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"Professor Chalmers, would you tell us just what effect Khalid's death had upon the Islamic Caliphate and the Middle Eastern situation in general?" a third voice asked with exaggerated solemnity. PROFESSOR CHALMERS WOULD YOU TELL US JUST WHAT EFFECT OF KALEID'S DEATH I HAD UPON THE ISLAMIC CALIPHATE AND THE MIDDLE EASTERN SITUATION IN GENERAL A THIRD VOICE ASKED WITH EXAGGERATED SOLEMNITY
, at Basra." There was a touch of impatience in his voice; surely they ought to know that much. "He was shot, while leaving the Parliament Building, by an Egyptian Arab named Mohammed Noureed, with an old U. S. Army M3 submachine-gun. Noureed killed two of Khalid's guards and wounded another before he was overpowered. He was lynched on the spot by the crowd; stoned to death. Ostensibly, he and his accomplices were religious fanatics; however, there can be no doubt whatever that the murder was inspired, at least indirectly, by the Eastern Axis." The class stirred like a grain-field in the wind. Some looked at him in blank amazement; some were hastily averting faces red with poorly suppressed laughter. For a moment he was puzzled, and then realization hit him like a blow in the stomach-pit. He'd forgotten, again. "I didn't see anything in the papers about it," one boy was saying. "The newscast, last evening, said Khalid was in Ankara, talking to the President of Turkey," another offered. ID THAT HAPPEN IN NINETEEN SEVENTY THREE AT BOSRA THERE WAS A TOUCH OF IMPATIENCE IN HIS VOICE SURELY THEY OUGHT TO KNOW THAT MUCH HE WAS SHOT WHILE LEAVING THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING BY AN EGYPTIAN ARAB NAMED MOHAMMED NO REED WITH AN OLD U S ARMY M THREE SUBMACHINE GUN NOURED KILLED TWO OF KHALID'S GUARDS AND WOUNDED ANOTHER BEFORE HE WAS OVERPOWERED HE WAS LYNCHED ON THE SPOT BY THE CROWD STONED TO DEATH OSTENSIBLY HE AND HIS ACCOMPLICES WERE RELIGIOUS FANATICS HOWEVER THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT WHATEVER THAT THE MURDER WAS INSPIRED AT LEAST INDIRECTLY BY THE EASTERN AXIS THE CLASS STIRRED LIKE A GRAINFIELD IN THE WIND SOME LOOKED AT HIM IN BLANK AMAZEMENT SOME WERE HASTILY AVERTING FACES RED WITH POORLY SUPPRESSED LAUGHTER FOR A MOMENT HE WAS PUZZLED AND THEN REALIZATION HIT HIM LIKE A BLOW IN THE STOMACH PIT HE'D FORGOTTEN AGAIN I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE PAPERS ABOUT IT ONE BOY WAS ASKING THE NEWSCAST LAST EVENING SAID HALIDE WAS INCARA TALKING TO THE PRESIDENT OF TURKEY ANOTHER OFFERED
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