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GLOSSARY

air strike
bombs dropped by a plane onto a target

 

bins
binoculars

 

drone
an unmanned remote-controlled vehicle

 

evac
short for evacuation

 

fedayeen
someone who gives up their life for something they believe

 

GPS
short for global positioning system

 

IEDs
Improvised Explosive Devices, home-made bombs triggered by remote control

 

infidels
refers to someone without faith, in this case, a non-Muslim

 

intel
short for intelligence

 

ISAF
International Security Assistance Force — the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan

 

rendezvous
a pre-arranged meeting

In Book 4, 347 prisoners escape from a jail in Kandahar. One of them is Jabir Hassani — a Taliban warlord.

 

Major Nathan Connor and his Delta Force team must kill or capture Hassani, and put a stop to his plans.

 

Mid-morning, Major Nathan Connor and his team arrived in their modified GMV at the outskirts of Kandahar’s old town. It was chaos. Dozens of armoured vehicles were parked up close together. Groups of ANA soldiers stood around at road junctions, while others pulled razor wire across the road to form a barricade. Black Hawk helicopters roared overhead, circling at low altitude. In the searing heat, dozens of US marines in body armour and full kit were standing around clutching their weapons, sweating and waiting nervously to move out; others were running to and fro as final preparations were made. General Patterson’s parting orders rang in Connor’s ears — find Jabir and this time I don’t give a damn whether you kill or capture him!

 

 

Continued in: Task Force Delta — Kill or Capture

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