Sarhag (Colonel) Saladin had come down from Muslimabad to talk with the “Special Operations Team.” Ten men, all Janissaries, had infiltrated the South Carolina Defense Corps and, over the last six weeks, had earned the trust of Captain Ray Lumsden, the SCDC commander for the local area. They had trained under Lumsden, and had been accepted as active duty members of his company. “Obey Ohmshidi,” Saladin said. To the man, all ten Janissaries responded with the Moqaddas salute, a closed fist, across their chest. “Obey Ohmshidi.” The men were not wearing their black and silver uniforms, but a uniform of gray, much like the work uniforms of truck drivers and warehouse workers. “Lumsden does not suspect anything?” Saladin asked. “He suspects nothing, Sarhag,” Jay Malone said. Malone was his birth name and although he and the other nine Janissaries had taken on Muslim names, for the purpose of this operation, which was being called “Mohammed’s Hammer,” they were using their birth names.
