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Vienna, 21 December 1975

Inspector Janda here! Attack at OPEC!

Hands up! Turn around!

You a cop?

Youssef! The explosives! Now!

Set them off only if I say so!

Understood?

Khalid!

Find Yamani?

Not yet.

Dr Hernandez Acosta...

You can stand.

Oil Minister of Saudi Arabia

Oil Minister of Iran

In the back, on the left.

Faster!

No talking!

Move it!

I don't get it.

What is it?

Someone's wounded. There are terrorists.

Oil Minister of Algeria

It's a serious wound.

He needs to be operated immediately.

Take him to the police.

Send him to the hospital. Then come back.

Do I have your word?

You do.

Are you a hostage?

Don't move!

Austrian Chancellor

Home Secretary

The terrorists

have requested that the Libyan Ambassador mediate.

But he's in Prague.

The head of the commando shot a Libyan delegate.

It seems Qaddafi is furious.

The Iraqi chargé d'affaires has offered to take his place.

We have no choice.

We must buy time and save lives.

A DC9 will be ready at dawn.

Keep the other countries informed.

I am, but they're at a standstill.

The PLO made a statement condemning the raid.

Only Algeria is willing to help us.

I must speak with President Boumedienne.

He's awaiting your call.

Know why Carlos is my nom de guerre?

No, I don't.

For President Carlos Andrés Pérez.

He nationalised the oil industry,

as well as the mines.

He redistributed wealth to the needy.

Considered education the Third World's main weapon.

He's a revolutionary.

His methods are... rather different from yours.

Perhaps.

I joined the internationalist struggle.

But our convictions are the same.

He's a man of peace,

with great respect for human life.

So am I.

Men of honor have nothing to fear.

Only traitors need be afraid.

What traitors?

You know full well.

Venezuela's role in OPEC is very clear.

The role of the organisation is to help

Third World countries in their development.

Not to support imperialists

in maintaining oppression.

Relax.

Only Amouzegar for Iran

and Yamani for Saudi Arabia will have to pay.

The others will be spared.

A group calling itself

the Armed Wing of the Arab Revolution,

which is holding the OPEC ministers hostage,

Iraqi chargé d'affaires in Vienna

has prepared a declaration in French.

Austrian radio will now broadcast

the full statement released

by the Armed Wing of the Arab Revolution

of 21 December 1975:

"It is now clear for everyone"

"that the crucial Arab cause"

"concerning the Palestinian question,"

"and subjected to its consequences,"

"is the object of a major plot"

"aiming to legitimise"

"Zionist existence on our land,"

"and to consolidate division, weakness,"

"and dissension in the Arab world,"

"and particularly,"

"in the region neighboring the occupied Palestinian territory"

"in order to allow the aggressive Zionist state"

"to execute its expansionist projects."

"In addition to these maneuvers,"

"aimed at forcing Arab and Palestinian recognition"

"regarding its legality, the Zionist state..."

Excuse me.

I'm not Muslim and I'm famished.

Don't you think,

what the revolution needs

is money and not corpses?

What are you saying?

Your hostages are more valuable alive than dead.

Know what, Dr Hernandez?

Let me be clear.

I'm very well paid.

I have nothing to gain by sparing these dogs.

Understood?

Enjoy your sandwich.

An agreement has been reached

with the hostage-takers.

Every Foreign Secretary,

as well as the heads of state,

whom I personally consulted,

agrees to the measures we have taken

with no restrictions whatsoever,

and is grateful to Austria.

In exchange for the release of all OPEC employees

residing in Austria,

and not only the Austrian citizens,

currently held by the terrorists,

the commando will be supplied with a DC9.

Their destination?

Algiers.

President Boumedienne has generously offered to mediate

in hope

of bringing this to a close and saving human lives.

We extend our thanks to him.

He's in an ambulance. On his way to the airport.

We will not leave

until he's on board. Understood?

If we'd asked for a belly dance, he'd have done it.

