The Mirage
Matt Ruff
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The Mirage
Matt Ruff
11/9/2001: Christian fundamentalists hijackfour jetliners. They fly two into theTigris & Euphrates World Trade Towersin Baghdad, and a third into the ArabDefense Ministry in Riyadh. The fourthplane, believed to be bound for Mecca, isbrought down by its passengers. The UnitedArab States declares a War on Terror. Arabianand Persian troops invade the EasternSeaboard and establish a Green Zone inWashington, D.C… .
Summer, 2009: Arab Homeland Securityagent Mustafa al Baghdadi interrogatesa captured suicide bomber. The prisonerclaims that the world they are living in isa mirage–in the real world, America is asuperpower, and the Arab states are just acollection of backward third-world countries.Other captured terrorists have beentelling the same story.
The gangster Saddam Hussein is conductinghis own investigation. And the headof the Senate Intelligence Committee–awar hero named Osama bin Laden–willstop at nothing to hide the truth. As Mustafaand his colleagues venture deeper into theunsettling world of terrorism, politics, andespionage, they are confronted with questionswithout any rational answers, andthe terrifying possibility that their world isnot what it seems.
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