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IT'S GOING TO BE A GIRL.

GOT A REAL SPECIAL NAME PICKED OUT TOO-- MARY.

I FIGURE EVERYBODY NAMING GIRLS HEATHER AND SHAUNA

AND MADONNA THESE DAYS.

BY THE TIME SHE GROWS UP, MARY WILL BE AN UNUSUAL NAME.

I HOPE I GET HOME BEFORE ANNIE GIVES BIRTH.

COULD YOU STEP OUT OF THE MATERNITY WARD

LONG ENOUGH TO FIGURE WHY WE HAVEN'T HIT EL WADI OASIS?

T.C. SAID EL WADI IS UP HERE ABOUT TEN MILES.

WE'VE ONLY GONE... ABOUT 15.

DAVE, THE IRAQI BORDER'S

ONLY A COUPLE MILES NORTH OF EL WADI.

HEY, JOHN, DOES THAT LOOK LIKE ONE OF OURS?

IRAQIS!

ANYONE ON THIS FREQ! OVER! ANYONE ON THIS FREQ

WE'RE TAKING FIRE!

JOHN, STAY ON THE RADIO.

NOBODY'S ANSWERING.

JOHN!

Man: Saddam Hussein announced today

that the body of Marine Corporal John Edner

killed four days ago

when he crossed into Iraq near the Kuwaiti border

will be turned over to the International Red Cross.

However, Marine Corporal David Anderson

who was captured in the same incident

is to be charged with espionage.

Saddam Hussein then surprised reporters

by announcing that American military lawyers will be allowed

to defend Corporal Anderson. At the moment, it is not known

whether or not the White House will accept the Iraqi proposal.

From Bagdad, this is Chuck DeCaro on special assignment.

[ crying out ]

Clear. Cover.

Two... one!

Move it, move it!

[ silenced gunshots ]

[ gunshots, man groans ]

CONGRATULATIONS, LIEUTENANT.

YOU JUST SHOT CORPORAL ANDERSON.

I DIDN'T THINK HE'D BE IN THE CORRIDOR.

HE PROBABLY WON'T BE, BUT IF HE IS, AND YOU DO

WHAT YOU JUST DID, HE GOES HOME IN A BOX.

I KNOW IT'S NO EXCUSE, BUT JUST TRIGGERING

ONE ROUND AT A TIME IS MAKING ME A LITTLE JUMPY.

YOU WANT A ROOM BROOM, HUH?

THAT'S NOT THE WAY WE TEACH

CLOSE-QUARTERS COMBAT.

FIRST YOU GET GOOD WITH ONE BULLET;

THEN YOU GET TO SHOOT A LOT OF THEM.

MIND IF I GIVE IT ANOTHER TRY?

YOU GOT IT.

One more time. Let's go.

ACTUALLY, THE IRAQI CONSTITUTION

GUARANTEES MANY OF THE SAME RIGHTS AS OUR OWN.

THAT DOESN'T TRACK WITH THE CASES

I'VE BEEN READING, SIR.

PROBABLY BECAUSE IN REALITY,

WHATEVER LOLA WANTS, LOLA GETS.

LOLA MEANING SADDAM HUSSEIN.

OH, OF COURSE, SIR.

DID THE IRAQIS RESPOND WITH OUR REQUEST

FOR MORE REFERENCE BOOKS?

OH, YES.

THEY SENT US STACKS OF MATERIAL.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S ALL IN ARABIC.

MANY OF THE TERMS HAVE NO PRECISE ENGLISH COGNITIVE.

BY THE TIME WE TRANSLATE IT...

THE TRIAL WILL BE OVER.

I'M AFRAID SO.

A CHEAP LAWYER TRICK IF I EVER HEARD ONE.

ISN'T IT?

YOU AND LIEUTENANT RABB

WILL BE APPEARING IN A SPECIAL SECURITY COURT--

ESSENTIALLY A MILITARY TRIBUNAL.

IT'LL COMPLICATE MATTERS...

SIR, SHOULDN'T WE WAIT FOR LIEUTENANT RABB?

HE'S MISSED A LOT OF THESE SESSIONS.

HE'S BEING BRIEFED ON PROTOCOL.

PROTOCOL?

DIPLOMATIC NICETIES NEED TO BE OBSERVED.

SINCE WE HAVE NO AMBASSADOR IN BAGHDAD,

YOU AND LIEUTENANT RABB WILL BE DOING DOUBLE DUTY.

WE DON'T WANT

ANY SOCIAL GAFFES TO APPEAR IN THE LEGAL ARENA.

IT'S JUST THAT WITH CORPORAL ANDERSON'S LIFE AT STAKE...

[ knocking ]

COMMANDER.

LIEUTENANT.

DID YOU LEARN WHICH FORK TO USE YET, SIR?

ACTUALLY, I'VE MANAGED TO DO A LITTLE RESEARCH.

I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE USEFUL.

I'VE READ IT.

FRANKLY, I THINK THAT THE BEST BOOK IS THIS MANUAL

ON IRAQI MILITARY PROCEDURES.

STRICTLY SPEAKING, IT'S NOT A LEGAL BOOK,

BUT THE FOURTH CHAPTER SHOWS

THEIR APPROACH TO EVIDENTIARY QUESTIONS.