Nada!

It's OK.

Control tower.

They want to talk to you.

They say we're authorised to land.

And to use the President's spot.

Excellent. Tell them we're very honored.

The Foreign Secretary, Abdelaziz Bouteflika,

will negotiate the hostages' release.

Nothing to negotiate.

We free who we have to,

we refuel and we leave.

President Boumedienne will meet you in the reception room.

He'll make you an offer.

Those bastards!

Algerian Foreign Secretary

Keep away!

Watch out the door.

Would you really have killed me?

I'd have saved you for last.

Listen to me.

And listen good.

We're out of fuel. If we don't land,

the safety of the hostages will be at risk.

The safety of the hostages will be at risk.

Austrian Ambassador to Libya

I didn't expect to see you again so soon.

I'm sorry to get you out of bed so late.

So things didn't go as planned in Tripoli.

The Libyans betrayed our cause.

I don't think your cause is ours.

- Want one? - No, thank you.

Castro's personal reserve.

Our pilot is exhausted.

And the plane cannot reach our destination.

Give us a long-haul plane and we're out of your lives.

The Saudis are our allies. The Iranians too.

We cannot put their ministers' lives in danger.

You put them in danger by refusing our conditions.

If things go wrong,

your life and those of your men are at stake.

Touch one hair on Yamani's head

on our soil,

and you're all dead.

Clear enough?

Be realistic.

The Saudis are too powerful.

Not one country would risk helping you.

You won't go to Baghdad.

What has Tunisia offered? Nothing.

What has Libya offered? Nothing.

I offer an honorable way out

that can even come off as victory.

Yesterday I mentioned a certain sum.

I'm sure the Saudis would double it.

Can your cause, whatever it is,

afford to spit on 20 million dollars?

What guarantee?

Algeria's word.

You proved it worthless.

Then that of the Bank of Algeria!

If you agree,

we'll open an account in the name of your group.

The money will be wired within hours.

My group must not be named.

In your name, then.

Work it out with Mr Haddad.

We know him well.

He's discreet, wary of needless publicity.

But definitely not indifferent to money.

I'm glad to see you alive.

I know what we owe the Algerian government.

I'm glad we could help avoid the worst.

But I was scared.

South Yemen, a few weeks later

Angie, shut up in front of Haddad.

You know I'm right.

We need his support and his money.

Be strategic for once.

Who are you?

Just like anyone else.

Is he upset?

An incredible operation by Israeli Defence Forces,

at the Entebbe Airport in Uganda.

Just before midnight, three Israeli aircraft,

containing parachutists and soldiers,

landed on the airstrip where

pro-Palestinian militants

held the 105 passengers and crew

of the Air France Airbus hijacked last week.

The surprise attack lasted only an hour.

In Entebbe, Israeli forces

reportedly killed the entire pro-Palestinian commando.

East Berlin, Autumn 1976

Who are you meeting?

That guy, Michel.

Carlos, right?

I don't know.

You know the rules.

No questions asked.

German Revolutionary Cells

Can I have a whisky?

Angie?

Anyone home?

Who brought you here?

Don't panic. I'm all alone.

Why shouldn't I panic?

No one knows I'm here.

Right, no one...

except your friends.

Aren't I still a friend?

I don't know. It depends.

You told comrades from the June 2nd Movement

you were starting your own group.

To get them off my back.

It's not true?

They wanted me to buy weapons.

That's not what I'm in this for.

So join us!

Carlos is leaving Haddad.

Haddad fired him.

Baghdad has a new government.

They need us.

They're willing to pay. And very well.

Iraqi money doesn't interest me.

I joined the armed struggle to attack the capitalist system.

Not to spread terror.

Understand?

Not to be hired by the PFLP or Baghdad.

The PFLP has been very generous with us.

They help our struggle. We help theirs.

You can keep believing that crap.

I'm through.

You know the rules.

You must go back to Aden.

You must obey the orders they give you.

