FREDERICK FORSYTH
THE FIST OF GOD
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For the widows and orphans of the Special Air Service Regiment. And for Sandy, without whose support this would have been so much harder. To those who know what really happened in the Gulf, and who spoke to me about it, my sincere thanks. You know who you are; let it be.
CAST OF PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
THE AMERICANS
George Bush President
James Baker Secretary of State
Colin Powell Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Norman Schwarzkopf
Commander-in-Chief, Coalition Forces, Gulf Theater
Lieutenant General Charles (Chuck) Horner
Commander, Coalition Air Forces, Gulf Theater
Brigadier General Buster Glosson
Deputy to Chuck Horner
Bill Stewart Deputy Director (Operations), CIA
Chip Barber Head, Middle East Division, CIA
William Webster Director of Central Intelligence, CIA
Don Walker USAF fighter pilot
Steve Turner USAF fighter squadron commander
Tim Nathanson Wizzo to Don Walker
Randy Roberts Wingman to Don Walker
Jim Henry Wizzo to Randy Roberts
Harry Sinclair Head of London Station, CIA
Saul Nathanson Banker and philanthropist
"Daddy" Lomax Retired nuclear physicist
THE BRITISH
Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister
John Major Thatcher's successor as Prime Minister
Lieutenant General Sir Peter de la Billiere
Commander, British Forces, Gulf Theater
Sir Colin McColl Chief, SIS
Sir Paul Spruce Chairman, British Medusa Committee Brigadier
J.P, Lovat Director, Special Forces
Colonel Bruce Craig Commanding Officer, 22nd SAS Regiment
Major Mike Martin Major, SAS Major
"Sparky" Low SAS Officer, Khafji
Dr. Terry Martin Academic and Arabist
Steve Laing Director of Operations, Mid-East Division, SIS
Simon Paxman Head of Iraq Desk, SIS
Stuart Harris British businessman, Baghdad
Julian Gray Head of Station, SIS, Riyadh
Dr. Bryant Bacteriologist, Medusa Committee
Dr. Reinhart Poison gas expert, Medusa Committee
Dr. John Hipwell Nuclear expert, Medusa Committee
Sean Plummer Head of Arab Service, GCHQ
Wing Commander Philip Curzon Commanding Officer, 608th Squadron, RAF
Squadron Leader Lofty Williamson Pilot, 608th Squadron, RAF
Flight Lieutenant Sid Blair Williamson's navigator
Flight Lieutenant Peter Johns Pilot, 608th Squadron
Flight Lieutenant Nicky Tyne Johns's navigator
Sergeant Peter Stephenson SAS man
Corporal Ben Eastman SAS man
Corporal Kevin North SAS man
THE IRAQIS
Saddam Hussein President
Izzat Ibrahim Deputy President
Hussein Kamil Saddam's son-in-law, head of MIMI
Taha Ramadam Prime Minister
Sadoun Hammadi Deputy Premier
Tariq Aziz Foreign Minister
Ali Hassan Majid Governor-General, occupied Kuwait
General Saadi Tumah AbbasCommander, Republican Guard
General Ali Musuli Commander, Engineering Corps
General Abdullah KadiriCommander, Armored Corps
Dr. Amer Saadi Deputy to Hussein Kamil
Brigadier Hassan Rahmani Chief, Counterintelligence
Dr. Ismail Ubaidi Chief, Foreign Espionage
Brigadier Omar Khatib Chief, Secret Police (Amn-al-Amm)
Colonel Osman Badri Colonel, Army Engineers
Colonel Abdelkarim Badri Colonel, Iraqi Air Force
Dr. Jaafar Al-Jaafar Head, nuclear program
Colonel Sabaawi Secret Police Chief, occupied Kuwait
Dr. Salah Siddiqui Nuclear engineer
THE KUWAITIS
Khaled Al-Khalifa Pilot, captain
Ahmed Al-Khalifa Merchant
Colonel Abu Fouad Head, resistance movement
Asrar Qabandi Heroine of resistance
THE ISRAELIS
Itzhak Shamir Prime Minister
General Yaacov "Kobi" Dror Head of Mossad
Sami Gershon Head, Combatants Division, Mossad
David Sharon Head of Iraq Desk, Mossad
Benjamin Netanyahu Deputy Foreign Minister
Gideon "Gidi" Barzilai Mission controller, Operation Joshua
Dr. Moshe Hadari Arabist, Tel Aviv University
Avi Herzog, alias Karim Aziz Mossad agent in Vienna
THE VIENNESE
Wolfgang Gemuetlich Vice-president, the Winkler Bank
Edith Hardenberg Gemuetlich's private secretary