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“I want Syed!” Jaffe growled as he slammed down his gear.
It wasn’t even worth responding. They all wanted him, Chris most of all. Their three-month tour was up in just a few more days and the Taliban leader for all of Helmand had eluded them so far.
He had been there. Even during the first operation when they’d taken down Abdullah and a local lieutenant. While they’d been scouting the compound, one of the three Range Rovers had departed. Not knowing who was in it, they had let it go. When Chris finally gave the team the go, Abdullah had died in the first round. But before his lieutenant bled out he reported that Syed Harim Akhram had indeed been there earlier and just left.
Three months they had been chasing him back and forth across the countryside, twice over the ninety miles to K
