In 2009, on this day counter-insurgency specialist General David Howell Petraeus arrived at the south-eastern end of Cuba.Petraeus' Knot to Untie, Part 6 - To the Island in Chains
Former President George W. Bush had instructed Petraeus to eliminate the threat posed by the mysteriously named terrorist group America Is Born Again. Petraeus had many answers to find, perhaps some would be answered today. For those questions would be presented to Osama Bin Laden, recently arrived at the detainment camp at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Petraeus packed away the work of fiction he had read on the flight, and began to mentally prepare for the interview.
In the beginning of days Sauron served Aule the Smith. From Aule he learnt much of forging and making, knowledge that he would make use of many thousands of years later when he built the Barad-dur and forged the One Ring. In the earliest days, Sauron was seduced into the service of the first Dark Lord, and Sauron became the greatest and most trusted of his followers. While Udun still stood in the dark north of the world, Sauron was given command of his lesser fortress of Angband. At length, the Valar assaulted Sauron's master and took him in chains back to Valinor, but Sauron escaped, and remained in Middle-earth. ~ JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings
The story will continue in Part Seven ..