SOUNDS INTERESTING,

BUT I JUST STOPPED IN TO DELIVER THE BOOK.

I'VE GOT TO GET BACK.

IRAQI UTENSILS ARE TRICKIER THAN YOU THINK.

YOUR DIPLOMATIC BRIEFING'S

NO LAUGHING MATTER.

NO, SIR.

MAYBE I'D BETTER JOIN YOU FOR A WHILE.

LIEUTENANT AUSTIN SEEMS TO HAVE EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL.

CARRY ON, LIEUTENANT.

CORPORAL ANDERSON IS BEING HELD AT AL MATAHA, NEAR BASRA.

IT'S ONE OF THE MOST SECURE PRISONS IN IRAQ.

IT'S ORIGINAL FOUNDATIONS, WHERE MOST OF THE PRISONERS ARE KEPT,

DATE BACK TO THE MIDDLE AGES.

IT'S A WARREN NEST OF CELLS AND CORRIDORS.

IN FACT, AL MATAHA IS ARABIC

FOR "THE MAZE."

A MAZE OUR SATELLITE INFRARED ENHANCEMENT

SEEMS TO HAVE PENETRATED.

IF IT COULD JUST TELL US WHICH CELL ANDERSON IS IN.

HOW MANY ARE THERE?

ABOUT 300, WHICH IS WHY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE

TO PASS HIM THIS TRANSPONDER WHEN YOU INTERVIEW HIM.

AFTER THEY CONVICT HIM, CONTACT US

ON THE SATELLITE UPLINK. WE'LL DO THE REST.

YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH CONFIDENCE IN OUR DEFENSE.

DO YOU, SIR?

NO. I JUST DON'T LIKE BEING COUNTED OUT

BEFORE WE ENTER THE COURTROOM.

I CAN SMUGGLE THIS INTO IRAQ, BUT NOT AN UPLINK.

IT'S ALREADY THERE.

AN UNDERCOVER AGENT CODE NAMED "SCIMITAR"

WILL GIVE YOU IT AND OUR ESCAPE ROUTE.

-WHO'S SCIMITAR? -WE DON'T KNOW.

SINCE SCIMITAR IS AN ARAB SWORD,

WE THINK HE'S IN THE IRAQI MILITARY.

AND HE'S GOING TO HELP US?

WE ASSUME HE'S ANTI-SADDAM.

HIS INTEL'S BEEN RELIABLE WHEN HE CHOOSES TO PROVIDE IT.

SCIMITAR MAY CONTACT YOU DIRECTLY, USE INTERMEDIARIES;

HE MAY EVEN WAIT FOR YOU TO CONTACT HIM.

HOW DO I DO THAT IF I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS?

PLAY IT BY EAR. I HOPE YOU'RE GOOD.

ONCE WE GO IN, THE ONLY WAY OUT IS THROUGH HIM.

THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY WE CAN'T CONTINUE

TO KEEP LIEUTENANT AUSTIN IN THE DARK.

THE MISSION PLANNERS FEEL THE FEWER PEOPLE

THAT KNOW THE TRUE NATURE

OF THE OPERATION, THE BETTER.

WE'RE ASKING HER TO TAKE RISKS SHE ISN'T AWARE OF.

WOULD SHE TAKE THEM IF SHE KNEW?

WITHOUT A DOUBT.

THEN WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

I DON'T LIKE HOLDING OUT ON MY PARTNER.

I'M NOT PREPPING FOR COURT.

SHE'S STARTING TO WONDER WHY.

-GIVE HER A WHY. -COMMANDER...

I'D LIKE TO LEVEL WITH HER TOO, BUT WE CAN'T.

NOW THAT'S FINAL.

YES, SIR.

-IT WON'T WORK. -OUR DEFENSE?

THE BRIBE.

EVEN WITH CHILI PEPPERS AND CHORIZO?

WHERE DID YOU FIND A TEXAS PIZZA?

I GOT THE PIZZA AT TONY'S.

I GOT THE TOPPINGS AT LOS AMIGOS.

I PUT THEM TOGETHER AND ZAPPED THEM IN THE MICROWAVE.

IT'S AN APOLOGY FOR DUCKING OUT ON OUR CRAM SESSION.

YOU DON'T THINK WE STAND A CHANCE, DO YOU?

THERE'S ALWAYS A CHANCE, MEG.

HAVING US DEFEND MAY BE JUST A PROPAGANDA MOVE,

BUT IT'S DOUBLE-EDGED.

WE MAY SCORE SOME POINTS THEY DON'T EXPECT.

THEN WHY HAVEN'T YOU BEEN HITTING THE BOOKS?

IT'S PARTLY BECAUSE OF THIS PROTOCOL BUSINESS,

BUT IT'S MOSTLY BECAUSE YOU'RE TO BE LEAD COUNSEL.

-ME? -IT'S PSY-OPS IDEA.

THE IRAQIS AREN'T USED TO WOMEN IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY.

WE THROW THEM A CURVE BALL BY HAVING YOU LEAD THE DEFENSE.

HOPING THAT THEY'LL UNDERESTIMATE ME.

IF I COULD FIND A WEAK SPOT OR TWO, WE MIGHT

AT LEAST GET A LIGHTER SENTENCE.

