JAG (1995–2005): Season 1, Episode 9 - Scimitar - full transcript

(Anderson) IT'S GONNA BE A GIRL.

GOT A REAL SPECIAL
NAME PICKED OUT, TOO.

MARY.

YOU SEE, THE WAY I FIGURE
IT, EVERYBODY'S NAMIN' GIRLS

HEATHER AND SHAUNA
AND MADONNA THESE DAYS.

BY THE TIME SHE GROWS UP, MARY'S
GONNA BE A REAL UNUSUAL NAME.

I JUST HOPE I GET HOME
BEFORE ANNIE GIVES BIRTH.

DO YOU THINK YOU COULD STEP
OUT OF THE MATERNITY WARD

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

T.C. SAID EL WADI'S UP
HERE, ABOUT 10 MILES.

HELL, WE'VE ONLY
GONE, UH... ABOUT 15.



DAVE, THE IRAQI BORDER'S ONLY A
COUPLE OF 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!

(Anderson) SARGE,
STAY ON THE RADIO!

NOBODY'S ANSWERING!

[grunts]

(Anderson) SARGE!

(Chuck DeCaro) SADDAM
HUSSEIN ANNOUNCED TODAY

THAT THE BODY OF MARINE
CORPORAL JOHN EDNER,

KILLED 4 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 BAGHDAD, THIS IS CHUCK
DeCARO ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT.

[door rattling]

[grunting]

(man) CLEAR. COVER. 3, 2, 1.

MOVE IT! MOVE IT!

[gun firing]

[grunts]

CONGRATULATIONS, LIEUTENANT.
YOU JUST SHOT CORPORAL ANDERSON.

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

(Harkness) 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, UH, 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, LIEUTENANT.

FIRST YOU GET GOOD
WITH ONE BULLET,

THEN YOU GET TO
SHOOT A LOT OF 'EM.

MIND IF I GIVE IT ANOTHER TRY?

YOU GOT IT.

(Harkness) 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.

[Lindsey chuckling]
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.

SO BY THE TIME
WE TRANSLATE IT...

THE TRIAL WILL BE OVER.

I'M AFRAID SO.

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, BUT I THINK...

SIR, SHOULDN'T WE WAIT
FOR LIEUTENANT RABB?

HE'S MISSED A LOT
OF THESE SESSIONS.

THE LIEUTENANT'S BEING BRIEFED
ON MATTERS OF PROTOCOL.

PROTOCOL? YES.

UH, DIPLOMATIC NICETIES
NEED TO BE OBSERVED.

SINCE WE HAVE NO
AMBASSADOR IN BAGHDAD,

YOU AND LIEUTENANT RABB WILL
BE DOIN' DOUBLE DUTY. SO TO SPEAK.

WE DON'T WANT ANY SOCIAL GAFFES
TO APPEAR IN THE LEGAL ARENA.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, SIR.

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

[knocking on door]

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.

OH.

FRANKLY, I THINK THAT THE
BEST BOOK IS THIS MANUAL

ON IRAQI MILITARY PROCEDURES.

STRICTLY SPEAKING,
IT'S NOT A LEGAL BOOK,

BUT THE 4TH CHAPTER SHOWS THEIR
APPROACH TO EVIDENTIARY QUESTIONS.

WELL, IT SOUNDS
INTERESTING, BUT I'VE, UH...

I JUST STOPPED IN TO DELIVER
THE BOOK. I'VE GOT TO GET BACK.

IRAQI UTENSILS ARE
TRICKIER THAN YOU'D THINK.

YOUR DIPLOMATIC BRIEFING'S
NO LAUGHING MATTER, LIEUTENANT.

NO, SIR.

MAYBE I'D BETTER
JOIN YOU FOR A WHILE.

LIEUTENANT AUSTIN SEEMS TO HAVE
EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL HERE.

(Lindsey) CARRY ON, LIEUTENANT.

(Harkness) CORPORAL ANDERSON
IS BEING HELD AT AL MATAHA

NEAR BASRA.

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

ITS 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."

(Lindsey) A MAZE OUR SATELLITE
INFRA-RED ENHANCEMENT

SEEMS TO HAVE
PENETRATED. YES, SIR.

NOW, IF IT COULD JUST TELL
US WHICH ONE OF THOSE CELLS

CORPORAL 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, ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO IS CONTACT US

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

LIEUTENANT, 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.

(Harkness) SORRY, SIR.

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

(Harkness) IT'S ALREADY THERE.

AN UNDERCOVER AGENT
CODE-NAMED "THE SCIMITAR"

WILL GIVE YOU IT AND
OUR ESCAPE ROUTE.

