Auteur/autrice : Raulgarth
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🇬🇧🎃 Halloween Night
It’s Halloween. A small hand presses the doorbell. The chime rings through the apartment, and the door swings open. Ophélie — long, form-fitting dress, a touch of fake blood at the corner of her lips, sharp vampire teeth — exclaims: — “Oh! You adorable little monsters. You’re too cute!” — “Trick or treat?” Three children…
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🇬🇧 Anecdote 3 — “Death…”
Wardak Mountains, Afghanistan — May 2009 Lying on his back, his head turned toward the doorway, he stared into the silence.He felt nothing now — only a vast hollow inside him, as if every emotion had drained away. A shadow moved above him.A silhouette — a man dressed entirely in black — crossed the room…
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🇩🇪 Anekdote 1 — „Er…“
Afghanistan, 06. September 2007 — 17:00 Uhr IEine Straße schlängelt sich durch ein Wüstental.Drei Pick-ups rasen vorbei. Hinter dem Mann in der Mitte steht John Keller, ein junger CIA-Agent.Seine Hände sind gefesselt. Sein Gesicht ist geschwollen.Um ihn herum schreien bewaffnete Männer auf Arabisch und Paschtu, lachen und stoßen ihn mit den Läufen ihrer AK-47. Mit…
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🇬🇧 Anecdote 2 — “He Exists”
Gao Base, Mali — February 18th 2015, 09:15 hours. — “He… he exists?”Corporal Dubois struggles to hold the officers’ gaze.His hands tremble. The bandage around his head feels too tight.Dark circles hollow his eyes — the night before was filled with nightmares. — “We know. He’s not just a rumour from the mess hall,” says…
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🇬🇧 Anecdote 1 — “He…”
Afghanistan — September 6th, 2007, 17:00 In a desert valley, a road winds its way along.Three pickup trucks speed by. In the back of the middle one sits John Keller, a young CIA agent.His hands are tied. His face is bruised.Around him, armed men shout in Arabic and Pashto, laugh, and shove him with the…
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🇬🇧 The Debriefing
Paris, March 2015 – Boulevard Mortier. Inside a meeting room: a round table, six chairs, five officers.Four of them are furious — at the fifth.A camera is fixed directly on him. General Armand Delcourt of the DGSE begins:— “We are gathered here to determine whether the Adrar operation was a success… or a fiasco.” He…
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🇬🇧 The Best Unit
Keller stops on the pavement, facing the building.Before him, the headquarters of The Dark Unit rises with austere precision.The main façade — smooth, glass, slightly curved — mirrors a grey sky. To the left, a rectangular hangar stretches out, clad in dark steel, its loading bays perfectly aligned.Three metallic letters above the entrance read simply:…
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🇬🇧 Hassan and His Sons
The Birth The sun stands high at its zenith. The mountain air of Wardak drifts down into the valley.Hoe in hand, Hassan straightens up.From the village, cries of joy echo — a shout, then a newborn’s cry. He’s a grandfather!Azim’s first child has arrived. Hassan hurries back, drops the tool and strides towards the family…