WHAT IS THAT?

IT'S AN ANCHOVY. IT'S ONLY ON MY HALF.

LIEUTENANTS RABB AND AUSTIN?

I'M SORRY TO DISTURB YOU.

I'M LAURIE ANDERSON.

MY HUSBAND IS CORPORAL DAVID ANDERSON.

PLEASE, COME IN.

HAVE A SEAT.

THANKS.

THE BUILDING'S SO BIG, IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO FIND YOU.

-I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND. -NO, OF COURSE NOT.

THEY'LL LET YOU SEE HIM, WON'T THEY, WHEN YOU GET TO IRAQ?

THEY'LL HAVE TO, MA'AM, IF WE'RE GOING TO DEFEND HIM.

WILL YOU GIVE HIM THESE?

ONE FROM ME AND ONE FROM MARY.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NAME HER.

THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL NAME.

WE THINK SO TOO.

EVERY TIME DAVE SENDS ME A LETTER, HE SENDS MARY ONE TOO.

I THOUGHT A LETTER FROM HER MIGHT MAKE HIM SMILE.

WE'LL SEE THAT HE GETS THEM.

JUST BRING HIM HOME.

PLEASE.

WE KNOW YOU WERE SPYING.

ALL WE WANT TO KNOW IS THE NATURE OF YOUR MISSION.

I ALREADY TOLD YOU BOYS, I WASN'T ON ANY MISSION.

DON'T YOU WANT TO GO HOME?

HELL, YES, BUT NOT BY CONFESSING

TO SOMETHING I DIDN'T DO.

LOOK, WE WEREN'T SPYING, ALL RIGHT?

WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE OASIS AT EL WADI.

WE JUST GOT LOST. THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT.

I'LL MAKE YOUR CHOICE EVEN SIMPLER, CORPORAL.

YOU CAN GO HOME ON A FIRST-CLASS SEAT

OR THE SAME BOX AS CORPORAL EDNER.

HMM? WHICH WILL IT BE?

I'M NOT A SPY.

THE BOX.

WAIT A MINUTE.

YOU SON OF A...

[ click ]

DON'T DECEIVE YOURSELF, CORPORAL.

SOONER OR LATER...

THERE WILL BE A BULLET IN THE CHAMBER.

Man: The two Navy lawyers

assigned to defend U.S. Marine Corporal Anderson

on charges of espionage arrived in Baghdad today

and were immediately rushed into a private meeting

with Saddam Hussein.

Iraqi television reported that while Hussein expressed regrets

over the death of Marine Corporal John Edner,

he had no choice but to prosecute

Marine Corporal David Anderson for espionage.

Lindsey: 18 HOURS OF FLYING AND HE CALLS THEM INTO A MEETING.

SHREWD.

HOW'S THAT, SIR?

ARE YOU AT YOUR BEST AFTER 18 HOURS

ON AN AIRPLANE, LIEUTENANT?

USUALLY. I SLEEP ON AIRPLANES.

THERE IT IS.

...they passed within sight of the prison

where the trial will begin tomorrow.

Their destination today, however, is Al Ba'ran,

Saddam's highly secure personal compound in Basra

where the two attorneys will stay

for the duration of the trial.

This is Chuck Decaro on special assignment.

LIEUTENANT RABB, LIEUTENANT AUSTIN.

WELCOME TO IRAQ.

COLONEL AHMAD AL-BARZAN, AT YOUR SERVICE.

I WILL SEE THAT YOU HAVE FULL ACCESS

TO IRAQI LEGAL EXPERTISE, LIEUTENANT RABB.

YOU WILL FIND OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM

IS DIFFERENT FROM YOURS, BUT JUST AS FAIR.

AND LIEUTENANT AUSTIN, THIS IS LIEUTENANT DUMAI.

SHE WILL SEE TO YOUR PERSONAL NEEDS.

Austin: SINCE I'M LEAD COUNSEL ON THIS CASE,

I'LL BE THE ONE NEEDING ACCESS TO LEGAL EXPERTISE.

ARE YOU NOT THE SENIOR OFFICER?

YES, BUT LIEUTENANT AUSTIN IS THE EXPERT ON IRAQI LAW.

I LOOK FORWARD TO ACQUAINTING YOU WITH OUR LAWS.

NOW, IF I MAY SHOW YOU TO YOUR ROOMS?

WE'D LIKE TO VISIT CORPORAL ANDERSON FIRST.

-THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE. -SURELY A CLIENT

HAS THE RIGHT TO SEE HIS ATTORNEY.

SECURITY PASSES HAVE TO BE OBTAINED FIRST.

THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM SINCE YOU'RE CHIEF OF SECURITY.

PERMISSION FROM A HIGHER AUTHORITY WILL BE REQUIRED.

THEN I SUGGEST YOU OBTAIN IT.

PERHAPS IT WOULD BE WISE

IF YOU DID NOT GO TO THE TROUBLE

OF UNPACKING YOUR BAGS.

[ speaking Iraqi ]

THIS WAY, PLEASE.

I DIDN'T REALIZE

WOMEN SERVED IN THE IRAQI MILITARY.

WOULD YOU PUT THAT ON THE BED, PLEASE?

I'M SORRY. PERHAPS YOU DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH.

