5 Days of War Page #5

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- Karin, I know! Will you shut up and listen to me?

We witnessed something.|Killings. Executions in a village.

Sebastian got it all on tape.|We have to get it out.

- Now.|- Yeah, but how?

There's a media centre building here|with a satellite upload capability.

We can get in, but we need for a network

to accept the feed|and give us... an access code.

She'd better hurry!|The bombing's winding down.

Which means the ground troops|are getting ready.

- Yeah, but Anders...

I have already tried everyone.|No one cares.

If anyone can get it on, it's him.

Yeah, yeah. OK.

Here.

Give me those coins.|Let's try the Dutchman.

Yeah.

Friendlies!

Hold your fire!

Have you seen ground troops?

Hear that?

The bombing's stopped.

Defensive positions!

Move out!

- He won't do it.

F***!

All right. Thanks for trying, anyway.

- What are you gonna do now?|- I don't know.

F***!

We're OK. I'll call you once... Karin?

- Now what?|- We've gotta leave town. Come on.

Jesus!

Let's go! Come on!

They're doing a final sweep.

We've got to find shelter|before the ground troops get here!

F***!

Hey! So glad you guys didn't die!

How are you?

Hey! How did you find us?

Your message. I tried calling you back.

- You still need a SAT upload?|- Yeah.

I got one. Stilton and I have|an upload vehicle. Come on.

I would've driven it here,|but I didn't feel like blowing up.

Listen, I need you|to sit this one out, OK?

- Anders, I can take care of myself.|- Well, we can't risk this. Please!

Where am I gonna be safer?

My station will take yours. Come on!

Hold on. We've got to make a detour.

Demidov told me|they spared the churches, so...

Everybody, get close. Get close.

- Now be happy.|- For f***'s sake!

It's only a war.

Anders... I don't like this at all.

Would you do it for me?

We'll come right back and then|we can all leave the city together.

Fine.

Thank you.

How do I get in touch with you|if something happens?

That's Dutchman's cell. Tell these...

Ask these people|if anybody has a cell phone.

OK. What's the number?

There.

I'll call you on this phone|as soon as the upload is done, OK?

OK.

You know, I hope...

- Anders, come on! Let's go!|- Come on!

I can't reach Stilton.|The signal keeps coming in and out.

Stilton!

- What's up?|- Zoe's with him.

She knows what she's doing.

Align the dish!

Link us back up! Hurry!

Wake up, Romeo!

It's all we got. The people have got|to see this footage! Now!

Here.

Hope it still works.

- Data's intact.|- Oh, yes!

How long for the uplink?

- Come on.|- About two minutes to transmit.

- Can I offer you a drink?|- I'll wait till the footage is out.

But I will take a cigarette.

They've targeted us!|Get under cover! Go!

Go, go, go!

- What are you doing?|- Saving our footage. Go!

- Almost there!|- Gotta go!

Come on!

Come on!

- Get out!|- Come on! Come on!

- We're not gonna make it!|- Get out!

Get up now! Come on!

Dutchman? Stilton?

Sebastian!

It's bad, isn't it?

I can't feel sh*t!

You're OK.

Hey.

Oh, f***. Sh*t.

- Go, go.|- I'm not leaving you.

- You have to go.|- I can help you.

No, no, no. Listen to me.|You need to go. Now.

- I'm not f***ing leaving you!|- Shut the f*** up, OK?

I can't move.

You have to get our footage out.

Go back to that church.|Hide the card until it's safe.

I'll be fine.

Life insurance policy. Remember?

Listen, you have to do this for me.

Promise me. Promise me|you'll get the footage out.

- Promise me!|- I promise!

Here. Take this.

I'm coming right back.

Go!

Tatia?

Tatia? Where is the girl I was with?

Come on, guys. Somebody must know.|Where is the girl I was with?

Where's the girl?|There was a girl with me.

I don't need a phone this time.|I need the girl I was with.

Remember the girl?

Oh, Jesus.

- If you have hurt her...|- Come to the Stalin Square.

Bring the memory card.

I need you to do something|very important for me.

Do you understand? OK.

Did you bring what I wanted?

Let her go.

Thank God!

- You all right?|- Yeah.

I thought I'd never see you again.

Did you make the broadcast?

No.

Sebastian?

No.

Everything will be OK.

I would have liked to know you better.

I don't understand.

Now I need you to run.

- Anders...|- Go. Go.

Go!

The code is 1216.

You missed a card|when you searched me Avnevi.

The real one's on its way|to a human rights group,

courtesy of a brave little girl.

It's over.

And how did you think|you could survive this?

I didn't.

I thought I told you to run!

I wanna see him one last time, OK?

This...

This is where I left him.

I f***ing left him.

Anders!

- Hey, Rezo!|- We need your help.

- OK.|- Right.

- Anders.|- Sebastian?

Sebastian! What the f***?

- I played dead.|- Are you OK?

- Can we move you?|- Yeah.

Let's get him out of here.

- You all right, bucko?|- Yeah.

Hold on, we gotta stop. Put him down.

Don't resist, Captain.

- Anders?|- There's nowhere to run.

Even if we could.

Understood.

Sir, they're not resisting.

Stop.

Get away from here!

Go!

There's been enough killing.

Today the forces of occupation|have gathered at our gates.

And we know that this empire|is very powerful.

They have lots of tanks.|They have lots of planes.

But we have something|that is more precious.

We have the love for freedom,|and we have the love for independence!

We stand here today|as one proud independent nation.

Just like the Finns,|just like the Czechs,

and just like the Hungarians before us.

And we tell them today,|in front of the whole world,

that freedom will not retreat,|freedom will not surrender!

We may be besieged,|but we are not alone.

Standing with us here tonight|are six European presidents

who have travelled thousands of miles

in defiance of fear and threats!

These six men are here

because they know|the issue of independence

is being decided here tonight!

May God bless the Georgian people!|Long live a free Georgia!

Georgia! Georgia! Georgia!

They say you're gonna|make a full recovery.

Yeah? Six months!

And... our footage?

It's out. Human Rights Watch has it.

It's getting a lot of hits and|people are starting to pay attention.

Not bad for a loose cannon.

Thanks, bucko.

and pledges to withdraw,

remain in Gori,

and in much of central Georgia.

I am standing at the military hospital

continue to arrive.

People with nowhere else to go,

of violence, looting and killings.

The war lasted five days.

have lost their homes...

Several hundred people were killed,|including five reporters.

just nine days ago.

how can this still be happening...

An estimated 50,000 people|were made homeless,

their villages permanently|destroyed or occupied.

Many still live in refugee camps.

Despite demands from Europe|and the United States to withdraw,

the regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia|remain occupied by Russian forces.

This nation is right now|fighting for its survival.

Georgia continues its quest|to integrate with the West.

reporting in Georgia.

My husband, Mikheil Taboshvili.|Killed in Eredvi village.

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