The wrong war

Igor Yevtishenkov

Events inВ Syria inВ 2015В brought thousands ofВ people from different countries together and caused aВ clash between them. The reasons why all ofВ them had been there were different, but war and the fear ofВ death always make people equal. The desire toВ survive forces every human toВ act and, at times, it is not as he wants and is able. When aВ terrorist organization gets aВ weapon that can shoot down airplanes, the militants immediately use it against the American jets.

The wrong war

Igor Yevtishenkov

© Igor Yevtishenkov, 2017

ISBNВ 978-5-4474-7739-4

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Acknowledgements

IВ am deeply indebted toВ the following people for encouraging and helping me inВ various ways during the writing ofВ this book: Robin Bithrey, Elaine Bithrey and Yuriy Reitman.

All the characters are fictitious, and any resemblance toВ real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. The described events have never occurred inВ the described geographic areas.

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Copyright @ YevtishenkovВ Igor

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Events inВ Syria inВ 2015В brought thousands ofВ people from different countries together and caused aВ clash between them. The reasons why all ofВ them had been there were different, but war and the fear ofВ death always make people equal. The desire toВ survive forces every human toВ act and, at times, it is not as he wants and is able. When aВ terrorist organization gets aВ weapon that can shoot down airplanes, the militants immediately use it against the American jets. One is brought down and its pilot manages toВ bail out, but no one knows how toВ save him. And who can do that? The difficult rescue operation aims toВ not only find the pilot, but also demonstrate the need for joint actions ofВ all countries inВ the struggle against new extremist movements inВ the region. However, these are ordinary soldiers who have toВ make things happen and their fates, their pains and suffering have become the main theme ofВ this story.

ChapterВ 1

He had two hours left before taking off. A letter from his sister, as always, was full of nice wishes, home news and greetings from his mother and their neighbours. There was his mother’s standard postscript asking him to be careful because her heart won’t stand it, otherwise… She wrote that so often that it might be copied or used as a header of each page.

Lieutenant Harry Hawking opened the second email. It was from Carol. It was full of «tender kisses», laughter, memories, and a short story about a friend of hers, who got married and the groom ran away from the wedding and now everyone made fun of her. There was an emoticon and short note in the brackets: «Got it?» At the end Carol wrote she hoped he would have returned by the next Super Bowl: «You had known in advance that your favorite Seahawks would lose our Patriots and therefore you had not asked your General to let you be here for the final game. If you were here, I would be happy to see your face. We might have fun together. Six months have passed, you could have dropped at me for a day at least. By the way, Tom Brady’s got 4,551 successful passes and 143 interceptions. Besides, he’s got already two children as well. And he looks pretty good,» she joked.

Harry wrote back to her and added at the end: «Next time you see Tom Brady, tell him what you’d like to be a ball. Let him make the 4,552-nd good pass, and I will catch you here. I hope you will reach me as fast as all his passes did.»

His teammate, Nick, came into the cabin. Spotting Carol’s photo, he smiled and pretended looking the other way.

В«Well, are you through emailing? He asked after aВ while, when Harry stopped typing on the keyboard.В»

В«Yes, what happened? Do you want toВ offer me whiskey?В» smiled Harry.

«As usual, you’re kidding, but no, not now. A meeting has just been called as I guess they have some news. As I understand it, Int