I SPEAK ENGLISH VERY GOOD.

THEN YOU MUST NOT HAVE HEARD ME.

PLEASE PUT MY BAG ON THE BED.

THANK YOU.

FIRST COLONEL BARZAN, NOW CORPORAL YUSEF.

DO YOU RESPECT NO MAN?

RESPECT, YES. FEAR, NO.

IT IS NOT FEAR TO BEHAVE PROPERLY.

-WHAT ABOUT HIS BEHAVIOR? -HE'S A MAN.

THAT DOESN'T GIVE HIM THE RIGHT TO IGNORE ME.

YOU JUDGE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.

THAT IS STUPID AND DANGEROUS.

I SPOKE WRONGLY.

I ASK YOUR FORGIVENESS.

NO, I'M THE ONE WHO SHOULD APOLOGIZE.

I'VE OFFENDED YOU,

AND THAT WAS THE LAST THING I WANTED TO DO.

SHALL WE START AGAIN?

I DIDN'T KNOW WOMEN SERVED IN THE IRAQI MILITARY.

DO YOU REQUIRE ANYTHING FURTHER, LIEUTENANT AUSTIN?

NO. NOTHING.

MY ROOM IS AT THE END OF THE HALL

IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND.

[ knocking on door ]

-OH, SORRY. -NO, NO, NO. COME IN.

I WAS JUST GETTING READY TO CHECK OUT THE SHOWER.

FIRST THING I LEARNED IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY

IS TO CHECK THE HOT WATER.

COME ON.

[ whispering ]: THIS WHOLE PLACE HAS TO BE BUGGED.

I'M NOT OFF TO A VERY GOOD START.

I OFFENDED LIEUTENANT DUMAI.

I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT IMPOSSIBLE.

FOR YOU. YOU'RE A MAN.

I ASKED THE CORPORAL TO PUT MY BAG ON THE BED.

HE REFUSED, AND I INSISTED.

YOU SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THAT PROTOCOL COURSE.

ME? WHAT ABOUT YOU?

YOU PRACTICALLY PEED ON COLONEL BARZAN'S LEG.

SEEING CORPORAL ANDERSON BEFORE THE TRIAL

IS NONNEGOTIABLE.

EVEN IF HE SENDS US PACKING?

THE IRAQIS WOULD LOSE TOO MUCH FACE

IF THEY SENT US HOME NOW. THEY'LL FOLD.

I WOULDN'T BET ON IT.

Dumais: LIEUTENANT RABB?

YES?

COLONEL BARZAN HAS A CAR WAITING

TO TAKE YOU TO AL MATAHA.

HE SIGNED YOUR PASS PERSONALLY.

AND LIEUTENANT AUSTIN?

WOMEN ARE NOT PERMITTED TO VISIT AL MATAHA.

I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

SORRY.

THE HELL YOU ARE... SIR.

[ shouting in Iraqi ]

THEY CAPTURE YOU, TOO, SIR?

I'M YOUR LAWYER. THEY DIDN'T TELL YOU?

ALL THEY DO IS ASK ME QUESTIONS.

I WISH TO SPEAK WITH MY CLIENT ALONE.

[ snickers ]

HOW ARE THEY TREATING YOU?

AW, I CAN'T COMPLAIN.

THERE ARE TWO OF US HERE TO DEFEND YOU.

DON'T SPEAK TO ANYONE WITHOUT US PRESENT.

IT WILL ALL BE OVER IN A FEW DAYS.

YOU THINK YOU CAN GET ME OUT OF HERE?

COUNT ON IT.

YOUR TIME IS UP, LIEUTENANT.

HERE'S A LETTER FROM YOUR WIFE

AND ONE FROM YOUR DAUGHTER.

NO UNAUTHORIZED COMMUNICATIONS TO PRISONERS.

THEY'RE LETTERS FROM HIS FAMILY.

I'LL DECIDE THAT, LIEUTENANT.

SEMPER FI, MARINE.

SEMPER FI, SIR.

HMM.

HE WAS RIGHT.

THEY ARE FROM YOUR FAMILY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ IT?

WHAT WERE YOU DOING

ON OUR SIDE OF THE BORDER, CORPORAL?

I ALREADY TOLD YOU-- WE GOT LOST.

MARINES IN A HUMVEE DO NOT GET LOST.

WELL, WE DID.

I SWEAR IT.

SURELY A WOMAN LIKE YOU

HAS HAD MANY CHANCES TO BE MARRIED.

SO FAR I'VE PREFERRED TO CONCENTRATE ON WORK.

HOW CAN WORK COMPARE

TO THE CARESSES OF A MAN YOU LOVE?

I WASN'T COMPARING THEM, COLONEL. YOU WERE.

A WOMAN LIKE YOU NEEDS A STRONG HAND.

I ALREADY HAVE A STRONG HAND-- MY OWN.

EXCUSE ME.

COLONEL...

WONDERFUL RECEPTION.

MY COMPLIMENTS TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF.

IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME,

I'M SURE THE TWO OF YOU

HAVE MANLY THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.

DON'T BE OFFENDED, LIEUTENANT,

BUT SINCE WE ARE BOTH MEN OF THE WORLD

ARE YOU AND LIEUTENANT AUSTIN PROFESSIONAL COLLEAGUES ONLY?

