Prayer's Answered

The Colonel could hear his captors talking about him, as the Arab pronunciation of “American” came up various times. Suddenly, the blindfold was yanked off from over his head. The Colonel now saw several men dressed in Iranian Military uniforms, proof positive the radical regime was involved in support of al-Zarqawi and his network of insurgents!

One Iranian soldier was adjusting the lighting fixtures, while another peered through the focal lens of an antiquated, tripod-mounted, video recorder. Both Iranians seemed indifferent to their tasks, just one more day on the job. Heston saw the still-hooded terrorist leader casually walk over to the third Iranian soldier, an officer by the look of the piping on his lapels, and strike up a conversation, his Lieutenants blood still on his hands!

The Colonels terror was, by now, nearly overwhelming. His time was fast running out. Colonel Heston needed to do one last thing before his end came, he began to recite, in spite of his gag, the