WHO'S SCIMITAR?

WE DON'T KNOW, BUT SINCE
SCIMITAR IS AN ARAB SWORD,

WE THINK HE'S SOMEONE
IN THE IRAQI MILITARY.

AND HE'S GOING TO HELP US?

(Harkness) WE ASSUME
HE'S ANTI-SADDAM.

IN ANY CASE, HIS INTEL'S BEEN RELIABLE
WHEN HE CHOOSES TO PROVIDE IT.

NOW, SCIMITAR MAY
CONTACT YOU DIRECTLY,

USE INTERMEDIARIES,

HE MAY EVEN WAIT FOR
YOU TO CONTACT HIM.

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

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY IT
BY EAR, AND I HOPE YOU'RE GOOD,

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

SIR, THIS IS ANOTHER REASON
WHY WE CAN'T CONTINUE

TO KEEP LIEUTENANT
AUSTIN IN THE DARK.

WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS A
DOZEN TIMES, LIEUTENANT.

MISSION PLANNERS
FEEL THE FEWER PEOPLE

THAT KNOW THE TRUE NATURE
OF THE OPERATION, THE BETTER.

WE'RE ASKING LIEUTENANT AUSTIN TO
TAKE RISKS SHE ISN'T EVEN AWARE OF, SIR.

WOULD SHE TAKE THEM IF SHE KNEW?

WITHOUT A DOUBT. THEN
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

I DON'T LIKE HOLDING
OUT ON MY PARTNER.

(Harm) SHE CAN SEE I'M NOT
PREPPING FOR COURT, SIR,

AND SHE'S STARTING
TO WONDER WHY.

GIVE HER A WHY.

COMMANDER...
(Lindsey) LIEUTENANT.

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?

WELL, I GOT THE PIZZA AT TONY'S.

I GOT THE TOPPINGS
AT LOS AMIGOS.

I PUT 'EM TOGETHER AND
ZAPPED 'EM IN THE MICROWAVE.

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

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

HEY, 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.

WHY HAVEN'T YOU BEEN
HITTING THE BOOKS?

WELL, IT'S PARTLY BECAUSE
OF THIS PROTOCOL BUSINESS.

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

ME?

YEAH, IT WAS PSY-OPS'S 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.

YOU KNOW, IF I COULD
FIND A WEAK SPOT OR 2,

WE MIGHT AT LEAST
GET A LIGHTER SENTENCE.

EXACTLY.

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.

[phone ringing]

THANKS.

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

I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND.
NO, 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.

[crying] 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.

HE THINKS SO, TOO.

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

[crying] I THOUGHT A LETTER
FROM HER MIGHT MAKE HIM SMILE.

WE'LL SEE THAT HE GETS THEM.

JUST BRING HIM HOME. PLEASE.

(Ayeeb) WE KNOW YOU WERE SPYING.

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

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

DON'T YOU WANT TO GO HOME?

HELL, YES. BUT NOT BY CONFESSIN'
TO SOMETHING I DIDN'T DO.

LOOK, WE WEREN'T
SPYIN', ALL RIGHT?

WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE OASIS
AT EL WADI. WE JUST GOT LOST.

(Anderson) 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.

AH, THE BOX.

UH...

WAIT A MINUTE HERE.

[sighing]

WHY, YOU SON OF A...

[gun clicking]

[coughing]

(Ayeeb) DON'T DECEIVE
YOURSELF, CORPORAL.

SOONER OR LATER, THERE WILL
BE A BULLET IN THE CHAMBER.

(Chuck DeCaro) THE
2 NAVY LAWYERS

ASSIGNED TO DEFEND U.S.
MARINE CORPORAL DAVID 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,

[Hussein speaking Arabic] HE HAD
NO CHOICE BUT TO PROSECUTE

MARINE CORPORAL DAVID
ANDERSON FOR ESPIONAGE.

(Lindsey) 18 HOURS OF FLYING

[DeCaro continues speaking] AND HE
CALLS THEM STRAIGHT 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. (Chuck DeCaro)
AS THEY LEFT THE AIRPORT,

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 2 ATTORNEYS WILL
STAY FOR THE DURATION OF THE TRIAL.

THIS IS CHUCK DeCARO
ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT.

(Barzan) 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
DIFFERENT FROM YOURS, BUT JUST AS FAIR.

AND, LIEUTENANT AUSTIN,
THIS IS LIEUTENANT DUMAI.

SHE WILL SEE TO
YOUR PERSONAL NEEDS.

AND COLONEL, 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.

ACTUALLY, COLONEL, WE'D LIKE TO
VISIT WITH CORPORAL ANDERSON FIRST.

THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

(Meg) YOU SAID YOUR
SYSTEM WAS FAIR.

SURELY A CLIENT HAS THE
RIGHT TO SEE HIS ATTORNEY.

SECURITY PASSES HAVE
TO BE OBTAINED FIRST.

WELL, THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM,
SINCE YOU ARE CHIEF OF SECURITY.

PERMISSION FROM A HIGHER
AUTHORITY WILL BE REQUIRED.

THEN I SUGGEST YOU
OBTAIN IT, COLONEL.

[people chattering in Arabic]

PERHAPS IT WOULD BE WISE IF
YOU DID NOT GO TO THE TROUBLE

OF UNPACKING YOUR BAGS.

[speaking Arabic]

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
YUSUF. DO YOU RESPECT NO MEN?

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 HAVE 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.

[sighs]

[knocking on door]

(Meg) 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...

CHECK THE HOT WATER. COME ON.

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.

YEAH, FOR YOU. YOU'RE A MAN.

I ASKED THE CORPORAL TO PUT MY
BAG ON THE BED. HE REFUSED. 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 NON-NEGOTIABLE.

EVEN IF HE SENDS US
PACKING? THEY WON'T.

THE IRAQIS WOULD LOSE TOO MUCH
FACE IF THEY SENT US HOME NOW.

THEY'LL FOLD.

I WOULDN'T BET ON IT.

(Dumai) LIEUTENANT RABB!

YES?

(Dumai) COLONEL BARZAN
HAS A CAR WAITING

TO TAKE YOU TO AL MATAHA.

HE SIGNED YOUR PASS PERSONALLY.

AND LIEUTENANT AUSTIN?

(Dumai) WOMEN ARE NOT
PERMITTED TO VISIT AL MATAHA.

I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

SORRY.

THE HELL YOU ARE, SIR.

[door closes]

[men speaking Arabic]

[guards speaking Arabic]

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.

[chuckles]

[Anderson coughing] HOW
ARE THEY TREATING YOU?

OH, I CAN'T COMPLAIN.

THERE ARE 2 OF US
HERE TO DEFEND YOU,

SO DON'T SPEAK TO ANYONE
WITHOUT US PRESENT.

IT'LL ALL BE OVER IN A FEW DAYS.

SIR, YOU THINK YOU CAN
GET ME OUT OF HERE?

COUNT ON IT.

YOUR TIME IS UP, LIEUTENANT.

IT'S A LETTER FROM YOUR WIFE
AND ONE FROM YOUR DAUGHTER.

NO UNAUTHORIZED
COMMUNICATIONS TO PRISONERS.

THE LETTER'S FROM HIS FAMILY.

I'LL DECIDE THAT, LIEUTENANT.

SEMPER FI, MARINE.

SEMPER FI, SIR.

[guards speaking Arabic]

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.

[chuckles]

MARINES IN A HUMVEE
DO NOT GET LOST.

WELL, WE DID. I SWEAR IT.

[people chattering]

♪ [music playing]

SURELY A WOMAN LIKE YOU HAS
HAD MANY CHANCES TO BE MARRIED.

SO FAR I PREFER 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.

WELL, SINCE THE TWO OF YOU ARE
GOING TO BE LEAVING IN A DAY OR 2,

I HAVE TO BE.

2 DAYS? IT'LL 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

VERSUS CORPORAL DAVID ANDERSON
OF THE UNITED STATES MARINES,

THE CHARGES ARE ESPIONAGE

AND VIOLATING THE
TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY

[man coughing] OF THE
SOVEREIGN NATION OF IRAQ.

(Barzan) 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.

AND HOW FAR ACROSS THE
BORDER WOULD YOU ESTIMATE

THE AMERICAN VEHICLE
WAS WHEN YOU FIRST SAW IT?

A GOOD 2 KILOMETERS, SIR.

WE WARNED THEM TO TURN BACK,
BUT INSTEAD THEY OPENED FIRE.

(Kassim) AND YOU RETURNED FIRE

IN SELF-DEFENSE?
(Talfah) EXACTLY.

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

(Kassim) 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 IN THIS CASE, COLONEL BARZAN.

I'M SORRY, LIEUTENANT,
THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS.

WITH ALL DUE
RESPECT, YOUR HONOR...

SIT DOWN, LIEUTENANT.

[inaudible]

SERGEANT, THE UNITED STATES
MARINES AREN'T IN THE HABIT

OF RUNNING FROM A FIGHT.

UH, THESE MARINES DROVE
AWAY AS FAST AS THEY COULD.

