“Our first mission today is another trip to the school. We’ll talk to the schoolmaster and see if he’ll give us more information. Then we plan to visit the dead boy’s family. Sheikh Jassim will meet us there. Later, we’ll tackle more census work. Probably this afternoon. We also plan to patrol the Houdoud Al’dena market.” He and Cooke had decided to postpone the northwest patrol again. “I don’t have anything new to tell you about what we talked about last night. I’m sure everybody’s been thinking about it.” Wynn covered other points, then said: “Sergeant Cooke will go over the plan details.” Cooke put out the truck assignments, dismount teams, and convoy routes. By 0750, the Wolfhounds were headed back to Bawa Sah. Wynn felt sure Albadi was back at work. They didn’t have an appointment. Wynn didn’t want to forewarn the schoolmaster, as he might decide he didn’t want to see them and skip out.
