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Hekmetyar stays by Firash's bedside. Hekmetyar is a doctor, they spoke to him like a doctor, Firash didn't have a chance, he would be dead in less than one hour. Although he fears he is still in danger, Hekmetyar will not abandon his friend who risked his life to protect him. President Donovan and Aron Pierce came to talk with him.
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Hekmetyar: My friend is dying, because of your people.
Donovan: Not neccessarily.
Hekmetyar: What do you mean?
Pierce: How many know that this man tastes your food?
Hekmetyar; It's not a secret.
Pierce: Everyone here knows this, so what would be the point of simply killing your bodyguard?
Hekmetyar: None that I can see. So who would poison Firash?
Pierce: Does he opposse your peace initiative? Agree with Sabzi's overall policies?
Hekmetyar: You're saying he poisoned himself?
Pierce: So that you would leave here and rejoin Sabzi's faction.
Hekmetyar: Is this true my friend?
Firash: Sabzi is not the only one who considers you a traitor. I begged him for one last chance to convince you. Even if it costs me my life, I did what I had to do to protect you. If you continue this failed peace, you will be assasinated.
Hekmetyar: Yo might be correct, but I must do what is best for my people. I'm sorry our friendship ends this way, but your plan has failed.
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Wallace Brady arrives at Max Bishop Stadium for the game between West Point and Annapolis. The vice-president shakes hands of the various cadets and other spectators. One young man from a distance keeps his eye on the vice-president. This man is a white nationalist, as much as he would have preferred to kill president Donovan, a hispanic man, he's okay with killing this aryan defector. He's suppossed to wait until 12:55 a the latest, less than twenty minutes, but the opportunity to kill the vice-president is just too good an opportunity to pass up. He slwoly makes his way to Brady, trying not to be noticed too much.
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Patricia arrives at the movie theatre for her scheduled shift. None of her fellow ushers know her true purpose today. Years ago her teenage son had committed suicide. She needed someone to blame, she ended up blaming the role playing game "the Gorgostone." Few took her seriously, but Patricia had some followers among conservative religious circles. Now, Hollywood had made a movie from this "game" and Patricia was recruited to blow herself up in this thatre. She wasn't sure who they were exactly, but they seemed to share her concerns about this movie, and liberal Hollywood in general, promoting homosexuality, paganism, and so forth. In less than twenty minutes Patricia would be dead, and she would send these sinners to Hell.
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Jamal watched the game. His team was losing, but it was only the end of the first inning. Neither he nor the other coach realized that a fanatic in the stands was prepared to blow himself up in 15 minutes. This fanatic is sweating, but it is summer so that doesn't stand out much.
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At Camden Yards the security guard Gary noticed a backpack, just outside the men's room. It certainly seemed possible that someone just didn't want their backpack to touch a bathroom floor, but at this angle a bomb could cause a lot of damage to the large crowd. Gary decided not to take chances, he called the bomb expert, and asked him to come here quickly.
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