African Continent

African Continent

Sumbe Luanda

Lat = 11 degrees, 9.6 minutes South

Long = 13 degrees, 52.7 minutes East

The man replaced the receiver; and walked over to the nearby radio and turned it on tuning to the BBC world news service. The incident at Paddington underground station was being reported giving casualties and damage information.

Shakira Umbobo’s face took on a big smile, “Now the infidels will begin to pay,” he muttered under his breath.

Three months earlier during the raid by OSC on Shakira’s camp in Zimbabwe, Shakira’s woman had been killed, Shakira had managed to escape in a light aircraft piloted by Abdi Khanda to Harare; where he had received medical treatment for a flesh wound to his right side of his waist received in a knife fight with Max Storm.

Shakira had then flown to his home country of Angola to plan his revenge.

He had two priorities, firstly to identify the Special Forces unit that had raided his camp and secondly to track down his second in command Ali Hussein.

Shakira had met Hussein in Somalia in nineteen Seventy-seven when they had both joined up as mercenaries when Major General Mahammed Siad Barre launched the Ogaden war against Ethiopia, the war officially finished in nineteen seventy-eight but low-level conflict continued with border raids and skirmishes for years afterwards.

Prior to the raid on Shakira’s camp’ Max had caught up with Ali Hussein in Jalalabad Afghanistan.

After interrogating Hussein, which had resulted in Max knee capping one Hussein’s knees, Max had extracted the information of the location Shakira’s camp.

Hussein had been put into the care of Sami Ramadin whom ran the local Red Cross in Jalalabad; and he had obtained treatment for the knee wound.

Sami was given the task of keeping Hussein under wraps until Shakira had been dealt with.

After Shakira, escaped Sami had been instructed to detain Hussein indefinitely.

Six weeks into his recuperation, Hussein had managed to escape by rendering Sami Ramadin unconscious by using his crutch striking a blow to his head.

Hussein had limped out into the streets of Jalalabad and escaped by hijacking a local’s vehicle.

Three weeks later, he had cajoled his way back to Luanda meeting up with Shakira.

Hussein had informed Shakira of the events in Jalalabad, Shakira had seen the English press reports reporting the raid on his camp and seizure of the bio-chemical weapons, including the remark from the Prime Minister quoted in the press; “this unit is Great Britain’s last line of offense”.

Shakira’s parting words to Max Storm were. “You will pay dearly for this day.”

That was Three months ago.