“Yes, it is the least I could do after all these years with the foundation, but I would still have to leave, nonetheless.”
After another moment of awkward silence, Tariq Nasir looked slowly around the table at each of the trustees and spoke as though he represented the entire group. “Your counsel has been extremely valuable to this organization for many years, Faris. You will be sorely missed in the future.”
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IMAD FAYIZ Mufassa was as nervous and pumped as any time he could remember in his twenty-five short years of life on earth. Never in his wildest dreams could he have ever imagined himself playing such a pivotal role in an operation he had been assured was of epic import to the furtherance of worldwide Islamic jihad.
At the start of the workday on the third Tuesday in November,
