The armed drone watched the mud-walled house below like a cat waits silently for the mouse to turn its back. Two four-wheeled drive SUVs were parked alongside the house. Two men, with AK-47s in their hands, stood guard. At Langley, Boyd and Boswell watched the monitors.
Boswell, wearing a headset, pointed at the monitors that showed the two training camps as he spoke into the microphone, “You have a green light for one and two.”
There was a clear picture on the monitors, and silent explosions blossomed on the screens. Buildings, vehicles, and bodies became airborne. The attack lasted less than two minutes, but it was devastating to the targets below. As the dust cleared, bodies lay about the ravaged encampments on the screens while survivors staggered, wounded, or dazed.
Boswell turned
