The message

An excerpt of my 14th book the thriller The global threat.

The message

THE GLOBAL THREAT

An excerpt

When the coded message from the American embassy in Teheran arrived the secretary of state was on leave with his family, trying to console himself somehow after his loss in the party's convention to his rival. A rival that had not the slightest chance to win the presidential elections, but she was the party's choice not him.

The message arrived at night time and as there was no one to pass to, the night shift's crew preferred to leave it as it is till the next day.

The next morning the office was hardly manned, the secretary of state has not returned yet from his leave, and all the office big shots were busy campaigning and giving a hand to the party nominee all over the states; thus it was decided by the duty officer to send the message to the president's National security adviser.

 When the president woke up and came down to his adviser's office she showed him the decoded message.

'I've given them my answer and I don't intend to change my mind.'

'Shouldn't we ask the few members of the national security council who're free to come and analyze it?'

'Why sit a second time over the same issue, would you suggest pulling out our naval task force, just because the Iranians demand it?'

She shrugged her shoulders realizing how right he is.

'Alright I'll see to it,' she said after a few seconds of hesitation. 'I'll send your repeated answer to our Teheran embassy.' Her Smartphone rang suddenly; she picked it up and raised it to her ear.

'It's from John sir; he says they've launched two long range missiles into the Indian Ocean.' She informed him excited.

'Oh come on it isn't the first time that they're testing long range missiles…'

But that mad man Soleimani might attack our aircraft carriers sir, this is the meaning of their message.'

'I'm not buying it; they won't dare to attack our aircraft carriers or our bases in the United Arab Emirates or Saudi Arabia. Our aircraft carriers are anchored in the Persian Gulf since 2004, and it isn't their territorial waters; and except futile provocations that didn't impress us they haven't done a thing, and they didn't block the Hormuz Straights as they keep threatening.'

'There was the drone case last week…'

'Well that was an unintended accident, which happens once in a life time.'

'Shouldn't we update the media about their demands and the missiles' launching?'

'No there's no need to, and tell John to hush it up; and he should send my repeated answer to our Teheran embassy not you, as poor Charlie is still on leave… It's the second time that he loses...' He remarked with a gleeful smile and was glad his day of work is over.

© Haim Kadman June 2014 �" all rights reserved.

 

"The global threat" is a thriller that describes possible geopolitical developments in the very near future. Its plot encompasses the era from mid 2014 up to the end of July 2016. The book's various protagonists are the decision makers in several states all over the globe, which are linked to each other by mutual and contracting state and personal interests.

This thriller is a work of fiction, and is a product of the author's imagination. The protagonists and the different characters' names, and the plot's background descriptions might remind real persons and locations; as the book's purpose is to praise human wisdom, endeavors and accomplishments, there is no harm, offense or insult in it's being a facsimile of real life.

THE GLOBAL THREAT a thriller published with Amazon, 57 chapters, 147 pages, 72,341 words.

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