title: Desert Skies II: Story Of Warriors In Operation Iraqi Freedom
author:  Michael T. Gregory 
description: Mike Gregory lives near San Antonio, Texas. He travels the country constantly and in his spare time, works on his jump shot.
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  Nov 15, 2002.
  
  
  Tom Clancy's Op-Center 4: Acts of War
  
  
  created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik ISBN No. 0-425-
  
  
  1560X ©1997
  
  
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  ONE
  
  
  Monday, 11:00 a.m., Qamishli, Syria
  
  
  Ibrahim al-Rashid raised his sunglasses. He peered through the
  
  
  dirty window of the 1963 Ford Galaxy.
  
  
  The young Syrian kept his eyes open, and enjoyed the jolt of
  
  
  sunlight as it bounced off the golden desert. He enjoyed the
  
  
  pain just as he enjoyed the heat on his face, the hot air in his
  
  
  lungs, the warm pers