Crawford shrugged, "I know nothing about them at all."
Zetterberg said, "Do you think this might be the work of El Hassan and his followers?"
Abe started to chuckle something, but Homer shook his head slightly in warning and said, "I don't know."
"How did that affair in Mopti turn out, these riots in favor of El Hassan?"
Homer Crawford shrugged. "Routine. Must have been as many as ten thousand of them at one point. We used standard tactics in gaining control and then dispersing them. I'll have a complete written report to you before the day is out."
Zetterberg said, "You've heard about this El Hassan before?"
"Quite a bit."
"From the rumors that have come into this office, he backs neither East nor West in international politics. He also seems to agree with your summation of the Islamic problem. He teaches separation of Church and State."
"They're the same thing in Moslem countries," Abe muttered.
Zetterberg tossed his bombshell out of a clear sky. "Dr. Crawford," he snapped, "in spite of the warnings we've had to issue to you repeatedly, you are admittedly our best man in the field. We're giving you a new assignment. Find this El Hassan and bring him here!"