Body of Lies Page #8

Well, I can tell you

that is my hope as well.

I hope so too. Huh?

Cala? Hey. Peace.

- Let's have lunch, huh?

CALA:
Okay.

Enjoy.

Thank you.

- Well, sorry about that.

- Ah, so am I.

I probably should've kept my mouth shut.

After all, I was a guest in your home.

So is she. It didn't stop her, you know?

She suffered a lot during Iran-Iraq war.

And the funny thing

is that she wants to live in America.

- Oh, yeah?

- Yeah.

Well, tell her I'll switch passports with her.

It'll make us both happy.

Don't joke about these kind of things.

I'm not joking. I'm perfectly serious.

I may stay here forever. Really.

Well, anyway, I'm glad I made friends

with her boys. I like them a lot.

Yeah, they're great, aren't they?

But not very good spies, you know?

Neither are you.

What do you mean?

- At the table, you know?

- Oh.

So you noticed. All right. I'm busted.

Well, thank you, Aisha,

for inviting me in your home.

AISHA:

Um...

AISHA:

Sorry.

- I had a really nice time.

- Sorry. Yeah, me too.

- Thank you for coming.

- Thank you.

[CAR DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

[CAR ENGINE STARTS]

HANI:
The photograph was taken last week

in the Cyclone Club in Dubai.

One is Al-Masri, a lawyer...

...a low-level al Qaeda financier,

if that's not a contradiction in terms.

The other is a Jordanian.

An architect named Omar Sadiki.

No known terrorist ties.

Now, the question I ask myself is,

is what are they doing together?

Is this Sadiki more than he claims to be?

He travels a lot.

He builds mosques and shopping malls.

At the very least,

he bears examination by us.

Or by we.

Hm.

Where'd you get these?

- A friend in Saudi Intelligence.

- Mm.

Useful friend, huh?

[CLOCK CHIMING]

No, keep it.

I want you to have it.

We are partners. Allies, no?

Why would we not want

to help each other?

Right. Thank you.

FERRIS [ON PHONE]: Garland.

GARLAND:
Yeah?

FERRIS:
Pull up an Arabic keyboard

and write down this message, you ready?

Okay.

In the name of Go...

No, you know what, strike that.

In the name of God the merciful...

... we praise our brothers

who shall carry out...

... this heroic act in the fig orchard...

...and beg God to give us strength

for our continuing struggle.

The time is at hand. All right?

Now, that's absolutely delightful Arabic,

but what the f*** is the fig orchard?

I can't let you in on that yet.

Let's just say it's developing.

It'll create chatter...

...but it's gotta be big enough

for Al-Saleem, to get his attention.

Oh, it'll be big.

Now, send that off

from Sadiki's fake e-mail address...

... and we are in business.

Okay. Done.

[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]

MAN [OVER RADIO]:

Advise when you're on the deck.

FERRIS:
Hello there, Mr. Sadiki.

It's Brad Scanlon.

I'm fine. Thanks so much for asking.

But we've got a bit of a problem.

You see, our chief engineer,

who's based out of Ankara...

...he's raised some issues

about the insulation.

I realize it's the same stuff

that you use in Saudi Arabia...

...but he's asked

to meet with you immediately.

No, I'm sorry, sir.

He cannot fly up to see you.

And the only time he can meet

is tomorrow afternoon.

But the good news is, we have a car

ready to pick you up in about...

...oh, six hours, and a plane ticket to Turkey

waiting for you at the airport.

No, I'm sorry, sir.

First class was not available.

FERRIS [ON PHONE]:

Ed, Sadiki just landed in Turkey.

He's being met by one of our guys.

An engineer to discuss business

and to show him a good time.

All we need is to establish

that he is there.

- Mm-hm.

- Now, the barracks at the base...

... have been cleared out of all personnel.

Bodies from the morgue

have been brought in.

They'll be our so-called casualties.

Now, Garland will send out a message

from Sadiki hinting that a strike is prepared.

And when the strike is done...

...he'll post another message taking

responsibility for our little event.

- You got that?

- Uh-huh.

After that...

...hopefully a buzz of messages

will then pass among jihadists' networks...

... announcing the Brothers of Awareness

as a new player.

And our Sadiki as its leader.

You got that?

All right, Ferris. Thank you.

MAN [OVER RADIO]:

Tony, you have a go.

REPORTER 1 [ON TV]:

We have a special report.

A massive explosion

has taken place in Incirlik, Turkey.

REPORTER 2:
Officials have confirmed the

target of the blast to be the U.S. Air Base...

[MAN SPEAKS IN ARABIC]

... at Incirlik, Turkey. The bomb ripped

through the Bachelor Officers' Quarters...

... at 3:
00 this morning,

quickly engulfing it in flames.

[SHUSHES AND SPEAKS IN ARABIC]

No one yet has claimed responsibility

for the attack.

But terror experts are already speculating

this is the work of a new...

... much more sophisticated and much

better financed offshoot of al Qaeda...

... than that which is responsible

for the bombings...

... in Amsterdam, London

and other European cities.

In contrast to these recent bombings...

... this is the first attack

to occur on American property.

- The Pentagon...

WOMAN:
Honey.

... will not release the names of the dead

until notification of next of kin.

We're also being told that there

may never be a public announcement...

Honey.

... of the list of casualties

since some of the men killed...

... may have been stationed at Incirlik

on classified missions.

Incirlik, which in Turkish means fig orchard,

has served since September the 11 th...

... as a primary hub in the wars

in Afghanistan and Iraq.

All right, now send out the message

taking credit.

But make the responses go back

to Sadiki's actual account.

- You got that?

- Okay.

I can't say it's been real,

but you know what I mean.

Yeah.

[PHONE BEEPS]

[SPEAKS IN ARABIC]

[AL-SALEEM SPEAKS IN ARABIC]

AL-SALEEM [IN ARABIC]:

[SPEAKING IN ARABIC]

[COMPUTER CHIMING]

[IN ARABIC]

SADIKI:

[COMPUTER CHIMING]

[REPORTER SPEAKING IN ARABIC

ON TV]

[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]

[CAR ALARM BEEPS]

[MEN SPEAKING IN ARABIC]

[CAR ALARM BLARING]

[ENGINE STALLING]

[ENGINE STARTS]

[PHONE BEEPS]

[LINE RINGING]

[LINE PICKS UP]

[SPEAKS IN ARABIC]

[PHONES RINGING

AND VOICES CHATTERING]

HOFFMAN [ON PHONE]:

Hey there, little buddy.

Well done. You did it.

NSA 's picking up all kinds of chatter.

Haven't heard for years.

One voice on a world phone out of Vienna

sounds a lot like Al-Saleem himself.

Saying something along the lines of,

"Who the damn heck is Omar Sadiki?"

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Listen,

I made a decision, Ed. I'm bringing him in.

- Who?

- Omar Sadiki, that's who.

Oh, come on. No, no, no.

When they find him, they are gonna

torture him and they are gonna kill him.

You gotta decide which side of the cross

you're on. I need nailers, not hangers.

Decision's already done, Ed.

I'm bringing him in.

Ain't nobody innocent

in this sh*t, Ferris. Okay?

Ferris.

FERRIS:

All right, don't move until I say, all right?

FERRIS [OVER RADIO]:

You got me?

Omar.

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