IT WOULD BE AGAINST REGULATIONS

TO BE OTHERWISE, COLONEL.

SOME WOMEN ARE WORTH BREAKING RULES OVER.

I HAVE A VERY FINE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE DUELING WEAPONS--

SWORDS, EPEES, SCIMITARS.

SCIMITARS?

THE JEWELS OF MY COLLECTION.

DO YOU THINK LIEUTENANT AUSTIN WOULD BE INTERESTED

IN SUCH IMPLEMENTS OF VIOLENCE?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT I AM.

YOU DO NOT FASCINATE ME, LIEUTENANT RABB. SHE DOES.

RATHER BLUNT, BUT TO THE POINT.

SINCE YOU'RE LEAVING IN A DAY OR TWO, I HAVE TO BE.

TWO DAYS?

IT WILL TAKE LONGER THAN THAT

TO GET THROUGH THE PRELIMINARIES.

THE CHIEF JUDGE IS VERY EFFICIENT.

DO YOU KNOW HIM?

INTIMATELY.

COURT IS NOW IN SESSION

IN THE CASE OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE

v. CORPORAL DAVID ANDERSON OF THE UNITED STATES MARINES.

THE CHARGES ARE ESPIONAGE

AND VIOLATING THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY

OF THE SOVEREIGN NATION OF IRAQ.

MAJOR KASSIM, ARE YOU PREPARED TO CALL YOUR FIRST WITNESS?

I AM, YOUR HONOR.

THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ CALL SERGEANT IBRAM TALFAH.

SERGEANT TALFAH, YOU WERE IN COMMAND

OF THE BORDER PATROL SQUAD

THAT CAPTURED CORPORAL ANDERSON, WERE YOU NOT?

I WAS, SIR.

HOW FAR ACROSS THE BORDER WOULD YOU ESTIMATE

THE AMERICAN VEHICLE WAS WHEN YOU FIRST SAW IT?

A GOOD TWO KILOMETERS, SIR.

WE WARNED THEM TO TURN BACK.

BUT INSTEAD, THEY OPENED FIRE.

AND YOU RETURNED FIRE IN SELF-DEFENSE?

EXACTLY.

THIS MADE THEM RUN, BUT WE CAUGHT UP WITH THEM.

THANK YOU, SERGEANT.

THE DEFENSE MAY EXAMINE THE WITNESS.

LIEUTENANT AUSTIN, IT IS NOT CUSTOMARY

FOR A WOMAN TO APPEAR AS AN ADVOCATE

IN A SPECIAL SERVICES COURT.

I WAS HOPING AN EXCEPTION MIGHT BE MADE, COLONEL BARZAN.

I'M SORRY, LIEUTENANT.

THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, YOUR HONOR...

SIT DOWN, LIEUTENANT.

SERGEANT, UNITED STATES MARINES

AREN'T IN THE HABIT OF RUNNING FROM A FIGHT.

THESE MARINES DROVE AWAY AS FAST AS THEY COULD.

[ crowd laughing ]

[ gavel pounding ]

WHICH, ACROSS THE DESERT WOULD BE WHAT--

50 KILOMETERS AN HOUR?

AT LEAST.

BACK THE WAY THEY HAD COME?

YES.

THEY WERE VERY SCARED.

HOW LONG DID YOU CHASE THEM?

FIVE MINUTES, AT LEAST.

LET'S SEE-- 50 KILOMETERS AN HOUR FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THAT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN FOUR KILOMETERS.

BUT SERGEANT, YOU TESTIFIED THAT THEY WERE

ONLY TWO KILOMETERS OVER THE BORDER IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO YOU SHOT AND KILLED CORPORAL EDNER

AND CAPTURED CORPORAL ANDERSON

TWO KILOMETERS INTO KUWAITI TERRITORY?

COLONEL BARZAN...

I REQUEST A RECESS.

I OBJECT, YOUR HONOR.

I'VE JUST BEGUN TO QUESTION...

OVERRULED. THIS TRIBUNAL IS IN RECESS

UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING AT 8:00.

THANKS. THAT WAS BRILLIANT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

YOU COMING?

UH...

YEAH.

[ distant voice praying ]

[ prayer continues ]

[ beeping sound ]

[ speaking Iraqi ]

[ men whispering ]

[ whispering ]

[ cries out, groans ]

[ men shouting ]

[ Klaxon blares ]

[ alarm ringing ]

[ all speaking Iraqi ]

LIEUTENANT RABB.

[ woman screaming ]

COLONEL BARZAN, WHY ARE YOU BREAKING INTO MY ROOM?

I THOUGHT THIS WAS LIEUTENANT RABB'S ROOM.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT.

LIEUTENANT AUSTIN, ONE OF MY MEN MADE A MISTAKE.

PLEASE EXCUSE US.

COLONEL, WHAT'S ALL THE NOISE?

THIS WAS THE FEMALE'S ROOM.

HER ROOM HAD A DRIPPING FAUCET.

WE SWITCHED.

IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME.

IS SOMETHING WRONG?

NO. JUST A ROUTINE CHECK.

GOOD NIGHT, LIEUTENANT.

[ speaking Iraqi ]

[ knocking ]

[ volume loudens ]

[ whispering ]: MEG, YOU'RE A GENIUS.

