Chapter Twenty Three
Destruction
“The charges are set. Let’s get out of here,” Ali, the team leader, yelled as he jumped from the open door in the yacht’s hull into the waiting launch. With a roar of the triple 300 hp engines, the boat shot from the lee of Altuna and headed for open sea.
“How much time did you use?” Hammid, the second in command, asked as he guided the speeding craft over the windswept seas.
“Four hours. It will blow just after dark.”
“Too long. You fool,” Hammid ventured, knowing that such a censure of his leader might be dangerous. “Suppose someone gets loose and finds it.”
“You know, my brother, that that is not going to happen. Everyone is sealed in the tanks. They will stay there until they die.”
“I pray to Allah that you are right,” said Hammid.
“My plan in
