harvard Oaks

THE PRINCIPALS

Scott Harris, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Stuart Morris Iverson, former Secretary of the Treasury

Lee Alexander James, Secretary of Homeland Security

Marsha Kirkpatrick, National Security Advisor

Jack Mitchell, Director of Central Intelligence

Tucker Paine, Secretary of State

Burt Trainor, Secretary of Defense

Neil Wittimore, Attorney General

SENIOR WHITE HOUSE STAFF

Jon Bennett, Senior Advisor to the President

Bob Corsetti, White House Chief of Staff

Erin McCoy, Deputy to Jon Bennett and CIA operations officer

Chuck Murray, White House Press Secretary

OTHER KEY ADMINISTRATION ADVISORS

Marty Benjamin, State Department's Policy Planning Staff director

Dick Cavanaugh, Deputy Secretary of State

Ken Costello, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

Troy Moreaux, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, head of ORHA

General Ed Mutschler, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Danny Tracker, CIA Deputy Director for Operations

U.S. SECURITY OFFICIALS

Tariq Abu Ashad, CIA agent

Max Banacci, DSS agent

Dietrich Black, late FBI agent

Hamid, CIA agent

Sergeant Hunt, Navy SEAL

Kyl Lake, DSS agent

Maroq, CIA agent

Donny Mancuso, DSS agent

Nazir, CIA agent

Bud Norris, Director of the U.S. Secret Service

George Polanski, FBI agent

Eduardo Ramirez, SEAL Team Eight commander

Jackie Sanchez, Secret Service agent

Robbie Trakowski, DSS agent

Neil Watts, FBI agent

Jake Ziegler, CIA Gaza Station chief

IRAQI LEADERS

Ayad Allawi, Iraqi National Accord

Mustafa al-Hassani, Iraqi National Alliance

Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim, Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq

Masoud Barzani, Kurdistan Democratic Party

Achmed Chalabi, Iraqi National Congress

Jalal Talabani, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

ISRAELI LEADERS

David Doron, Prime Minister of Israel

Dmitri Galishnikov, CEO of Medexco, Inc.

Dr. Eliezer Mordechai, former head of Mossad

Yossi Ben Ramon, head of Shin Bet

Avi Zadok, current head of Mossad

Uri "The Wolf" Ze'ev, chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces

PALESTINIAN LEADERS

Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the Palestinian Authority

Abu Mazen (a.k.a., Dr. Mahmoud Abbas), Palestinian Prime Minister

Marwan Barghouti, Fatah Tanzim leader

Mohammed Dahlan, Palestinian Interior Minister

Jibril Rajoub, Palestinian security chief on West Bank

Khalid al-Rashid, personal security chief for Chairman Arafat

Dr. Ibrahim Sa'id, CEO of Palestinian Petroleum Group

Achmed Qurei, Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council

AL-NAKBAH LEADERS

Yuri Gogolov, Russian co-founder of Al-Nakbah terrorist movement

Mohammed Jibril, Iranian co-founder of Al-Nakbah

Nadir Sarukhi Hashemi ("The Viper"; "Mario Iabello"), terrorist

Daoud Juma, terrorist

OTHERS

Akiva Ben David, founder of the Temple Mount Battalion

Ruth Bennett, mother of Jon Bennett

Solomon Bennett, late father of Jon Bennett

Marcus Jackson, New York Times White House correspondent

Dorothy Richards, sister of Ruth Bennett

Then Jacob called for his sons and said:

"Gather around so I can tell you

what will happen to you in the last days.... "

-Genesis 49:1

The real test of a man is not

when he plays the role

that he wants for himself,

but when he plays the role

destiny has for him.

-Vaclav Havel

ONE

"You really want me to kill him?"

The question hung in the air for a moment, and neither said another word.

The flames crackled in the fireplace of the elegant penthouse apartment overlooking central

Tehran. Light rain fell on the clay balcony tiles. Bitter December winds howled outside, rustling

trees and rattling windows. Thunder rumbled in the distance. And the room and the sky grew

dark.

Mohammed fibril looked out over the teeming city of his youth, as the haunting call to prayer

echoed across the rooftops. He knew he should not feel so tired, but he did. Tired of sleeping in

different beds, different houses, different cities. Tired of constantly watching his back, and that

of Yuri Gogolov, the man sitting in the shadows behind him, puffing casually on one of his

beloved Cuban cigars. fibril considered his options. There weren't many.

"You understand, of course," Jibril continued, "that you will be unleashing a war that could

escalate beyond our control-beyond anyone's control?"

A silent, unnerving pause.

"And you're ready for this war?" fibril asked, perhaps too bluntly.

Instantly regretting the question, he could feel a chill descend upon the room. Gogolov sat

motionless in an overstuffed velvet chair. He looked out at the mountains and the minarets and

the twinkling lights of the ancient Iranian capital. He drew long and hard on the Cohiba, and the

cigar glowed in the shadows.

Air Force One roared down runway 18-36 "Lima."

Flanked by four F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets, the gleaming new Boeing 747 quickly gained

altitude and banked toward the Atlantic. President James "Mac" MacPherson stared out the

window. He could no longer see the lights of Madrid Barajas International Airport, or the lights

of the Spanish capital itself, just nine miles away. The emergency one-day NATO summit was

over. In a few hours, he'd be home, back at the White House, under pressure to answer the

question on everyone's mind: Now what?

Osama bin Laden was dead. Al-Qaeda and the Taliban were obliterated. And now-just three

and half weeks after it began-the war in Iraq was effectively over. Saddam Hussein was dead and

buried under a thousand tons of rubble. His sons were dead, too, cut down in a hail of allied

gunfire. His murderous regime had been toppled. His henchmen were being scooped up by U.S.

Special Forces, one by one, day by day. But the president had never felt more alone.

Rebuilding Iraq and keeping it from blowing apart like Bosnia would be difficult enough. But

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