The Sum of All Fears.pdf - Delta Force

which would take about a week.
Bock and Qati were observing the whole procedure from the far end of the
building, careful to keep out of the way.
'I have the beginnings of an operational plan,' Günther said.
'You do not intend the bomb for Israel, then?' Qati asked. He was the one who
would approve or disapprove the plan. He would, however, listen to his German
friend. 'Can you tell me of it yet?'
'Yes,' Bock did so.
'Interesting. What of security?'
'One problem is our friend, Manfred – more properly, his wife. She knows his
skills, and she knows he is away somewhere.'
'I would have thought that killing her carries more risks than rewards.'
'Ordinarily it would appear so, but all of Fromm's fellow experts are also away
– with their wives in most cases. Were she merely to disappear, it would be
assumed by the neighbors that she'd joined her husband. His absence risks a
comment by her, however casual it might be, that Manfred is off doing something.
Someone might notice.'
'Does she actually know what his former job was?'
'Manfred is very security-conscious, but we must assume that she does. What
woman does not?'
'Go on,' Qati said tiredly.
'Discovery of her body will force the police to search for her husband, and that
is also a problem. She must disappear. Then it will seem that she has joined her
husband.'
'Instead of the other way around,' Qati observed with a rare smile, 'at the end
of the project.'
'Quite so.'
'What sort of woman is she?'
'A shrew, a money-grabber, not a believer,' Bock, an atheist, said, somewhat to
Qati's amusement.
'How will you do it?'
Bock explained briefly. 'It will also validate the reliability of our people for
that part of the operation. I'll leave the details to my friends.'
'Trickery? One cannot be overly careful in an enterprise like this one . . .'
'If you wish, a videotape of the elimination? Something unequivocal?' Bock had
done that beforc.
'It is barbaric,' Qati said. 'But regrettably necessary.'
'I will take care of that when I go to Cyprus.'
'You'll need security for that trip, my friend.'
'Yes, thank you, I think I will.' Bock knew what that meant. If his capture
looked imminent – well, he was in a profession that entailed serious risks, and
Qati had to be careful. Günther's own operational proposal made that all the
more imperative.
'The tools all have levelers for the air plates,' Ghosn said in annoyance,
fifteen meters away. 'Very good ones why all the trouble with the tables?'
'My young friend, this is something we can only do one time. Do you wish to take
any chances at all?'