SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN: 1530 hours local time. On either side of the road were steep boulder covered ridges; smaller rocks and gullies bordered the road itself. xxx The Arab fidgeted beside Kehalis, compulsively checking and rechecking the magazine and safety of the shortened AK he carried, unable to contain his impatience for the bloodshed to begin . ////////////////
As soon as the first hint of the noise of the helicopter’s rotors reached them, the ragged line of men had literally dissolve into the rocks of the ridgeline they were following. There was no room for error; the valley was barely wider than the copter’s blades. God was indeed good. I see it.” replied the male voice, calm as always. He knew nothing else, had no one else. Line of sight tended to be short in these mountains.
