The assault, apparently started by the rebels from lKarbala, came up on--
Back off!
Sir, that`s enough!
We have a right to be here!
That`s mine.
Fuck it.
Could l have my pants, please?
My pants! On my legs!
Go!
Out! Get out!
What did you want to be as a little boy?
As a boy, l wanted to be either a veterinarian or a ClA sharpshooter.
Really? That`s very complicated.
Yes, colonel.
-What the fuck are you doing? -l`m giving an interview to NRG.
-Do you have authorization? -Yes, sir, l do.
No.
-Who gave you this? -Major Gates.
Archie Gates gave you this? Jesus Christ, Doug!
-l don`t get to do the interview? -You don`t get to do the interview.
Come with me.
Tell me where he is, or you`re going back to the hotel in Dhahran.
l don`t know. l think he`s helping Adriana Cruz.
-ls she here? -No, sir.
So who else is missing?
-Chief`s not here. -Chief`s not here?
You don`t know where your sergeant is?
Barlow and Vig are gone too, sir.
They got a document out of a guy`s ass yesterday, sir.
What?
l don`t know what it was, a map or secret list. l saw it happen.
-Did they bring it to you? -No, sir.
See, he`s working something.
Get me maps. Check radio transmissions. Maybe we`ll get their positions.
What`s wrong with him? ls he dead?
ls that guy dead? Where are you gonna put him?
A shrine.
A shrine? What kind of shrine y`all got?
A shrine near a holy man...
...that gives him comfort and access to paradise.
That sounds like a pretty good shrine, right, Chief?
l`m not kidding. lt sounds like a good shrine.
Man, l`m sorry l hit you.
l was just worried about Troy.
He`s my friend.
l didn`t want nothing to happen to him.
He`s gonna take me to Detroit with him, hook me up with a job.
Come on, man.
l know you was coming to help me.
l don`t wanna hold no grudges.
You got kicked out of that ring of Jesus fire, huh?
That ain`t how it work.
How`s it work?
l take care of whatever He puts in front of me, no questions asked.
He put that gold in front of me, and l took it.
That`s how it works.
What about now?
l don`t know. l gotta see.
How you doing, Conrad?
l`m fine.
lt was my choice today.
You can try to head back if you want. Take your share and bury it.
l`ll find Barlow myself.
l wanna find Troy.
l`m here. l`m ready.
Let`s check the suitcases.
l count 79.
That means we`re missing 4 1 bags.
That`s about 23 million dollars left.
Not bad for a disaster, provided we find Barlow and not get court-martialed.
How is she?
How is your little girl?
She`s traumatized. What do you expect?
l went to B-school at Bowling Green.
l came back to open a couple of hotels near lKarbala.
l`m nearly in the black when this stupid war starts...
...and you guys bomb all my cafés.
Now we try to get rid of Saddam, Bush leaves us twisting in the winds.
Look at these people.
Where is America now?
Where is the Army now?!
You have a radio?
No radio, no water.
-Where`s Barlow? -They got him.
-Where would they take him? -Oasis bunker.
lt`s full of Saddam`s Guard.
-Where`s that? -Approximately 1 7, 1 8 miles from here.
-Take us there. -We have no transportation.
We`ll walk until we find some.
Why don`t you call in the Marines?
With what? We don`t have a radio.
We`ll find a vehicle, you drive back, get a helicopter, fly in, get your man.
-Can`t do that. -Why not? You have a huge army here.
We shouldn`t be involved in the uprising.
We killed lraqi soldiers, broke the peace accord.
You know what l think?
We`re fighting Saddam and dying, and you`re stealing gold.
You`re wrong.
They have half a million men here.
They send four guys to pick up all this bullion?
l don`t think so.
We need to find our man. How much do you want to take us to him?
ls this still yours to give?
The only reason you have these bags is we picked them up.
We`ll take our share...
...and we will help you carry your share.
And find our man.
Amir Abdulah.
Archie Gates.
You will take us to the lranian border.
lf we don`t get to a refugee camp, we`re dead. The nearest is in lran.
You don`t need us. You can buy your way.
Saddam`s soldiers won`t take Saddam`s gold.
Our only chance is if we are with Americans.
Can`t take you to the lranian border.
Then we don`t have a deal.
Give me a fucking break, man!
We saved your life!
-And we saved yours. -We lost a man for you.
What good is it if you leave us here to be slaughtered?
The big army of democracy beats the ugly dictator and saves the rich lKuwaitis...
...but you go to jail if you help us escape the same dictator?
You saw what happened to my wife.
Look at my daughter.
Who`s going?
Everyone but the priests. That makes 55.
Did we save anything from the Humvee?
Vig`s bag.
Lovely.
What is your rank, bro?
Sergeant first class.
Your company?