I SAW YOU IN THE GARDEN.

IT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO BUY YOU TIME.

WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON?

I WAS OUT TAKING A WALK, AND THIS...

CUT THE BULL... SIR.

YOU WERE SNEAKING AROUND OUT THERE

AND YOU CAME BACK CARRYING SOMETHING. WHAT?

OH, MY GOD. THAT'S A SAT...

[ whispering ]: THAT'S A SATELLITE UPLINK.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A RESCUE, ISN'T THERE?

AS SOON AS A MOLE NAMED SCIMITAR GIVES ME AN ESCAPE ROUTE.

I THINK IT'S COLONEL BARZAN.

OH, THAT MAN'S A JERK.

JERK OR NO,

WE CAN'T CALL IN THE NAVY SEALS

UNTIL WE KNOW HOW WE'RE GETTING OUT OF HERE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN "WE", SIR?

SORRY, MEG.

I WAS UNDER ORDERS

NOT TO TELL YOU ANYTHING.

"PSY-OPS PICKED YOU AS LEAD COUNSEL.

GO GET 'EM."

I HAD TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, AND YOU DID GET THEM.

THAT IDEA YOU HAD TODAY IN COURT WAS BRILLIANT.

FOR ALL THE GOOD IT DID.

IT BOUGHT US TIME.

DAMN IT, HARM, WE'RE PARTNERS.

I DID EXACTLY WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE DONE... PARTNER:

FOLLOWED ORDERS.

YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.

I JUST WISH SOMEONE HAD CONSIDERED ME

WORTHY OF BEING INCLUDED.

SIR, PRIVATE HEBRON SWEARS THE MAN WHO HIT HIM

WAS THE AMERICAN LIEUTENANT.

THAT FOOL DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HIT HIM.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN A PIG.

HE WON'T GET OUT AGAIN.

I'LL HAVE TWO MEN TO WATCH THEM AT ALL TIMES--

EVEN IN THEIR ROOMS.

THAT'S NOT NECESSARY.

IF IT WAS THE AMERICAN LIEUTENANT,

HE WON'T REPEAT THE MISTAKE.

BESIDES, AN INCREASE IN SECURITY

WOULD BRING THIS EMBARRASSING MATTER

TO THE ATTENTION OF OUR SUPERIORS.

LIEUTENANT DUMAI SHOULD HAVE KNOWN

THEY SWITCHED ROOMS, SIR.

YES. I'LL SEE THAT SHE IS REPRIMANDED.

[ knock at door ]

COME IN.

YOUR COFFEE, LIEUTENANT AUSTIN.

THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT DUMAI.

HOW DID YOU GET THAT?

AN ACCIDENT.

BECAUSE OF LAST NIGHT?

I DID NOT KNOW THAT YOU AND LIEUTENANT RABB CHANGED ROOMS.

IT CAUSED GREAT EMBARRASSMENT.

IT WAS ONLY PROPER TO BE DISCIPLINED.

YOU THINK YOU'RE SUPERIOR TO ME

BECAUSE MEN TREAT YOU AS AN EQUAL.

NO.

I KNOW MEN DON'T TREAT ME AS AN EQUAL.

I JUST DON'T ACCEPT THE BEHAVIOR OF THOSE WHO DON'T AS CORRECT.

THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW, LIEUTENANT AUSTIN.

IS THERE ANY CHANCE I COULD GET YOU TO CALL ME MEG?

IT WOULD NOT BE PROPER.

TELL ME, LIEUTENANT AUSTIN--

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF BABYLON?

OF COURSE.

EVERYONE'S HEARD OF ANCIENT BABYLON--

THE TOWER AND THE HANGING GARDENS.

IT IS 3,000 YEARS OLD,

AND WE HAVE OTHER CITIES EVEN OLDER.

AND HOW OLD IS AMERICA?

A LITTLE OVER 200 YEARS.

YOUR COUNTRY IS LIKE A CHILD WHO HAS LIVED NOTHING

YET THINKS IT KNOWS EVERYTHING.

LET YOUR CIVILIZATION

SURVIVE ITS FIRST THOUSAND YEARS.

THEN PERHAPS WE WILL BEGIN TO LISTEN.

EVEN THE YOUNG HAVE SOMETHING OF VALUE TO OFFER.

BUT IS IT NOT FOR THE OLD TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT

TO ACCEPT IT?

YES.

THEN WHY DO YOU TRY SO HARD TO PUSH YOUR WAYS ON ME?

BECAUSE I CAN'T STAND SEEING ANYONE DENIED

THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS.

Journalist: As the trial of Marine Corporal Anderson

enters its second day, temperatures continue to rise

here in Al-Basra.

Saddam's supporters began demonstrating

outside the court at dawn, and they say they will not leave

until the American spy is brought to justice.

COLONEL BARZAN, THE DEFENSE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE

ITS CROSS-EXAMINATION OF SERGEANT TALFAH.

OF COURSE. HE'S COMPLETELY AT YOUR DISPOSAL.

SERGEANT TALFAH?

SERGEANT, YESTERDAY YOU TESTIFIED

YOU PURSUED A MARINE HUMVEE ACROSS THE IRAQI BORDER...

I OBJECT.

