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ALLIES: ANACONDA WOLF RIEDEL — § — By Wolf Riedel Allies: Anaconda Allies: The Inquiry Allies: The Trial (Coming Dec 2012) — § — Allies: Anaconda is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is coincidental. Text, cover, maps Copyright © 2012 by Wolf Riedel – All rights reserved. Cover photo - public domain from US Department of Defence Smashwords Edition Excerpt from Allies: The Inquiry Copyright © 2012 by Wolf Riedel – All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any process—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other means without permission of the copyright owner is illegal and punishable by law. eBook ISBN 978-0-9880766-4-8 This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this ebook with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this ebook and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then delete this copy and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the author. — § — To Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker From all Canadians who unreservedly honor your sacrifice and that of your comrades. Table of Contents Map 1 Map 2 Prologue Part 1 Part 2 Epilogue Glossary Author’s Note Acknowledgements About The Author Allies: The Inquiry Excerpt Map 1 – Shah-i-Kot Map 2 Southern Shah-i-Kot — § — ANACONDA AN ALLIES Novella — § — PROLOGUE — § — Takur Ghar, Paktia Province, Afghanistan Saturday 2 Mar 2002 0510 hrs AFT N orowz Mohamand remained seated on his ragged carpet facing Qiblah which from here was towards the west. He held his hands cupped towards himself and offered a Du’ah—a personal prayer—as was his custom after completing Salah. “ALLAHUM-MA ANTAS-SALAM WA-MINKAS-SALAM,” O Allah, You are the Author of peace and from You comes peace. He continued to remain on his knees as members of his jama’at—the ever dwindling congregation of his fighters—their Fajr, the morning prayer—completed, made their way back to the field kitchen. The chai would be ready soon and there was plentiful flatbread, nuts, raisins, dates and even yogurt. Their supplies had been increasing continuously, meals being sent to the valley from a friendly village to the west. A great change from the setbacks of the last few months. It had snowed the last two days both here on the mountain and in the valleys below. Up here the snow had not melted and lay about a half meter deep. In places a meter or more had drifted in. Only on the steepest slopes had the snow slid off to expose the bare rock beneath. In the western valley almost 800 meters below, the temperature was generally above freezing in the daytime but up here, on the top of the tallest mountain in the region, it rarely made it above freezing this time of year. At night it was always much colder. Still, he would conduct ritual ablutions with water or snow and conduct Salah in
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