Somewhere in the harsh lands of Tunisia, a man sat alone in semi-darkness. A low glow of light was coming from two standard lamps. These stood opposite each other in the large square room. The light was enough to break up the darkness at one end of the room. But failed to illuminate the twenty-twenty room completely. He sat on a claret leather chair in front of a large desk carved from olive wood. On the desktop was a large monitor, a cordless phone, and an old brass desk lamp.
The room itself had little in the way of furnishings. Two leather armchairs sat on a large Persian rug, between them a small oval oak coffee table. Along the right-hand wall was an antique bookcase to the left, a large painting of a battle scene set in the first Afghan war. The image was called The Last Stand, the