437 Civil Affairs Company, U.S. Army Reserve.
My main man...
...tell me something, okay?
What is the problem with Michael Jackson?
What do you mean?
What is the problem with Michael Jackson?
You understand my question?
l`m not sure l do.
The lKing of Pop.
Michael Jackson.
He come to Egypt. l see picture in newspaper.
``Hello,`` with the white glove. ``l`m Michael Jackson in my hotel room...
...with my chop-up face.`` Your country make him chop up his face.
l don`t think so.
Michael Jackson is pop king of sick fucking country.
That`s bullshit. He did it to himself.
You are the blind bullshit, my main man.
lt is so obvious a black man...
...make the skin white and the hair straight, and you know why?
No.
Your sick fucking country make the black man hate himself...
...just like you hate the Arab and the children you bomb over here.
l don`t hate children.
-This is illegal. The war is over. -That`s why you are illegal.
You broke the cease-fire, and l think even you steal the gold.
So nobody know where you are, right? Your Army don`t know.
l`ll send you to Baghdad for a long time. Nobody found you.
-Do they care, buddy? -Does who care?
Do your Army care about the children in lraq? Do they come back to help?
No, they`re not coming.
Do your Army...
...come back to help the people?
Tell the truth, dudesky.
Save us the big bummer.
That`s the truth.
Does it hurt?
l asked you a question, man! Does it hurt?
Yes, it hurts.
You bomb my family. Do you know that?
You blow up my home. The whole street.
My wife is crush by big fucking block of concrete.
She lose her legs.
Those legs cut off now.
-That`s horrible. -What?
l said that`s horrible.
My God, buddy. l didn`t even told you the horrible part yet.
My son....
My son was killed in his bed.
He is 1 years old.
He is sleeping with his toy when the bomb come.
l have a daughter.
Very nice for you, bro.
She`s safe in Arizona...
...without the bomb, the concrete and all this shit.
l`m not from Arizona.
How old is she?
One month old.
What`s her name?
lKrystal.
What make you decide to tell me about lKrystal, my main man?
Because we`re both fathers.
l`m not father no more, dude. Remember?
My son is dead now.
Can you think how it feel inside your heart...
...if l bomb your daughter?
Worse than death.
That`s right.
Worse than death.
Y`all think America is Satan, right? America is Satan?
What`d they say?
They say he want salon.
-A what? -A salon. Hair salon.
You cut hair?
Yes.
Look, they don`t care if they cut American hair, Shiite hair, Sunni hair.
They just want get rid of Saddam and live life. Make business.
He wants to know, do you want to kill every Arab?
That`s what l was trained to do.
No. That was not our training. We got Arab allies, man.
Yeah, well, we got Arab allies.
He says, ``So you don`t want to kill every Arab.``
He`s just had no high school. No high school.
Don`t tell people that.
-What`d they say? -He says you have terrible haircut.
Troy gave me this haircut. lt`s a badass haircut.
America!
America, welcome!
-How you doing? -``How are you?``
He`s happy to welcome America.
-Thank you. -We welcome America!
They`re all deserters. They leave Saddam army.
But they help us near lKarbala. Good man.
No, my friend! The man don`t do that. Only the woman.
Why`s that?
Because it`s their custom.
-You have a radio? -No radio.
George Bush get rid Saddams now?
Not exactly, no.
Congratulation!
Would you inform this gentleman we need a vehicle of some kind?
From lKuwait.
Let me ask you a question.
Does Lexus make this model?
lnfiniti convertible only.
No Lexus convertible. lnfiniti only.
lnfiniti only.
Exactly what l said.
We use these cars to fight Saddam`s soldiers.
What`s so funny?
Cannot take.
What do you mean? We kicked Saddam`s ass. We definitely take.
We are the United States Army.
You are three guys with a bunch of civilians and no Humvee.
Need money. Have no money. To eat, to live.
``American Army is huge, with planes and tanks. We have nothing.``
Listen to me. We will rise up together. Tell him.
Rise up.
Look at us. Many races.
Many nations, many nations. Working together.
-Tell him, Chief. -We`re united.
United.
George Bush. George Bush wants you.
Stand up for yourself.
Wants you!
He wants everybody.
Yes! Me and you stand up together!
We fight. lKick Saddam`s ass!
George Bush wants you!
Make the fight for freedom on your own! Then America will follow!
Praise the Lord!
God bless America, and God bless a free lraq!
Free lraq!
Now, what do you say, my friend?
Cannot give car.
l guess we`ll buy them.
Come on, man. This is good music. Judas Priest will pump you up!
No! We`re not listening to that headache music.
Just one song.
What you need is that easy-listening classics.
l do not need that.
You need something to calm you.
Not easy-listening classics.
All right, try this.
This is from Barlow`s wife in Detroit. They may have a position on him.
From his wife in Detroit?