This is war. You're a soldier. You know it.

I won't go to Aden.

I'm not at war and I'll receive orders from no one.

You know too much.

Names.

Places.

Secrets.

You could endanger the whole network.

I know how it works.

I'll stay hidden until I'm forgotten.

I doubt Wadie Haddad would risk it.

- He'll have you killed. - If that's my fate...

Angie!

The cops are looking for you!

Two people died in Vienna.

Your picture was in every fucking paper!

You're as good as dead.

I'm no rat.

I know.

But cops have sophisticated methods.

Torture.

Drugs.

If they want you to talk,

you'll talk.

You say you're my friend.

I trust you.

But if Haddad says to, you'll kill me with no misgivings.

Right? That's why I'm no longer with you.

And it's why, once you leave, I'll disappear.

You'll never find me again.

Check this out.

Know what's inside?

My revolver.

And my resignation from the armed struggle.

Do you give names?

But I say what I know.

About plans to attack two Jewish community leaders.

If I shut up, I'll never forgive myself!

Boni...

Boni separated the Jews at Entebbe like in Auschwitz!

I'm an enemy of Zionism.

I've proved it.

But anti-Semitism: count me out.

I thought you were alone.

Run.

Anything to declare?

Open the trunk.

Baghdad, Iraq

Two months later

Head of KGB

As you know, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

is a loyal ally of the Palestinian cause,

of the Third World,

and of all revolutions.

Our coffers are open,

our advisors on hand,

our soldiers ready to shed their blood.

I know all of you.

I've worked with some of you.

You know me as well.

The USSR is a fearsome enemy to those who betray its cause.

For them, there is but one sentence:

death.

The Egyptian president, Anwar El Sadat,

has benefited from our generosity for many years.

His country has profited from the labors of Soviet workers.

But he has turned his back on us.

He is ignoring his huge debt toward us.

He spits in our faces.

He humiliates his country,

the entire Arab world,

all revolutionaries at war

who are dying for our cause.

He has bowed down before American imperialism

and has become the manservant of the Zionists

who occupy your holiest lands.

He must pay the price.

Today,

in three months,

in six months,

in one year, if necessary,

he will be held accountable.

Bear in mind, gentlemen,

whoever carries out the aforementioned sentence

will benefit from our unlimited financial support.

Let's hope for the best.

PFLP

There's a woman waiting for you.

German Revolutionary Cells

East Berlin, November 1978

- It was quick. - Leukaemia kills quickly.

So does poison.

PEC Terrorist Klein Resigns

Stasi Headquarters

Section XXII of the Stasi

Terrorist Group Interface

Head of Section XXII

Mr Weinrich.

How are you, my boy?

Good, thank you.

May I?

Since our last meeting,

the situation is even tenser.

The Americans...

have green-lighted the MX Missile Program.

They're forcing the USSR to spend more on defence,

bleeding the Soviet economy dry

and creating international tension.

Good point, my boy.

You're right about the intent of American imperialists,

but it will only strengthen Soviet resolve,

and rally socialist countries, with East Germany at the fore.

In our opinion the Eastern Block could use

more commandos like ours,

to wage the fight at the vanguard.

We do it for you and for Third World countries.

This is why we need your help.

We have official contacts and bases set up in Prague,

Budapest, and Sofia.

The Soviets let us transit weapons.

Now we need you to give us permission

to set up a base in East Berlin.

On one condition: you take no action in West Germany

while transiting to and from base. Is that clear?

Of course.

I'll think it over.

My deputy, Major Voigt, will inform you of my decision.

Naturally, you have our sympathy and our friendship.

Thank you.

We've been informed of a plan to assassinate Sadat.

It's not true.

If ever you did consider it... I ask that you give up.

Those are unfounded rumors.

I'm sure of it, my boy.

Damascus, Syria

Syrian Air Force Intelligence

Syrian Air Force Headquarters

The General is waiting.

Head of Syrian Air Force Intelligence

PART TWO