Chapter 44
They will say:
Our Lord, twice have You given us death
And twice have You given us life…
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Quran Al Mumin 40:11
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Earth - March 26, 2003
30 miles south of Najaf, Iraq
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“Sponge!” Elisabeth shouted, her forceps buried up to the hilt in a soldier's brain as the coppery scent of blood filled her nostrils.
“This don’t look good,” Nurse Mary drawled, dabbing at the exposed grey matter. “Half his face is missing.”
A large black ‘X’ adorned the man's forehead. In a triage situation, they were forced to make split-second decisions as to who got treated first. This soldier had been deemed too badly injured to survive. With other seriously wounded, potentially treatable soldiers in the queue who could also die, this soldier would only be treated after the surgeon finished up t
