A War Page #4

Step away.

- Breathe.

- Jones, hold the stretcher.

- Hang on, Lasse!

- Sit down. Calm down.

Loosen your helmet.

You need some air.

It's okay.

It's perfectly okay.

Well done.

He's gonna make it.

It's okay to be upset.

Okay? We're all upset.

It's okay.

Everything's going to be fine.

Everything's going to be fine.

- Out of the car.

- Get out.

- There may be something...

- I'll take the other side.

- A guy locked himself in the car.

- I see him through the windshield.

- Out! Out!

- Out of the car. Now.

Get out.

- Lie down. Down.

- I have him covered.

Lie still, buddy.

Lie still!

Nice and easy.

- 50% on the vehicle.

- Got it.

- Butcher, 50% searched.

- Got it.

Lie still.

- Michael, we have a cell phone.

- Got it.

Good job, guys. Now,

Michael will send in the last intel.

When we're done, get them in the vehicle

and send them off north.

Got it.

You do as I tell you.

Don't mess with me, do you hear me?

- Raven will monitor them north.

- Kerim... Kerim.

The cell phone was clean.

Will disengage in 02.

Got it.

Please stand up. Get up.

You know what that means. Come.

Copy that.

We are disengaging,

so if you could monitor their trail...

As you know, Lasse took at bullet

to the neck and was flown to Bastion.

He was then flown to the UK,

where they've stitched him up.

HEY BOYS:

MISS YOU:

NOT!

CANNOT EA BUT THEN THE FOOD'S

CRAP!

THANKS:

CHIEF:

I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU

SAVED MY LIFE:

TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER

- There's more...

- A mudpie?

- More mudpies for you.

- One more.

That makes it 1,000.

Thanks a lot. Here you go.

I'll hang on to it.

- Is he coming home for Christmas?

- Yes.

- Oops, back up.

- It's amazing how you hold up.

That's just...

That's just how it is.

The only thing is

that Julius is reacting a bit to it.

How so?

- He gets into trouble in school.

- Well, he just needs to adjust.

I don't know.

He's reached an age

where he understands more of it.

Or... I don't know.

He expresses it more or something.

There now...

Did you hear

that my boys paid the locals a visit?

They bought a goat

and are calling it Preben.

- Where did they put it?

- In a little enclosure next to my bunk.

- There's more meat in a stock cube.

- Claus.

- Got a minute?

- Now?

- Yes.

- Ten minutes.

What's up?

The commander is waiting in your office

with two judge advocates.

What's up?

I don't know.

Okay, thanks.

- Hi, Claus.

- Sir.

Claus.

What is this all about?

We want to interrogate you in connection

with some civilian deaths.

I have to inform you that you have

the right to remain silent -

- and we can't guarantee that we won't

press charges against you later.

What charges?

Does that mean you're willing

to be deposed?

Yes.

What do you want to know?

Please confirm

that you and your men were present -

- in Adam Khan Kalay

on 21 September at 0930 hours.

I can confirm that.

We have been told that you ordered

the attack on Compound 6.

- Is that also correct?

- Yes.

- We were in contact with the enemy.

- Was this enemy in Compound 6?

Yes. That's why

we requested the attack on them.

I have to inform you that you're

charged with bombing a civilian target -

- resulting in the deaths

of 11 civilians.

- What does that mean?

- It means you're going home, Claus.

There he is.

I want to hug him first.

- Take the bag, Figne.

- No, I've got it. I'm a real man.

- I can handle it on my own.

- Sure?

- I thought you were a man.

- I was.

- What's in it anyway?

- Let me take it.

Now we take the grey one

and put a white one on either side.

Thanks.

There you go.

Now which one goes there?

There.

We need those ones.

- Is he asleep?

- Yes.

Now we need an orange one

there and there.

I'm almost done.

Can I see yours?

- We're almost done.

- You're so naughty.

Silly.

Tell me why you came home.

I'm cold.

I've received the case files including

depositions from your men, Claus.

A video clip from a helmet cam in which

you order the bombing of Compound 6.

- And some photos.

- Photos?

We won't look at them now. As a matter

of fact, I doubt their authenticity.

I will try to have them struck

because we don't know who took them -

- nor if they were taken

at the alleged scene.

They claim you ordered the bombing

of a civilian target without having PID.

- What's PID?

- If I'd seen the enemy in there.

Right. You're charged with breaking the

code of military justice, section 36.2.

What does that mean precisely?

It means that you stand accused

of killing civilians.

What is the maximum sentence?

If the case comes before a lay assessor,

the maximum sentence is four years.

- But let's not get ahead of ourselves.

- So now what?

The key question is -

- whether Compound 6 was

a military or a civilian target.

That is the case.

Did you have PID, Claus?

I had a strong assumption

that the Taliban was present...

Stop right there, Claus.

Did you have PID?

- I had a strong assumption...

- I'm going to stop you again.

As the case is right now,

Compound 6 is a civilian target.

People live there.

Somebody's home was bombed.

The judge advocates

have gathered depositions -

- and none of them corroborate

the fact that you had PID.

So what? His men are bleeding.

It's his duty to save his men.

I see what you mean -

- but you must understand that

to everyone else Claus is a soldier -

- who killed 11 people.

Okay, let me be frank with you.

My business is securing acquittals.

Moral and ethics is not my department.

The prosecution will claim that

this is a case about 11 civilian deaths.

If you're unsure of whether you had PID,

they'll do everything to nail you.

If you can tell me without a doubt now

that you did have PID -

- we have a good chance

of getting you acquitted.

That's the lay of the land.

I can't sit there and lie.

I didn't know

who was in that house, Maria.

It was my responsibility, and I'll just

have to suffer the consequences.

You'll have to suffer

the consequences?

What about the children?

What about me?

We need you at home.

You've been gone

for a very long time.

- Julius is struggling with it.

- What should I have done?

Huh?

The issue is not what you should

have done, but what you do now.

Will four years in prison help you?

Will that make you feel better?

Will the children feel better?

We need you at home.

The children need you!

I dropped that bomb.

It was my decision.

- I can't put the blame on the men.

- No, so just do as he says.

Say you had the f***ing PID. Say

you don't remember who gave it to you.

You may have killed eight children,

but you have three living ones at home.

Sorry...

Claus, you come with me.

Maria, sit here.

- Hi, chief. Good to see you.

- Hi.

Hi.

- Let me take your coat.

- Thanks.

Sit there, Claus.

You can hang your coat.

- Thanks.

- Sit down.

Remember our agreement.

When it gets tough -

- look at me and breathe.

You'll do fine, okay?

Good.

Claus, stand up.

Good morning.

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