SERGEANT TALFAH MADE NO SUCH STATEMENT.

SUSTAINED.

SERGEANT, YOU TESTIFIED THE MARINE HUMVEE

WAS TWO KILOMETERS INTO IRAQ.

SIX-- IT WAS SIX KILOMETERS INSIDE OUR COUNTRY.

WILL THE COURT PLEASE READ

SERGEANT TALFAH'S TESTIMONY YESTERDAY

BACK TO HIM?

THAT WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.

I MADE A VERY FOOLISH MISTAKE, FOR WHICH I APOLOGIZE

TO YOU AND TO THE COURT.

CORPORAL KABAI, WHO WAS MONITORING OUR POSITION,

INFORMED ME LAST NIGHT THAT WE WERE AT LEAST

SIX KILOMETERS FROM THE KUWAITI BORDER

WHEN WE SPOTTED THE AMERICAN VEHICLE.

LIEUTENANT, NOT A GOOD DAY.

ABOUT AS EXPECTED.

-COFFEE? -WHY NOT?

YOU DISAPPOINT ME.

I DIDN'T THINK OF YOU AS A MAN WHO GIVES UP

WHEN FACED WITH A LITTLE ADVERSITY.

I'M BEING REALISTIC, COLONEL.

THE VERDICT IS OBVIOUS.

I'M AFRAID SO.

WHICH MEANS I'LL BE LEAVING IN A FEW DAYS

WITHOUT HAVING SEEN YOUR SCIMITAR COLLECTION.

I'D PREFER TO SHOW IT TO LIEUTENANT AUSTIN.

BUT I'M THE SENIOR OFFICER.

TRUE... BUT IT'S MY COLLECTION.

[ people on TV speaking Iraqi ]

POWER FAILURE.

ONLY ON THE TV.

-Just a second. -What are you doing?

[ loud rock music playing ]

[ whispering ]: THERE'S NO WAY I CAN PROTECT YOU.

I'M AN OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

I'LL PROTECT MYSELF.

THE COLONEL THINKS DATE RAPE'S

AN ACCEPTABLE SOCIAL PRACTICE.

HARM, I'VE BEEN HANDLING TEXAS COWBOYS SINCE I WAS 15.

I'LL HANDLE COLONEL BARZAN.

IT'S CORPORAL ANDERSON'S ONLY CHANCE, AND YOU KNOW IT.

I CAN'T LET YOU DO IT.

I CAN.

LIEUTENANT...

DON'T GIVE ME AN ORDER I WON'T OBEY, SIR.

NO.

I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH YOUR SHOWER,

BUT I THINK IT'S WORKING AGAIN.

AFTER THE VERDICT, CORPORAL ANDERSON WILL BE

RETURNED TO HIS CELL FOR THE NIGHT.

THE FOLLOWING MORNING, HE WILL BE MOVED TO BAGHDAD.

THE RESCUE WILL HAVE TO BE TOMORROW NIGHT.

LIEUTENANT RABB, I AM SCIMITAR.

[ distant shout in Iraqi ]

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE SCIMITAR?

SHH. I LEFT YOU A MESSAGE IN THE COURTROOM

DIRECTING YOU TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE GARDEN WHERE

I BURIED A SATELLITE UPLINK TO CALL IN THE NAVY SEAL TEAM.

YOU PASSED CORPORAL ANDERSON A TRANSPONDER TO LOCATE HIM

ONCE THE SEALS ARE HERE.

ALL YOU NEED NOW IS THE ESCAPE ROUTE, WHICH I HAVE.

I THOUGHT COLONEL BARZAN WAS SCIMITAR.

WHAT MADE YOU THINK THAT?

HE KEPT TALKING ABOUT SCIMITARS,

PRACTICALLY WINKING WHEN HE SAID IT.

IRAQI INTELLIGENCE KNOWS OF SCIMITAR

AND SUSPECTS A RESCUE ATTEMPT.

THAT'S WHY I WAITED TO CONTACT YOU

UNTIL EVERYTHING WAS IN PLACE.

YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING TO THE COLONEL, DID YOU?

NO, BUT LIEUTENANT AUSTIN MIGHT.

SHE'S WITH HIM, AND I TOLD HER HE WAS SCIMITAR.

WHERE ARE THEY?

I DON'T KNOW. HE TOOK HER TO DINNER

AND TO SHOW HER HIS SCIMITAR COLLECTION.

WE MUST MOVE TONIGHT.

NOT WITHOUT LIEUTENANT AUSTIN.

I'M AFRAID LIEUTENANT AUSTIN IS LOST.

THE MOON WILL SOON RISE OVER THE DESERT.

IT IS VERY BEAUTIFUL.

WE HAVE MOONLIGHT IN THE DESERT IN TEXAS TOO, COLONEL.

I WAS IN TEXAS.

MANY YEARS AGO AT YOUR LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE

FOR PILOT TRAINING.

A VAST STATE.

BUT YOUR DESERT PALES NEXT TO OURS.

AH, DESSERT.

I THINK YOU WILL FIND THIS DESSERT QUITE SURPRISING.

I'M AFRAID I'M FULL.

THIS PARTICULAR DISH

IS NOT FILLING.

THANK GOD IT'S NOT SOMETHING TO EAT.

