Taking a Break on Crete

Before we deploy to Albania I have decided to take a couple of days to rest and see the island. Our contact in the complex in Kucove tells us that there hasn't been any activity along the lines of "sales". Ijaz has left the camp and will be returning soon to finish the acquisition. Evan has gone into Ayios Nikolaos seeking any sign of Antonio and Strozzi-Arnout. I think he means to kill them by his demeanor. He does not seem at all like the person we first met in Rome. I will post as often as possible, but may be taking a break for the next week, between taking some rest and heading to the UK to meet up and brief the contingent. Here is a shot of a beach outside of Ayios Nikolaos. It's been a while since I was able to enjoy myself.

Contingent Prepapres for Mission

Battiglia phoned me this image of the preparations taking place in the U.K.. We will be deploying to Albania soon.

Monastery and Al-Qaeda's Diamonds Found

After Battiglia and I left Evan yesterday, the little boy who found him showed him a picture he had drawn of what looked like a church in a cave. Evan insisted that the boy bring him to this underground church and the boy did. The cave and the monastery within are about a mile from where we were looking. Evan broke protocol and did not inform Battiglia nor myself that he had found the cave and went there without us, slipping past the guarda we had at the house he's been staying at. When he and the boy arrived at the cave, he was shown an enormous church, rock hewn, inside. There, in the church, was the Pirandello's crucifix. Just as Molotov had said, the diamonds, hundreds of them, were inside the cross. Evan did not get the chance to take them as, much to his shock and horror, he had been trailed by none other than Albina Soriano's "dead" brother, Antonio, and the false priest, Strozzi (Arnout). He apparently feigned his own death and took part in both Evan's torture and Ms. Soriano's murder. He's being paid well by the Harakat-al-Mujadin. Evan and the boy escaped them before they were killed, but, unfortunately al-Qaeda now has the means, their diamonds, to carry out the sale of the suitcases from the Chechens in Albania. This has been a very, very bad day.

Note Found in Albina Soriano's Flat Points to Pandora Plan

Just received word that in the ongoing investigation of Albina Soriano's murder a note in Arabic was found in the kitchen at her flat. The note details the technology of the nuclear suitcases in Albania.

Battiglia and I Visited Evan Today

Evan is resting up at the home of the family of the 10-year-old boy who found him along the beach. Apparently the trawler we put him on went down about one to two miles off the coast in the Gulf of Merabellou. Our people have been scouring the caves along the coast with no luck whatsoever. The reports of a monastery where Molotov may have hid the stones seem to be, thus far, false.

Helios Airways Crash Not an Accident

The news of the Helios Airways crash is everywhere over here. The media's reports of environmentals failure aboard the jetliner are inaccurate. This was no accident. Three of my closest colleagues and fellow patriots have perished and it's all related to the fact that they were on there way here, to Crete, to assist in locating al-Qaeda's diamonds. I am positively gutted over this. It is a setback, most definitely, but at least Evan is safe, under guard in Ayios Nikolaos.

Evan is Safe on the Island of Crete; Three of my Colleagues lost en Route to Greece

Evan has been located. Three of my colleagues were on their way to meet with us in Ayios Nikolaos and have perished in yesterday's airline crash in Grammatiko. More information to follow.