The Escape Page #3

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with terrorist

Why is he wearing your jacket?

You said it got stolen at the party.

- It's not what you think...

Don't lie to my face.

Do you take me for a fool?

Don't you think

I see what's going on?

I knew this would happen.

Why didn't you say anything?

Because I love you.

I'm taking the girls to the cottage.

I'm so sorry.

Shut up.

Are you coming back?

If I had known that Sarah...

- I don't want to talk about it.

Not right now.

Not right now.

We should...

We must focus.

First of all,

you need to regain your credibility.

You're losing sympathy

from all corners because of your lies.

What should I do?

- What I've been saying all along.

Come forward with the truth.

And this time, the actual truth.

So I should just say:

"Yes, I lied. Let's move on."

Yes.

I have a camera here.

You tell your story from the beginning.

In detail and with honesty.

Let people know

why you acted as you did.

Isn't there some legal measure...

Wake up, damn it! This has nothing

to do with the law! It's a media thing.

Radio and the papers are all over it,

and TV will be tonight -

and tomorrow the word is

that you lied and helped a terrorist.

That's what he is to them.

Nothing but a terrorist.

Not a single politician will find it

lucrative to grant asylum to Nazir.

We must turn the whole thing around!

Make people understand -

that defending Nazir is a just cause

and maybe, just maybe...

...the politicians will step up.

So, a speech of defence?

- Yes.

This is an open letter.

My name is Rikke Lyngvig,

and I have been lying to all of you.

I had no choice, and I'd do it again

in similar circumstances.

I was kidnapped in Afghanistan

by Nazir Osmani and his group.

Nazir had recently lost his father

in a demonstration in Gereshk.

US soldiers shot him and he died

from internal haemorrhage.

Nazir's father oppsed the Taliban,

but Nazirwas pressured by his uncle-

- to avenge his father's death

and join a terrorist group.

His life was threatened, and he was

forced to take part in my kidnapping.

Were it not for Nazir Osmani,

I'd be dead today-

- and that is why I lied to the media

about my escape-

- so that his uncle would not find out

that Nazir had betrayed him.

But the group got suspicious

andwould have forced him-

- to perform even worse actions

leading to more violence and deaths.

Nazir did the morally correct thing,

when he released me-

- and I appeal to the authorities,

the media and to the politicians-

- not to punish this boy but instead

help him by granting him asylum.

We should follow our consciences, as

Nazir followed his, when he saved me.

Welcome, Hanne Hvidtfeldt.

- Thank you.

This appeal has had

all of Denmark in uproar today-

and it's an appeal addressed to you.

What will you do?

We cannot oblige Rikke Lyngvig.

We must get to the bottom of this,

and Nazir Osmani must be tried.

But if Rikke Lyngvig speaks the truth,

it seems you ought to take action.

Rikke Lyngvig is a good person,

but although she's highly involved -

- she doesn't know all there is to

know about Nazir Osmani's activities.

That's up to the courts, and today

Nazir's group, Juyush as-Thar-

- claimed responsibility for the US

convoy blown up earlier this year.

Did Nazir Osmani's group

attack US soldiers?

Does that mean that he will be

extradited to Guantnamo?

Yes, our terror law enables us

to cooperate with the US.

- If they ask us, we'll consider it.

- Thank you forcoming.

That's all for now

about the sensitive Nazircase...

That's the last thing

we wanted to happen.

They're extraditing him.

If Hvidtfeldt says it on TV,

they're doing it.

They can't send him to Guantnamo.

- That's what the terror law is for!

Turn yourself in.

As soon as possible.

It'll only get worse.

If I turn myself in,

they'll want me to take them to Nazir...

They'll find him anyway.

They'll find him sooner or later.

...extradition to the US

and eventually Guantnamo.

You'd better go inside.

Hello?

Yes?

Hey, it's really you?

How did you know where to find me?

- I know you better than you think.

What do you want?

This came for you at the paper.

Rikke, you're throwing it all away

for a terrorist.

Maybe he saved you

in order to save himself.

Maybe.

But I can't know that for sure.

I hope you think long and hard

about this.

Thank you.

He's right.

I'll take you to the police.

The sooner the better.

So let's get it over with tonight.

And the paper don't...

- Just a minute!

I have to help him.

We've been through this.

How would you help him?

I don't know.

There must be a solution.

There is no solution, Rikke.

Before doing anything,

I'm taking this letter to Nazir.

Okay?

I'm Rikke Lyngvig, and I...

- I know who you are.

Okay.

I'm here with a letter for Nazir.

I'll go wake him up. Come in.

- Thank you.

Nazir, we have company.

This is empty!

That's good.

Is he conscious?

- Yes.

We've decided to keep him here

for 24 hours.

I'll arrange a private room for him.

I'm bound by professional secrecy,

but there are other doctors...

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I'll stay here

and do what I can for Nazir.

Yes.

I should probably

be getting home now.

You've changed.

Yes. I've grown up.

I liked you better before.

It was different back then.

- Not for me.

We can't all act 22 and still believe

we can save the world.

Oh, okay!

What can we do, then?

Sit in a mansion with a trophy wife

and two biodynamic children?

And f*** an idealist like me

on the side, hoping it'll rub off.

How dare you judge me!

I struggle every single day!

I may not have had my fingers cut off,

but I sure as hell do what I can!

You write a book based on a lie!

And for what?

For fame?

'Idealist'? You're a f***ing hypocrite!

How wonderful that we

still have something in common!

I love you.

I know.

There are tailbacks

on most freeways.

Cars are backed up all the way...

The police are searching all cars

because of the Nazircase.

So patience is the key word...

Sweden

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