What the hell is this?
The war`s over and l don`t know what it was about. What was it about?
-l was managed by the military. -Me too.
l try to be substance-based, not style-based.
l think you got style.
That little Cathy bitch says l`m old.
That`s because she`s jealous.
First of all, you`re smarter than her, and that is a threat.
And second of all, you are beautiful.
You`re the most prettiest woman down there at that network.
You got great skin. Beautiful hair.
That`s sweet, but there`s sexual politics in this business.
lt`s about looks. lt`s about sex. lt`s about style.
Many anchormen came on to me, and l didn`t go for it.
l never played that game or dropped to my knees for an assignment.
l came out to the desert because nobody else had the balls to do it.
l only joined Saddam Hussein army to make good living for my family.
Good house.
Now l can`t get out.
l joined up for the extra cash too.
Found out l was gonna have a baby.
You know, l got weapon and training from America.
Bullshit.
How you think l learned my English?
Specialist guys come here...
...to train us when we fight lran.
What`d they train you in?
Weapons, sabotage...
...interrogation.
Great.
lt was a total waste for your Army to come to lraq, right?
l heard about a lot of bad shit that happened in lKuwait.
Bad shit happened. l`m not proud of that.
Who`s got the sick country?
Maybe Saddam is very crazy.
And then you are crazy to bomb all of lraq.
Too much bombing is crazy, but not saving lKuwait.
You are here for save lKuwaiti people?
Really?
Lot of people in trouble in this world...
...and you don`t fight no war for them.
You can`t invade another country.
Why not, dude?
lt makes the world crazy. You need to keep it stable.
For what? Your pickup truck?
No, for stability. Stabilize the region.
This is your fucking stability, my main man.
We get our man, then we come back and pick up the gold.
-And my people? -That`s right.
Let`s go over the plan.
Let`s do it.
There`s a bunker built into the side of the cliff face.
Looks like a castle. There`s a road coming there, another one across.
lt`s full of Saddam`s Republican Guard. l don`t think we can overpower them.
There`s too many.
But there`s one thing they`re afraid of.
What`s that?
Saddam.
Then that`s what we use.
Right. That`s what we`ll use.
You stay with me.
Hold on. l wanna go over this plan one more time.
You`re scared, right?
Maybe.
The way this works is, you do the thing you`re scared shitless of...
...and you get the courage after you do it. Not before you do it.
That`s a dumb-ass way to work. lt should be the other way around.
l know.
That`s the way it works.
l got a splinter.
Jesus fire, Jesus fire, Jesus fire....
Come on.
Quickly.
Oh, shit!
You all right?
Shit, you`re dead.
Wait! Wait!
Shit.
Come on. Amir, come on.
Let`s get out of here.
Where`s Conrad?
lKeep your guard up.
Are you okay?
Where`s Conrad? How are we getting back?
-We got the Rolls. -You got a Rolls?
This is an lnfiniti convertible.
Man, l think you`re in shock.
lt`s an lnfiniti convertible, isn`t it?
Yeah, it is.
Okay, so l owe you a car. l`m not in shock.
Sure you`re okay?
Freeze!
No! He`s with us!
Don`t shoot him! He`s with us!
-You`re the guy with the little girl. -That`s right.
What are you doing here?
-He helped us find you. -l came here to help you.
All right. You`re all right, man!
l see some people.
l can`t see what`s happening. Stay put.
-How`s your little girl? -She`s safe for now.
Outstanding! Excellent! How can we help you?
We had a deal to get to the border, but we have more people and need vehicles.
That`s not a problem. We`ll work it out.
We have to do this. We can work it out.
l don`t know. lt`s a lot of people.
You choose who we take. Tell the others they`ll have to die.
l can`t do that. You`ll have to do that yourself.
You made it, man!
l thought that was you!
Where the fuck have you been?
What are you wearing?
What is this?
lt`s a suit jacket. The lraqis gave it to me.
l didn`t recognize you in it.
lt fits all right, right?
Chief! We need your help!
l`m okay.
Where`s he hit?
lt`s in and out. l think it`s above his collarbone.
Where`s the Jesus fire?
lt`s all around you right now. You`ll be all right.
l`m going to hell.
You`re gonna be fine.
Can you take me to a shrine that gives you comfort and erases your bad deeds?
We made the right choice today.
Stop with that shrine shit. lt`ll be okay.
-You think so? -l know so!
We`re getting out of here. Hey, major!
Would you please fucking help--!
Goddamn it!
What`s the matter, man?
Can you breathe?
There`s air in his chest. lt`s crushing his lung.
Does that feel better, man?
That feel better?
He`s gone.
Air pressure`s going to build up about every 1 5 minutes.
Release the valve and close it back up.
-How long can l keep doing that? -l don`t know.
