The Fist of God is a novel by Frederick Forsyth, mixing known fact with fiction to tell a story of the coalition forces in the Persian Gulf War racing against time to discover the true nature of Saddam Hussein's secret weapon, 'The Fist of God.' DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... Frederick Forsyth (born August 25, 1938) is a British author and occasional political commentator. ... See also: 2003 invasion of Iraq and Gulf War (disambiguation) C Company, 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment, 1st UK Armoured Division The Persian Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of 34 nations led by the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search Saddam Hussein Wikinews has news related to this article: Saddam Hussein Saddām Hussein ʻAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrīti, sometimes spelled Husayn or Hussain; (Arabic صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي; born April 28, 1937 ) was President of Iraq from 1979 until his removal and capture during the 2003 invasion...

The story begins with the assassination of Dr. Gerald Bull, a Canadian space researcher, who develops a supergun for the Iraqi nuclear weapons project. It then continues with various covert and overt missions by Isreali, American and British military to uncover and destroy the Iraqi nuclear capability. Jump to: navigation, search Gerald Vincent Bull (March 8, 1928 - March 22, 1990) was an engineer who many consider to have developed long range artillery beyond what anyone else has accomplished. ... Jump to: navigation, search A supergun is a large cannon with an extremely high muzzle velocity; they were originally designed to bombard an enemy from extremely far away. ... The State of Israel (Hebrew: מדינת ישראל, translit. ...