What he had to say, he typed into the computer. He waited until the e-mail had disappeared into virtual space. Then Abu Osama al-Sudani set off. To the wardrobe, to the safe, across the hallway, past the nursery, through the front door and out into the night, where his trace vanished in the darkness. Abu Osama's wife knew nothing of all this. When she woke up the next morning, she desperately contacted relatives, friends and finally the police. But Abu Osama did not resurface.
Two months later, the phone rang. "Your husband has been killed in Iraq," said an unfamiliar voice. "In Iraq? Killed?"
"Your husband was killed. He is a martyr." |