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Samyaza Chapter 19, Alexandria – October 2006

21st August 2022 Blown Periphery 0

Afarin hurried out of the undergrowth and found the other three. They were crouched down waiting, Dan with a filtered signal torch, ready to send out two dashes and two dots. Afarin crouched down with [more…]

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Samyaza Chapter 18, El Alamein – October 2006

14th August 2022 Blown Periphery 0

They made their way to the control room, lugging their weapons and equipment. None of the crew even looked at them, as though they knew they were mysterious, ruthless killers. It was not their job [more…]

Fiction

Samyaza Chapter 17, Camp Mitkan, off El Alamein – October 2006

7th August 2022 Blown Periphery 0

They were given two days stand down and a doctor came and visited each one on each day. They had one meal together, but it was a subdued affair and Freida made her apologies and [more…]

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Samyaza Chapter 16, The West Bank, Fatah Interrogation Centre – September 2006

31st July 2022 Blown Periphery 0

This Chapter I’m warning you all, is extremely brutal.  It hopefully demonstrates the cruelty and indifference the State shows to those who conduct its business. They had already made incursions into the Palestinian occupied territories [more…]

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Samyaza Chapter 15 Camp Mitkan – September 2006

24th July 2022 Blown Periphery 0

It was back to the classroom the week after Rosh Hashana, but as always there was a late afternoon booking for them on the ranges. They waited for the first presentation to start, full of [more…]

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Samfyaza Chapter 14, Camp Mitkan – September 2006

17th July 2022 Blown Periphery 0

It was Rosh Hashana Eve and once again, Afarin and Heyfa were alone in their apartments, as everybody else had gone home for the Jewish New Year. They had promised each other a meal out [more…]

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Samyaza Chapter 13, Camp Mitkan August 2006

10th July 2022 Blown Periphery 0

Afarin lay back on the bed, an emptiness in her stomach and her nerves taught with worry. This was the underconfident, querulous Afarin, a far cry from her operational, professional persona. He had been busy [more…]

Fiction

Samyaza Chapter 12, The Tze’elim Base Urban Warfare Training Center – July 2006

3rd July 2022 Blown Periphery 0

The Urban Warfare Training Center at the Tze’elim Army Base, was built at a cost of $45 million. Nicknamed “Baladia” (Arabic for “city”), it is a 7.4 square mile training centre used to instruct soldiers [more…]

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Samyaza Chapter 11 Camp Mitkan June-July 2006

26th June 2022 Blown Periphery 0

“Play up! Play up! And play the game!” Afarin was in cover, carefully scrutinising the shimmering, broken landscape ahead of them and the distant low olive trees. Through the field glasses, the ground sloped down [more…]

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