Body of Lies Page #2

I know enough to be martyred.

But with you,

I know enough to stay alive.

You have a computer?

[AL-SALEEM SPEAKING IN ARABIC

ON COMPUTER]

[LINE RINGING]

[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]

- Yup.

FERRIS:
Hey, Ed, it's me.

I got an Iraqi walk-in, up near Samarra.

He's got a communiqu video here that

somebody walked across the Iranian border.

I'm watching it right now, sir.

- Can you see his face?

- Yes, captain.

I am looking at the white whale.

- It is Al-Saleem.

- What's he saying?

Well, it's gotta be current.

He mentions the Sheffield bus bombings

a week ago.

He's telling the brothers to prepare for

a UK operation's already planned...

...which is the bombing these people

f***ed up in Manchester this morning.

Let me translate this part

for you directly.

[SPEAKING IN ARABIC]

"We will avenge the America wars

on the Muslim world.

We will come at them everywhere.

We will strike at random, across Europe,

then America, continually.

We have bled.

Now they will bleed. And bleed.

Until they are bled out."

WOMAN:

Ed.

It's 6:
00 in the morning.

Saving civilization, honey.

FERRIS:

Disks are passed from hand to hand.

The communiqus are not transmitted,

not copied.

My man says that real orders

are verbal or in code on paper.

Is there any indication of where he is?

No, sir.

He definitely does not have his location.

But he did mention there's a safe house

up north, near Balad...

... where Al-Saleem may have been.

BOY:

Dad?

HOFFMAN:

Hey.

They're killing anyone who knows anything.

He's scared.

We need to debrief him very carefully.

- All right, so do it.

- In the States.

No. Ahem.

They're onto him.

That's the reason he's running.

- On the toilet, not the floor.

- You hear me, right?

So he wants to come to America

in one piece...

...instead of going to paradise

in a thousand.

He should've thought of that before.

I'm telling you.

They will kill him within a few days, Ed.

Yep. And if they do, that's all right...

...because we can be there

to see who pulls the trigger.

Now, get back to bed. Good night.

- Am I missing the point?

- I just offered him asylum.

Well, you lied, buddy.

So just cut him loose...

... and put him back on the street.

All right.

Okay, so everything's fine.

No, no, no problem. No problem.

We just have to ask you a few more

questions, and then we can go.

No, no more questions.

Take me to the Green Zone.

Maybe we could help. We have

a few questions. Everything will be fine.

Trust me. Okay? It's okay. Sit down.

[SPEAKING IN ARABIC]

You're a liar. You're a liar. You f***ing d...

Get on the f***ing... Back the f*** up!

Step back!

I talk to you! I talk to you!

And that's all you want!

- You want to see who kills me, huh?

- Bassam. Search him. Get his phone.

Now you've seen our faces.

You know what that means.

Computer.

Guantanamo?

You threaten me with Guantanamo?

If you don't do exactly what I say...

...I will execute you right here.

Do you understand?

Listen, we are your friends, okay?

We're your friends.

We're here to watch you.

We're here to protect you.

You can't even protect yourselves.

BASSAM:
Boss?

FERRIS:
Yeah, I'm right here.

BASSAM:

I got a visual on him.

FERRIS:

Okay, where's he coming from?

He's riding up right now.

Coming right to us.

FERRIS [ON PHONE]:

Yes. I see him. I see him.

BASSAM:
He's coming down the street.

He's coming north towards the square.

- I'm gonna hang back.

- All right, I'll let you know what he's doing.

FERRIS:
Keep an eye on him for me.

BASSAM:
He stopped in front of the caf.

He's walking right up.

- Listen, Bassam?

- Yeah?

There is a black van heading this way

with some pretty dangerous-looking guys.

- They're staring right at him.

BASSAM:
Yeah, I see it.

FERRIS:
Tell me what it does.

BASSAM:
All right.

Looks like it's parking right up ahead.

Yeah, it stopped. The van stopped.

FERRIS:

Can I turn around?

BASSAM:

Yeah, yeah, Nizar's getting on his bike.

There's like four or five guys

getting out of that van.

FERRIS:
Can you identify any of these guys?

- I've never seen these guys before.

We gotta move.

[CROWD SCREAMING]

[SPEAKING IN ARABIC]

[NIZAR YELLING]

MAN 1:
Did you see a flash?

MAN 2:
What?

WOMAN:

Did somebody get hit?

MAN 1:
Let's see a playback on that.

MAN 2:
Stay with him.

[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]

HOFFMAN:
Hello.

- In case you didn't see it, I executed him.

You did what you had to do.

If you hadn't, he would be describing you

down to your eyebrows to them right now.

I did it, all right? It's done. I killed him.

He was always gonna get killed

no matter what he did.

Besides, you'd milked him and he was dry.

Excuse me.

Ferris?

Is your silence supposed

to say something?

Because you do know we're at war, right?

Your friend, who you must have had some

intense cross-cultural eye contact with...

...was a terrorist a-hole,

who turned out to be a coward...

...who wanted to go to Disneyland.

Listen, Ed, we're going north now,

do you hear me?

- We're going north to the Balad safe house.

- No, no, no, buddy. No, you're not.

You're blown. There's chatter.

Well, if I'm blown, Ed, that means

you should've sent a team here...

...the minute Nizar got shot,

but you didn't send a team, did you?

Well, not since we've been talking, Ferris.

You and I, we're going to that safe house,

you understand? Now.

- Ferris?

- Where's the goddamn car, huh?

Let's get out of here.

[BRAKES SQUEAL]

It's time to move.

I'm coming back to you, all right?

If something happens,

you'll shoot me, right?

- Yep.

- Good.

[IN ARABIC]

BASSAM:

Got you.

Don't you f***ing do it.

MAN:

Hassan! Hassan!

Urgent request you dispatch Chili, Speck

or Nitrate to these coordinates.

North, 34 degrees, 20 minutes,

East, 44 degrees, 24 minutes,

14.4 seconds.

This is a live target, a known

operational base of an Al-Saleem cell.

- A high-value target.

PILOT:
Copy that, on approach.

[GRUNTS]

[DEVICE BEEPING]

[SPEAKS IN ARABIC]

Aah! Get back!

[BOTH GRUNTING]

BASSAM:

Come on!

- Gotta go! Gotta go!

FERRIS:
I'm getting the intel!

Get in the f***ing car, man!

Come on! Come on!

[ENGINE STARTS]

FERRIS:

Go! Go!

BASSAM:
I've got guys coming down

the hill! Two trucks! On the right!

FERRIS:

I got it.

Keep moving!

[MEN SHOUTING IN ARABIC]

FERRIS:

F***.

We're in some serious

f***ing trouble here.

We're on Highway 1, south of Samarra.

We're being pursued by two vehicles.

We have valuable intel in our possession!

We're in a black Nissan.

Where the f*** are you people?

- I see them!

PILOT:
We're right on their six.

- Have visual, will engage.

WOMAN:
Copy that. Engage at will.

[MEN CHATTERING IN ARABIC]

RPG. Take them out now.

Fire!

RPG!

SPOTTER:

Nine, one, two, six, one.

SOLDIER 1:

Let's go!

- Fuel tank is ruptured!

SOLDIER 2:
I got him! Get the driver out!

SOLDIER 1:
I can't! He's in pieces!

SOLDIER 2:
Then get the bag! Get the intel!

Bassam! Bassam!

WOMAN:

Stay with them. We are tracking.

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