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By Way of Deception

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214 BY WAY OF DECEPTIONthe stairs, while the third knocked on the door. Carlos opened thedoor, the plainclothes policeman introduced himself, and Carlosinvited him in. They talked for about 20 minutes. Carlos no doubtseemed like a nice guy, no problems. They'd never seen him orheard <strong>of</strong> him. As far as they were concerned, they were just actingon a tip. No big deal.Riff would say later that he was becoming so nervous watchingthat he wanted to throw the book away, rush over, and warn thepolice. But he didn't.Finally, the cop must have told Carlos he had someone with himthat he might know. "I'd like you to talk to him. Do you mindcoming with me?"At this point, the cop signaled to his two colleagues on thewalkway to bring Moukharbel. When Carlos saw him, he assumedhe'd been burned. But Moukharbel's plan was just to tell Carlosnot to worry, that the cops had nothing on them. Carlos said tothe cop, "Sure, I'll come with you."All this time, Carlos was holding the guitar he'd been playing whenthe cop had knocked on the door. The others in the room had noidea what was happening, so the party continued. Carlos asked ifhe could put the guitar away and get a jacket, and the cop saw noreason why not. In the meantime, the other three men wereapproaching the door.Carlos went into the next room, threw the guitar down, picked uphis jacket, opened the guitar case and took out a .38 calibersubmachine gun. He approached the door and immediatelyopened fire, wounding the first cop seriously with a bullet throughthe neck. He then killed the other two cops on the spot, then hitMoukharbel, downing him with three bullets in the chest and onein his head — this last from point-blank range as insurance thatMoukharbel was indeed dead.Riff was hysterical as he saw all this from his apartment. He hadno weapons. He watched helplessly as Carlos finished <strong>of</strong>fMoukharbel, then calmly left the scene.But Riff knew one thing: the French police knew who he was. Theyknew he had brought their men there, and as far as they wereconcerned, it would look like a trap. Two and a

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