Easy Day for the Dead

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Navy SEAL Alexander Brandenburg rode north in an old Toyota truck, speeding toward Kahar, Iraq. He checked his watch again, reflexively shielding the dial as he pressed the light button — 02h14. He looked up from his watch to his tobacco-chewing sniper mentor, Chief Petty Officer Jack “Jabberwocky” Lee. “You’re gonna slay ’em, kid,” Jabberwocky whispered in Alex’s ear, referring to the Shiite terrorists in Kahar. “You know why?”

Alex shook his head and smiled, then realized Jabberwocky couldn’t see him in the dark. “No. Why?”

Jabberwocky spit a stream of tobacco juice out the window of the truck before answering. “Because you were taught by the best.”

Silence ruled as they entered Kahar. The Toyota rolled quietly through the deserted streets. Inside of a minute they reached the upper-class neighborhood. Alex slung his sniper rifle over his left shoulder before pulling his sound-suppressed SIG Sauer P-226 Navy 9mm pistol out of its holster and clicking the safety off. Nodding at Jabberwocky in the dark, he opened his door. The interior cabin light did not come on, since Jabberwocky had made sure it was switched off before they left. “Details, young Jedi, details.”

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