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I have no interest in Hezbollah.

This is business

and it doesn't concern Hezbollah.

If what you say is true...

...consider yourself welcome in Lebanon.

They can lift 10 times their weight,

and jump 20 times their height.

But I still don't understand...

The spider is a symbol

of the sin of man.

He bites the finger of Peter Parker...

...who is now half dark and half light.

A real spider captures, stings

and immobilizes...

...then watches

as the prey takes days to die.

They'd never show that.

Are we in trouble?

Peace be upon you, boys.

No, it's not a problem.

Look around you...

...at your brothers united by faith in God

and submission to his law.

We're all brothers.

We're one family.

Wasim is still a virgin.

That is good.

Fornication is a serious crime.

I'm a virgin too.

That is good as well.

"Abstain from sex out of wedlock.

It is an attack on honor...

...and shows contempt for sanctity."

God has spoken the truth.

Let us pray together.

Rumors of Bob, but never Bob.

It is "Bob," right?

What is it you tell people

you do these days, Bob?

Between State Department and Defense.

It's just me, buddy.

As requested.

I'm gonna get

some information out, Jimmy.

- My name is Mussawi.

- Okay, Jimmy.

He's traveling in Beirut.

It's dangerous to travel. He'll disappear.

Take him from his hotel, drug him,

put him in the front of a car...

...and run a truck into him

at 50 miles an hour.

It's good to have you back in town, Bob.

We begin the process of empowering

a new generation of Arabs...

Beirut.

No, no. He invited me

to come with him.

I think he thinks he's some kind

of reformer or something.

Anyway, he's got a nice private plane.

Hold on, Vincent.

Hey.

Beirut? It's great. It's like the...

It's like the Paris of the Middle East.

Yeah, it's like... It's like winning the NIT.

- However, unlike Washington's

Greater Middle East Initiative...

It's a bad... Just never mind, never mind.

...we respect each country's right

to move at its own pace.

Make room.

American?

Canadian.

Don't see many Occidentals these days.

It's too bad.

Go, go, go.

- This is November, '94.

- Yeah. Excellent, excellent.

- Did you find the others?

- I couldn't. Joe's looking for it.

- He'll bring it out when he does.

- Where is he?

He's back there looking.

He'll bring them out.

Okay. Thank you, Susan.

Hello?

Yeah.

Who's this?

Yeah. Okay.

How you doing, sir?

Somebody called me.

Bob.

What do you know about

torture methods...

...used by the Chinese

on the Falun Gong?

Method number one.

What's your guess?

Water dungeon.

Did you guess water dungeon?

Number two method?

Number two, twisting arm

and putting face in feces.

Not interested in two.

Number three.

Number three is called...

..."pulling nails from fingers."

What do you think, Bob?

Number three sound good to you?

The purpose is to get the monks

or whatever...

...to recant their beliefs.

What if I had to get you to recant?

That'd be pretty difficult, right?

Because...

...if you have no beliefs

to recant, then what?

Well, then, you're f***ed is what.

Bob.

You're gonna give me the names...

...of every person

that's taken money from you.

Oh, that is disgusting.

Come on, Jimmy,

you're not a Koran-thumper.

My name is Mussawi.

You f***ing f***, f***ing f***,

stupid f***!

What the f***? This is a war.

F***! You're a PO-f***ing-W!

Give me the f***ing names!

F*** it.

I'm cutting his f***ing head off.

I'm gonna cut your head off, Bob.

Said Hashimi is very angry with you,

Mussawi.

Said Hashimi keeps his word.

You're a guest of Hezbollah too,

Mussawi.

I'm going to show you

something really cool.

American-made. Good quality...

...but nearly impossible to hit anything.

By shaping the charge...

...this will send a blast

of molten copper...

...through 30 inches of steel.

Careful!

It's very dangerous.

Jane.

We've just received a dispatch

from Damascus, eight minutes old.

Mussawi's shopping a story

that we sent Bob to Beirut...

...to assassinate Prince Nasir.

We better go talk to Terry.

Can we get this guy?

I mean now, real-time now.

- Mussawi?

- I'll call you back.

The practical answer is no. Not before

he goes into another mosque...

...or a newspaper

and the story gains traction. No.

- He have Bob's name?

- Not his real name.

Mussawi's shopping photos

of them doing the deal, long lens.

Photos of Bob being held.

We're lucky this guy is alive.

The whole contact was a setup. Mussawi

now apparently works with Iran.

First he tortures our guy,

then he peddles the CIA connection.

Put some space between us and Bob.

Bob has a long history

of entrepreneurial operations.

We haven't really had a handle

on Bob for years.

After 9/11, some people got leeway,

let their emotions get the best of them.

These are complex times.

There's already an active investigation...

...into Bob's activities in...

Help me out here.

Tehran, the Amiri brothers job.

We're finding out who hired Bob

for the Amiri brothers job.

Could the same people

be behind the Nasir job?

A lot of people probably want

this Nasir dead...

...and Bob knows lots of people.

Fill in the rest.

Send me everything.

Walter Reed Hospital

Washington, DC

You first established contact

with the Amiri brothers in 1998?

Yeah.

- You met them at a party in France?

- Yes.

A party given by Reza Reyhani?

Reza, yes.

Were you aware they were

in illegal arms trade?

Of course I was aware.

That's why I went.

Were you aware these two men

were Iranian intelligence officers?

- What do you think?

- This is a diplomatic incident.

Two men have been murdered.

We've been tasked

with the damage assessment.

We'll need you to turn

your passport over to us.

Passports.

Hey.

Hey, I found this.

Wire transfer.

In Russian. I don't speak Russian.

Get it translated.

Do you speak Russian?

- These are dead.

- Oh, thanks.

What are these?

Orphans. You know,

things that don't make any sense.

That one's pretty interesting.

The Lily School.

It's a boarding school in Switzerland.

Paid for by wire transfer.

The meeting's already started.

You're not on the list.

This is not an open function.

You're not wearing a badge.

You don't have a wristband.

This is a private gathering.

Take this to Sydney Hewitt.

They are pushing

for the segregation of universities.

Please.

And the banning of the wearing

of colorful clothing.

But two-thirds of Iran 's population

is under 30.

How you doing?

More than 60 percent

of university students are women.

And those restrictions

are like a small pebble...

... in front of a massive tidal wave

of reform.

Iranian resources are abundant...

... and given the chance,

there is no limit...

... to what the Iranian people

can achieve.

Their hopes are the same

as all people in every land...

... to live lives of dignity

in a nation at peace.

And America will help them.

Killen Oil, through Daniel Dalton

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