Summary

In Chapter 75, more than seven hundred people were killed in the attacks. The laying of blame began immediately between the organizations that had been trying to work together to stop the attacks. There was confusion about who had shot the terrorists inside Café Milano. No one could determine how Safia had managed to get back into France and then board a flight to the United States using a false passport. No one knew the whereabouts of Dr. Leila Hadawi. Even ISIS claimed not to know her.

The President ordered air strikes in Syria, Iraq, and Libya. He said there would be no ground soldiers deployed because he knew that was what Saladin wanted. Among the targets hit by the military were the apartment building where Natalie had stayed in Raqqa as well as the large house near Mosul.

The American media focused on...