[crowd laughing]

[gavel banging]

WHICH, ACROSS THE DESERT, WOULD
BE WHAT? 50 KILOMETERS AN HOUR?

AT LEAST.

BACK THE WAY THEY HAD COME.

YES, THEY WERE VERY SCARED.

[crowd laughing]

HOW LONG DID YOU CHASE THEM?

5 MINUTES AT LEAST.

(Harm) LET'S SEE, 50
KILOMETERS AN HOUR

FOR 5 MINUTES...

THAT'S A LITTLE MORE
THAN 4 KILOMETERS.

BUT, SERGEANT, YOU TESTIFIED
THAT THEY WERE ONLY 2 KILOMETERS

OVER THE BORDER
IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO YOU SHOT AND
KILLED CORPORAL EDNER

AND CAPTURED CORPORAL ANDERSON

2 KILOMETERS INTO
KUWAITI TERRITORY.

COLONEL BARZAN, I
REQUEST A RECESS.

I OBJECT, YOUR HONOR. I'VE
JUST BEGUN TO QUESTION...

(Barzan) OVERRULED.

THIS TRIBUNAL IS IN RECESS
UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING AT 8:00.

THANKS. THAT WAS BRILLIANT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

[people chattering]

YOU COMING?

UH, YEAH.

[crickets chirping]

[man reciting prayers in Arabic]

[sensors beeping]

[speaking Arabic]

[whispering in Arabic]

[grunts]

[grunting]

[speaking Arabic]

[alarm wailing]

[soldiers chattering]

[speaking Arabic]

LIEUTENANT RABB?

[Meg 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.

UH, HER ROOM HAD A
DRIPPING FAUCET. WE SWITCHED.

IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME.
IS SOMETHING WRONG?

NO, UH, JUST A ROUTINE CHECK.

GOOD NIGHT, LIEUTENANT.

[sighs]

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.

[knocking on door]

[creaking]

♪ [techno music playing on T.V.]

[speaking quietly] MEG,
YOU'RE A GENIUS.

I SAW YOU IN THE GARDEN.

IT WAS THE ONLY WAY I COULD
THINK OF TO BUY YOU TIME.

WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON?

I WAS OUT TAKIN' A WALK
AND THIS IRAQI SOLDIER...

OH, CUT THE BULL, SIR.

YOU WERE SNEAKIN' AROUND OUT THERE AND
YOU CAME BACK CARRYING SOMETHING. WHAT?

[shots being fired on T.V.]

[people whooping on T.V.]

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

[whispering] IT'S A
SATELLITE UPLINK.

THERE'S GONNA BE A
RESCUE, ISN'T THERE?

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

I THINK IT'S COLONEL BARZAN.

NO, THAT MAN'S A JERK.

WELL, 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?

(Harm) SORRY, MEG.

I WAS UNDER ORDERS
NOT TO TELL YOU ANYTHING.

[sighs]

"WELL, PSY-OPS PICKED YOU
AS LEAD COUNSEL. GO GET 'EM."

WELL, I HAD TO TELL YOU
SOMETHING. AND YOU DID GET 'EM.

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.

AND I DID EXACTLY WHAT YOU
WOULD HAVE DONE, PARTNER.

FOLLOWED ORDERS.

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

I... I JUST WISH SOMEONE HAD
CONSIDERED ME WORTHY OF BEING INCLUDED.

[door closing]

[sighing]

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 2 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'S REPRIMANDED.

[knocking on door]

COME IN.

YOUR COFFEE, LIEUTENANT AUSTIN.

THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT DUMAI.

(Meg) 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 ARE SUPERIOR TO ME

BECAUSE MEN TREAT
YOU AS AN EQUAL.

NO. AND ALL 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 CAN
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,

WITH 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 1,000 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 RIGHT.

(female reporter) AS THE TRIAL
OF MARINE CORPORAL ANDERSON

ENTERS ITS 2ND DAY,

TEMPERATURES CONTINUE
TO RISE HERE IN AL BASRAH.

SADDAM 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.

(Barzan) SERGEANT TALFAH.

SERGEANT, YESTERDAY YOU TESTIFIED
YOU PURSUED A MARINE HUMVEE

ACROSS THE IRAQI BORDER
INTO KUWAIT. I OBJECT.

SERGEANT TALFAH MADE
NO SUCH STATEMENT.

SUSTAINED.

SERGEANT, YOU TESTIFIED THE MARINE
HUMVEE WAS 2 KILOMETERS INTO IRAQ...

UH, 6.

IT WAS 6 KILOMETERS
INSIDE OUR COUNTRY.

WOULD THE COURT PLEASE READ SERGEANT
TALFAH'S TESTIMONY YESTERDAY BACK TO HIM?