I LOVE YOUR COURAGE.

OUR WOMEN ARE SO WEAK COMPARED TO YOU.

YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS?

OF COURSE. A SATELLITE UPLINK.

WHICH WE FOUND IN LIEUTENANT RABB'S ROOM...

OR WAS IT YOUR ROOM?

YOU TRADE SO OFTEN, IT'S HARD TO KEEP TRACK.

WELL, WE KNOW. THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.

NO. WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT I DO ABOUT THIS.

ARE YOU OFFERING A WAY OUT OF THIS EMBARRASSMENT?

PERHAPS.

FORGIVE ME, COLONEL, BUT I FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE

THAT YOU WOULD OVERLOOK THIS FOR A MOMENT OF INTIMACY.

OF COURSE NOT.

WHY BARTER FOR SOMETHING I CAN TAKE.

IN EXCHANGE FOR SCIMITAR'S IDENTITY,

YOU AND LIEUTENANT RABB WILL BE DEPORTED FROM IRAQ IN DISGRACE.

BUT WITH YOUR HEADS INTACT.

GO TO HELL.

CHRISTIAN OR MUSLIM HELL?

WHICHEVER WILL TAKE YOU.

I PROMISED TO SHOW YOU MY SCIMITARS.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE.

A DAMASCUS BLADE.

PERFECTLY BALANCED.

SHARP ENOUGH...

TO SPLIT A HAIR.

STRONG ENOUGH...

TO LOP OFF A HEAD.

MEG!

ARE YOU OKAY?

I AM NOW.

I'M SORRY, SIR. HE INSISTED

THAT I BRING HIM HERE.

WHAT DID HE DO, PUT A LAW BOOK TO YOUR HEAD?

NO. HE SAID THAT HE WOULD LOUDLY ANNOUNCE IN HIS ROOM

THAT YOU'RE SOMEONE CALLED SCIMITAR.

Rabb: WITHOUT THE SHOWER RUNNING OR THE MUSIC PLAYING.

I'M SURE YOUR PEOPLE LISTENING IN WOULD FIND THAT INTERESTING.

I'M THE ONE LISTENING IN.

I DIDN'T KNOW.

LIEUTENANT DUMAI

I WILL SEE TO YOUR STUPIDITY LATER.

YES, SIR. I'M SORRY, SIR.

LIEUTENANT AUSTIN AND I WERE JUST DISCUSSING SCIMITAR.

I AM WILLING TO TRADE YOUR LIVES FOR HIS NAME.

GO TO HELL.

THE NAME!

-Dumai: COLONEL. -WHAT?

THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE TO DO.

IT'S DEAD.

I'M SORRY.

YOU'LL HAVE TO ESCAPE WITHOUT YOUR MARINE.

NOT IF YOU CAN GET US WEAPONS.

I CANNOT GET YOU INTO AL MATAHA.

HE CAN.

[ speaking Iraqi ]

[ speaking Iraqi ]

[ speaking Iraqi ]

[ chuckling ]

WE NEED TO FIND HIM QUICKLY.

IT WILL BE DAYLIGHT SOON.

THERE'S A LOT MORE IN MY LAPTOP THAN LEGAL PRECEDENTS.

I JUST HOPE THEY DIDN'T FIND THE TRANSPONDER.

BINGO.

[ speaking Iraqi ]

HURRY.

COME ON, CORPORAL. WE'RE GOING HOME.

SIR?

-UNLESS YOU'D RATHER STAY. -NO, SIR.

[ alarm sounding ]

GO!

[ automatic gunfire ]

YOU OKAY?

YES, SIR. DON'T ASK ME HOW.

YOU CAN THANK COLONEL BARZAN FOR MAKING HIS LIMO BULLETPROOF.

HIT ME WITH YOUR PISTOL ACROSS THE HEAD.

THE GUARD SAW ME HOLD A GUN ON YOU.

IT IS NOT ENOUGH.

THEN COME WITH US.

WHAT I DID I DID FOR MY COUNTRY.

ONE DAY SADDAM WILL PASS,

BUT IRAQ WILL REMAIN, AND SO WILL I.

-PLEASE, HIT ME. -I CAN'T.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE A BRAVE WOMAN.

SO ARE YOU, MEG.

LIEUTENANT.

GO QUICKLY.

THAT CHOPPER'S GETTIN' CLOSE. OPEN THE SUNROOF.

HARD RIGHT!

HARD LEFT!

WE'RE ALMOST TO THE BORDER.

THESE GUYS DON'T STOP FOR BORDERS.

THEY'LL STOP AT THIS ONE.

[ cheering ]

IT'S JUST LIKE STAGECOACH.

HELL, YES, WITH JOHN WAYNE.

JOHN WAYNE WAS CHASED BY IRAQIS?

INDIANS.

BET THEY DIDN'T HAVE A WOMAN WITH THEM.

YOU'D BET WRONG.

THEY HAD A WOMAN A LOT LIKE YOU. CLAIRE TREVOR.

A PROSTITUTE DUKE FELL FOR.

ARE YOU COMPARING ME TO A PROSTITUTE?

I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

I DID. I MEANT SHE WAS SPUNKY LIKE YOU.

SPUNKY DOESN'T CUT IT, SIR.

HOW ABOUT PRETTY?