Brass Monkey: a James Acton Thriller book #2
“It was Reading who at last broke the silence.
“What the bloody hell does that mean? Washington? Jerusalem?”
Abdullah shook his head. “No, much worse, my friend. Their target is Makkat al-Mukarramah, or as you Westerners call it—”
“Mecca,” whispered Acton. If the desert they sat on could get any quieter, it just did. Acton’s strength left his body as if he were about to pass out. He took a breath, then looked at the men sitting around him. Reading was clearly as shocked as he was, and Acton coul...d tell by the look they exchanged that he realized the ramifications. If white, American, Christians were to destroy Mecca with a nuclear weapon, it would trigger a Jihad the likes of which the world had never seen, nor likely would ever see again.
“My God, the killing would never stop,” gasped Reading. “It couldn’t stop.”
“Not without one side eliminating the other,” said Abdullah. “There could be no peace after this. Either all Muslims would need to be erased from the face of this Earth, or all Christians.MoreLess
“What the bloody hell does that mean? Washington? Jerusalem?”
Abdullah shook his head. “No, much worse, my friend. Their target is Makkat al-Mukarramah, or as you Westerners call it—”
“Mecca,” whispered Acton. If the desert they sat on could get any quieter, it just did. Acton’s strength left his body as if he were about to pass out. He took a breath, then looked at the men sitting around him. Reading was clearly as shocked as he was, and Acton coul...d tell by the look they exchanged that he realized the ramifications. If white, American, Christians were to destroy Mecca with a nuclear weapon, it would trigger a Jihad the likes of which the world had never seen, nor likely would ever see again.
“My God, the killing would never stop,” gasped Reading. “It couldn’t stop.”
“Not without one side eliminating the other,” said Abdullah. “There could be no peace after this. Either all Muslims would need to be erased from the face of this Earth, or all Christians.MoreLess
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