Part I. Israel bombs a nuclear plant in Iran (36)
Chapter 14 Operation code name ‘South of the Border’ (1) Adhan in the Desert (1/2)
In early Monday morning, the guide lights of Hafar al-Batten air base illuminated the runway brightly. Many soldiers were rushing around hangar and office. The commander, Prince Turki, didn’t get a wink of sleep last night. But his excited heart made his head clear.
The Adhan urging the prayer of dawn was heard from the minaret of the mosque in the base. Worship used to be done in the mosque. But today they laid a small carpet respectively in the desert outside the barracks and prayed toward Mecca in the south. The area was surrounded with the clean air. The sky turned bright in the east. The sun appeared into the horizon. It was a divine scenery that Bedouin in the desert had seen for hundreds of years. They chanted a verse of the Koran and bent their knees several times to bow down to the ground. Their hearts were filled with the gratitude to Allah.
After praying, prince brushed off the sand on his uniform and looked back to the northern sky. It was the time for Israeli jet fighters to pass. Israeli pilots were instructed to avoid Saudi base and fly deep into Iraq when they passed near Hafar al-Batten air base. Therefore, it was impossible to watch jet fighters directly from the base. But Bedouin didn’t miss the sound. Living in a harsh desert, they had eyes to be able to watch a figure moving on the ridge of a dune, and their eyes were able to catch a trample of camel on a dune far away.
(To be continued ----)
Areha Kazuya
(From an ordinary citizen in the cloud)
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