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    The Bunker below Believers' Palace: A Short Story
    The Bunker below Believers' Palace: A Short Story
    The Bunker below Believers' Palace: A Short Story
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    The Bunker below Believers' Palace: A Short Story

    By Paul Salvette

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    Lieutenant Nixon is a bitter, frustrated naval officer serving his time as a staff weenie in the International Zone. Bored with the monotony of war, he ventures to a secret bunker below one of Saddam Hussein’s former palaces with a quirky German named Hans. Crawling down to the depths of the destroyed structure, he finds more than he bargained for.

    The Bunker below Believers’ Palace is a 3,400-word (~15-page) short story about the mystery behind Saddam’s toppled dictatorship.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPaul Salvette
    Release dateAug 3, 2011
    ISBN9781465791658
    The Bunker below Believers' Palace: A Short Story
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    Paul Salvette

    Paul Salvette is an author who lives in Bangkok, Thailand with his wife, Lisa, and newborn daughter, Monica. He grew up in the United States and served in the Navy from 2002 to 2009, with some time in Iraq. His day job involves being the Managing Director at BB eBooks, a startup company focused on providing eBook design services for independent authors and small presses. He plans on staying in Thailand until he is deported.

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      The Bunker below Believers' Palace - Paul Salvette

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      Lieutenant Nixon sat at his desk, browsing FunnyorDie.com to see if the new GI Joe parody videos were up. The early warning sirens blared, Incoming, incoming. A rocket impacted somewhere close by and shook the room, but the lieutenant sighed in frustration at the horrendous lag time of his internet connection. What the hell are these IT contractors getting paid for?

      "All clear, all clear," the familiar voice said over the loudspeakers. Lieutenant Nixon continued staring at his computer screen, waiting for the next search page to load.

      Colonel Stotz stood up at his desk and put his hands on his hips. He remarked to no one in particular, Damn it. Sadr’s boys are getting better with their aim. I’ve never seen the IZ take so much indirect fire.

      He mumbled something to the Air Force major, whom Nixon regarded as a lummox. The colonel then headed toward Nixon’s desk as the lieutenant quickly clicked open his Outlook window to show a list of unread e-mails.

      Nixon, I need those numbers on Anti-Iraqi Forces KIA in Baghdad. Report status!

      "Almost done, sir. I just need to put the data into tables in Excel. Um, aren’t we calling them

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