Maybe 4 or 5 hours, if you`re not bleeding too bad. You don`t seem to be.
He said he wanted to go to one of those shrines.
Did he mean that?
That`s what he told me.
lKerman, lran. We can take him with us.
Then take him.
All right. Take him there.
We found a radio inside. You`re hooked for that call, major.
Bolo, this is Brer Rabbit.
We`re going to jail.
No, we`re not. Bolo, this is Brer Rabbit.
This is Bolo. Come in.
Where are you?
About two clicks outside of camp.
We`re ready for that briar patch.
-l want to find out where we`re going. -Please! l`m transmitting code!
You got me, Bolo?
I think so.
Who handles the briar patch?
You do.
Tar Baby goes to the briar patch if everything`s okay.
No. lt`s the other way around.
Sorry, sir. l don`t remember how the code goes.
l need four personnel trucks and a Humvee.
That`s a pretty tall order for a secret operation, sir.
Talk to my friend Teebaux. Each driver will get a hundred lK.
Brer Rabbit at 239 north.
Add one Medevac pack to the order. Make sure you bring the reporter.
Roger. Give me two hours.
Bury those real good, Chief.
After we take them to the border, we figure out a way to get it out.
223 north is the position his wife gave. There`s just an empty bunker there.
Task air recon to cover 223 north to the border.
l`ll put choppers on standby.
lf they`re there, they won`t be hard to find.
All the way, sir.
Are you all right?
lt`s not me. Barlow could use some morphine.
They got him. Let`s see about you.
-Did you get the gold? -No, but we helped a lot of people.
Now we have to get them over the border.
-They`ll be killed without protection. -They`re gonna bust you for that.
Cover it and see what happens.
Sure you`re not coming with us?
l will stay here to fight Saddam.
Good luck.
Sit down. We`re gonna pull out fast.
Everybody sit down. We`re going.
Walter, did you meet everybody?
Walter, this is lKaied.
What are you thinking?
We walk them past the lraqi soldiers. Make sure they`re safe.
We walk back to the trucks and get out of here.
All right, let`s do it!
No guns. Only American soldiers carry guns.
We are just now about....
We`re getting it now? We`re about 25 yards from an lraqi checkpoint...
...heading into lran.
We are just about to move across the zone up into the lranian border.
lt`s a barbed-wire point.
We have men, women and children here...
...assumed to be lraqi refugees crossing over into lran.
-Make sure they take care of Conrad. -l will.
We did see a lot of lraqi soldiers. They are here, up in bunkers.
lKeep in a tight group.
We`re going through some kind of checkpoint.
This is a violation of American policy.
The United States has withdrawn its support.
Let`s cut and go again.
You are AWOL, and you are in violation of American policy.
You are under arrest.
Double-time! Let`s go!
We can make it before they stop us!
Arrest them! Get them away from those refugees!
Let`s go!
Come here.
Give me your hand! Come on!
Watch out!
You`re under arrest!
Let me help these people get across!
Go!
Let me get her over!
Wait! Just let them get over first! Wait!
l need to reach this valve in my chest.
Look what`s happening! Just let them get over!
-Help these people get across! -You cannot support them!
Let me get them across, and l`ll go right with you!
Let`s go! You`re coming with me!
They`ll be slaughtered if we don`t help them!
Why you doing this? They`ll kill them!
The refugees are not crossing the border. They have been rounded up....
Let them get over!
That`s not our mission! You don`t belong here!
What`s the matter? You ought to know better!
We`re not involved in this problem! Understand?
You`re AWOL and you`re under arrest!
Will you let them kill those people? lt`s not right!
They`re arresting them!
l can`t breathe!
You fucked me, now you`re fucked! So shut your mouth!
l need to reach this!
Give this man medical attention!
We`re not involved in this problem here!
You`re way out of line!
Look at him!
-l can`t reach the valve! -He can`t breathe!
Put the cuffs on the front!
He`ll die if you don`t--
You don`t worry about him! Worry about yourself!
What the hell is this? Turn that camera off!
-That`s a $ 70,000 camera! -What are you doing here?!
l`m authorized--
He`s gonna die!
Cut his cuffs!
-l should get this story! -You`re out of the pool! You`re done!
All we had to do was help them! lt was less than 1 00 feet!
We got the gold.
What?
-The Kuwaiti bullion. We`ve got it. -Bullshit.
Hold that bag. Give me that bag!
Get the bag.
-How much do you have? -Twenty-three million.
Where`s it at?
Get those people over first.
They helped us find it, Ron.
We made a deal. lt`s a soldier`s honor. You can`t fuck them now.
Come on. Return the gold.
Save some refugees. Get that star.
Let`s go, Doug.
Who`s in charge here?
You`re under arrest. You`ll be court-martialed...
...and you`ll show us where that bullion is.