FREDERICK FORSYTH 

THE FIST OF GOD 

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For the widows and orphans of the Special Air Service Regiment. And for Sandy, without whose support this would have been so much harder. To those who know what really happened in the Gulf, and who spoke to me about it, my sincere thanks. You know who you are; let it be. 

CAST OF PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS 

THE AMERICANS 

George Bush President 

James Baker Secretary of State 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Colin Powell Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff 

General Norman Schwarzkopf

Commander-in-Chief, Coalition  Forces, Gulf Theater 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Lieutenant General Charles (Chuck) Horner 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Commander, Coalition Air Forces, Gulf Theater 

Brigadier General Buster Glosson 

Deputy to Chuck Horner 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Bill Stewart Deputy Director (Operations), CIA 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Chip Barber Head, Middle East Division, CIA 

William Webster Director of Central Intelligence, CIA 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Don Walker USAF fighter pilot 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Steve Turner USAF fighter squadron commander 

Tim Nathanson Wizzo to Don Walker 

Randy Roberts Wingman to Don Walker 

Jim Henry Wizzo to Randy Roberts 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Harry Sinclair Head of London Station, CIA 

Saul Nathanson Banker and philanthropist 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址"Daddy" Lomax Retired nuclear physicist 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址THE BRITISH 

Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister 

John Major Thatcher's successor as Prime Minister 

Lieutenant General Sir Peter de la Billiere 

Commander, British Forces, Gulf Theater 

Sir Colin McColl Chief, SIS 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Sir Paul Spruce Chairman, British Medusa Committee Brigadier 

J.P, Lovat Director, Special Forces 

Colonel Bruce Craig  Commanding Officer, 22nd SAS Regiment 

Major Mike Martin Major, SAS Major 

"Sparky" Low SAS Officer, Khafji 

Dr. Terry Martin Academic and Arabist 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Steve Laing Director of Operations, Mid-East Division, SIS 

Simon Paxman Head of Iraq Desk, SIS 

Stuart Harris British businessman, Baghdad 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Julian Gray Head of Station, SIS, Riyadh 

Dr. Bryant Bacteriologist, Medusa Committee 

Dr. Reinhart Poison gas expert, Medusa Committee 

Dr. John Hipwell Nuclear expert, Medusa Committee 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Sean Plummer Head of Arab Service, GCHQ 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Wing Commander Philip Curzon Commanding Officer, 608th Squadron, RAF 

Squadron Leader Lofty Williamson Pilot, 608th Squadron, RAF 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Flight Lieutenant Sid Blair Williamson's navigator 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Flight Lieutenant Peter Johns Pilot, 608th Squadron  

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Flight Lieutenant Nicky Tyne Johns's navigator  

Sergeant Peter Stephenson SAS man 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Corporal Ben Eastman SAS man 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Corporal Kevin North SAS man 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址THE IRAQIS 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Saddam Hussein President 

Izzat Ibrahim Deputy President 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Hussein Kamil Saddam's son-in-law, head of MIMI 

Taha Ramadam Prime Minister 

Sadoun Hammadi Deputy Premier 

Tariq Aziz Foreign Minister 

Ali Hassan Majid Governor-General, occupied Kuwait 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址General Saadi Tumah AbbasCommander, Republican Guard 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址General Ali Musuli Commander, Engineering Corps 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址General Abdullah KadiriCommander, Armored Corps  

Dr. Amer Saadi Deputy to Hussein Kamil 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Brigadier Hassan Rahmani Chief, Counterintelligence 

Dr. Ismail Ubaidi Chief, Foreign Espionage 

Brigadier Omar Khatib Chief, Secret Police (Amn-al-Amm) 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Colonel Osman Badri Colonel, Army Engineers 

Colonel Abdelkarim Badri Colonel, Iraqi Air Force 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Dr. Jaafar Al-Jaafar Head, nuclear program 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Colonel Sabaawi Secret Police Chief, occupied Kuwait 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Dr. Salah Siddiqui Nuclear engineer 

THE KUWAITIS 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Khaled Al-Khalifa Pilot, captain 

Ahmed Al-Khalifa Merchant 

Colonel Abu Fouad Head, resistance movement 

Asrar Qabandi Heroine of resistance 

THE ISRAELIS 

Itzhak Shamir Prime Minister 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址General Yaacov "Kobi" Dror Head of Mossad 

Sami Gershon Head, Combatants Division, Mossad 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址David Sharon Head of Iraq Desk, Mossad 

Benjamin Netanyahu Deputy Foreign Minister 

Gideon "Gidi" Barzilai Mission controller, Operation Joshua  

Dr. Moshe Hadari Arabist, Tel Aviv University 

Avi Herzog, alias Karim Aziz Mossad agent in Vienna 

上海龙凤shlf最新地址THE VIENNESE 

Wolfgang Gemuetlich Vice-president, the Winkler Bank 

Edith Hardenberg Gemuetlich's private secretary