Ganani parked her car across the street from the Dizengoff Apartments and waited. With a clear view of the front of the building and the alley, she could see anyone coming or going. Knowing the Palestinian had left empty-handed, she was sure he would return, and she planned on being there to greet him.
Through Colonel Brodsky’s back channels, she also knew that the USB drive with the information she needed hadn’t turned up in al-Ajami. With luck, the Palestinian had it in his possession. Her sources identified him as Umar Haddid, a man with little tying him to the Palestine Liberation Committee except for his best friend, Mansoor Rahman, one of the men she had killed. Hopefully that was enough to drive him back.
An unmarked sedan pulled up in the alley at eleven sharp, and Ganani perked up. A Marine exited the vehicle and entered through the gate in the back fence. A block to the east, a driver in a green Subaru Forester started his engine and let it idle.
Ganani adjusted her side mirror and studied the vehicle. The Subaru’s windows were illegally tinted a deep blackish-gray that repelled any attempt to see inside. The doors and fenders were streaked with dirt. A sign the vehicle had come from outside the city. There appeared to be three men in the car.
She considered leaving her car for a closer look, but common sense dictated that would also give Haddid an opportunity to identify her. Better to wait and watch.
The back alley gate opened again and the driver came back out. He checked the car, checked the alley, and then signaled to someone inside the fence. The DSS agent stepped out.
Ganani glanced down at the passenger seat at the dossier she had pulled that morning. The agent’s name was Raisa Jordan. She was smart and well trained, not one to be underestimated.
Jordan hustled the American and his daughter into the backseat of the sedan before joining them. Another Marine followed, sitting shotgun.
Ganani watched as the sedan exited the alley and turned south. When it neared the corner, the Forester and its occupants fell in behind.
She hesitated only a second before she started her car and shifted it into gear.