The First Hostage: A J. B. Collins Novel - Plot & Excerpts
“We believe the president is being held in a small village known as Alqosh,” Ari continued as Yael set up a PowerPoint presentation. The first slide they posted was a map of northern Iraq and a red dot marked Alqosh, along with two variant spellings: Al-Qosh and Elkosh. “Alqosh is an ancient Assyrian town,” Ari went on. “Its history dates back before the time of the Babylonian Empire. As you can see on this map, it’s located on the plains in the Iraqi province of Nineveh. It’s about fifty kilometers north of Mosul, not far from Dohuk, right off Highway 2.” “But Alqosh is a Christian town, not Muslim, isn’t it?” asked General El-Badawy. “That’s true, General,” Ari replied. “Alqosh has been a Chaldean Christian community, a mixture of Orthodox and Catholic. It has been captured several times in recent years by ISIS, then liberated several times by the Iraqis, but finally retaken by ISIS forces about a year ago and has been held securely by ISIS since then. During these battles, most of the Christians fled.
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