“So we deal directly with the old Sultan who is being a well-known Latah. After that everything is plain sailing you might say.”
“But you wouldn’t believe it, certain disgruntled elements chased us right down to our launch.”
“Handicapped somewhat by lack of legs.”
“And a condition in the head.”
(Ergot is a fungus disease grows on bad wheat. During the Middle Ages Europe was periodically decimated by outbreaks of Ergotism, which was called St. Antony’s fire. Gangrene frequently supervenes, the legs turn black and drop off.)
They unload a shipment of condemned parachutes on the Ecuadorian Air Force. Manoeuvres : Boys plummet streaming ‘chutes like broken condoms splash young blood over pot-bellied generals. . .shattering wake of sounds as Clem and Jody disappear over the Andes in jet gateway. . .

The exact objectives of Islam Inc. are obscure. Needless to say everyone involved has a different angle, and they all intend to cross each other up somewhere along the line.
A.J. is agitating for the destruction of Israel : “With all this felling against the West a chap has a spot of bother scoring for the young Arab amenities. . .The situation is a little short of intolerable. . .Israel constitues a sownright inconvenience.”Typical A.J. cover story.
Clem and Jody give out they are interested in the destruction of Near East oil fields to boost the value of their Venezuelan holdings.