Century of Jihad

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the scope of its recruitment pool. These changes had proved extremely beneficial to Fayaz’s career and to many others in the organisation. Like many of them, he found himself rising rapidly through the ranks.
    He turned to DI Ward. ‘Well, Russ. The investigation will take its usual course. Following leads. Some will be fruitful; others dead ends. We have lots of CCTV coverage in London, the biggest such coverage anywhere in the world, and that gives us an edge. You will soon have the DNA results and that should confirm, or otherwise, whether or not the man at the morgue did, or did not, reside at the Edgware Road address. We at ‘Five’ are checking the movements of the usual suspects. Unfortunately, thus far, we are not seeing anything unusual or of interest out there to connect with the bombing. GCHQ have noticed no increase in ‘’chatter” either. He may not have previously appeared on our radar. It could prove fruitful to check with the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre (FTAC). He may be known to them. We are, as you know, stretched rather thin on the ground. We can’t follow everybody who appears on our radar. We have more than two thousand suspects on our books at any time and, as you know, it takes a team of twelve or more people for round-the-clock surveillance on any one of those targets. So even with the help of the Army’s Special Reconnaissance Regiment and, of course, you people – ‘’the biggest gang on the street”– things do become rather stretched.’
    DI Ward detected a hint of sarcasm in the man’s use of a term the Police sometimes used to describe themselves. He felt Fayaz was more than a little condescending towards the Police in these joint operations. He stared at the MI5 officer for a moment, his eyes focussed on a scar on the right side of the man’s neck.
    ‘We’ll just have to keep digging. Doing what we’re paid to do,’ muttered Inspector Ward.
    Fayaz stared blankly but didn’t reply. Ward got up to leave.
    ‘Keep me up-to-date with developments, won’t you?’ Fayaz said, as the DI opened the door to leave his office.
    ‘Of course. Likewise.’ The detective replied.
    While, contrary to popular perception, cooperation between the police and the Security Service was generally very good, the relationship between these two officers was one of mutual dislike. It was essentially intangible but it could, at times, affect communication between them.
    After leaving Fayaz, DI Ward received an urgent call on his mobile phone from Ed Malone requesting that he join him on his return to the Yard.
    ‘I don’t want to discuss the details over the phone, but there have been some interesting developments since we last spoke.’
    As Ward drove back to the Yard, he reflected on his meeting with Fayaz. He disliked the man; his supercilious manner. There was something about him that made Ward uncomfortable. He hoped that Ed’s team had made a significant breakthrough, but determined to keep his cards close to his chest as far as Fayaz was concerned. He was experienced enough to know that Fayaz would play the same game, indeed perhaps had already started. Knowledge is power.
    Back at the Yard, DI Ward joined his team of detectives.
    ‘OK, Ed, what are these interesting developments? I hope it’s something good!’
    Ed responded, ‘Three things. First, Forensics have confirmed that the DNA taken from our man at the morgue and that taken at the apartment match.’
    ‘Marvellous!’ Ward shouted.
    Ed continued. ‘Second, they can confirm from the injuries he sustained in the blast that he was at the seat of the explosion. Third, young Lisa here has spotted our man on CCTV footage, standing at the entrance to the apartment just before his taxi arrives. It shows him taking delivery of a backpack. It was delivered by a man coming from the direction of the alleyway Lisa and Theo were observing from during today’s Op. He is wearing a hood, which covers most of his face. We can’t make

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