UH, 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 6
KILOMETERS FROM THE KUWAITI BORDER

WHEN WE SPOTTED
THE AMERICAN VEHICLE.

[man coughing]

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 PREFER TO SHOW IT
TO LIEUTENANT AUSTIN.

BUT I'M THE SENIOR OFFICER.

TRUE. BUT IT'S MY COLLECTION.

[man on T.V. speaking Arabic]

POWER FAILURE.

ONLY ON THE T.V.

(Harm) JUST A SECOND, MEG.

(Meg) WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

♪ [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 HANDLIN' 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.

[music stops playing] NO.

I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE
BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS

WITH YOUR SHOWER, LIEUTENANT
RABB. I THINK IT'S WORKING AGAIN.

[door closing]

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.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT, LIEUTENANT.

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?

WELL, 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 NOW 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.

♪ [music playing]

THE MOON WILL SOON
RISE OVER THE DESERT.

IT IS VERY BEAUTIFUL.

WE HAVE MOONLIGHT AND
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.

(Barzan) 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.

[laughs]

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.

(Harm) MEG!

ARE YOU OK?

I AM NOW.

I'M SORRY, SIR. HE INSISTED
THAT I BRING HIM HERE.

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

NO, SIR.

HE SAID THAT HE WOULD
LOUDLY ANNOUNCE IN HIS ROOM

THAT YOU WERE
SOMEONE CALLED SCIMITAR.

(Harm) WITHOUT THE SHOWER
RUNNING OR THE MUSIC PLAYING.

I'M SURE YOUR INTELLIGENCE
PEOPLE LISTENING IN

WOULD FIND THAT
VERY INTERESTING.

I AM THE ONE LISTENING IN.

I DIDN'T KNOW.

(Barzan) 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'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO ESCAPE WITHOUT YOUR MARINE.

NOT IF YOU CAN GET US WEAPONS.

BUT I CANNOT GET
YOU INTO AL MATAHA.

HE CAN.

[soldier speaking Arabic]

[helicopter hovering]

[speaking Arabic]

[speaking Arabic]

[speaking Arabic]

[laughs]

WE NEED TO FIND HIM QUICKLY.
IT WILL BE DAYLIGHT SOON.

DON'T WORRY. THERE'S
A LOT MORE IN MY LAPTOP

THAN LEGAL PRECEDENTS.

I JUST HOPE THEY DIDN'T
FIND THE TRANSPONDER.

[beeping]

BINGO.

[door opening]

[speaking Arabic]

COME ON, CORPORAL.
WE'RE GOING HOME.

SIR?

UNLESS YOU'D RATHER STAY.

NO, SIR.

[soldiers speaking Arabic]

[beeping]

[alarm wailing]

(Harm) GO!

[machine guns firing]

[soldiers yelling in Arabic]

[tires screeching]

YOU OK? YES, SIR.

DON'T ASK ME HOW.

WELL, YOU CAN THANK
COLONEL BARZAN

FOR MAKIN' HIS LIMO BULLETPROOF.

HIT ME WITH YOUR
PISTOL ACROSS THE HEAD.

NO, THE GUARD SAW ME HOLD
A GUN ON YOU AT THE GATE.

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.

NOW, PLEASE, HIT ME! I CAN'T.

[grunts] CORPORAL.

[breathing heavily]

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE A BRAVE WOMAN.

SO ARE YOU, MEG.

LIEUTENANT.

[helicopter approaching]

GO QUICKLY.

[tires screeching]

(Anderson) THAT
CHOPPER'S GETTIN' CLOSE.

OPEN THE SUNROOF.

(Meg) CUT RIGHT.

CUT LEFT!

WE'RE ALMOST TO THE BORDER.

THESE GUYS DON'T
STOP FOR BORDERS.

THEY'LL STOP AT THIS ONE.

[whooping]

IT'S JUST LIKE STAGECOACH!

(Anderson) UH-HUH,
WITH JOHN WAYNE.

JOHN WAYNE WAS
BEING CHASED BY IRAQIS?

INDIANS. RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF MONUMENT VALLEY.

BET THEY DIDN'T HAVE
A WOMAN WITH THEM.

YOU'RE DEAD WRONG!

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

YEP, PROSTITUTE DUKE FELL FOR.

YOU'RE COMPARING
ME TO A PROSTITUTE?

OH, NO, MA'AM. I
DIDN'T SAY THAT.

I DID, AND I MEANT SHE
WAS SPUNKY LIKE YOU.

SPUNKY DOESN'T CUT IT, SIR.

HOW ABOUT PRETTY?

[laughs]