Ghosts of Beirut (2023) s01e03 Episode Script
Damascus
1
We, um We can't find him.
We don't know where he is.
[REPORTER 1] You're following the
dramatic flight of TWA Flight 847,
which was hijacked in Athens,
Greece, about seven hours ago.
[GARY BERNTSEN] We see
him all over the place.
[MARTY MARTIN] He wanted to make
his brand known, but not seen.
[HANIN GHADDAR] From Kuwait to
Latin America and everywhere,
it was Imad Mughniyeh.
[REPORTER 2] In Argentina
today, 17 people died
when a bomb went off
in the capital, Buenos Aires.
It destroyed the headquarters
for the country's
largest Jewish organization.
[BERNTSEN] I spent a lot
of years looking for him.
We worked on elaborate plans
to capture him.
No one was really sure what
he looked like, where he lived
or what bank accounts he survived on.
Kind of like a ghost
in this Middle East.
For many years, there was a question
of how we can get an updated
photo of Imad Mughniyeh
because he started to behave
as a shadow man.
[REPORTER 3] More than
3,000 pounds of explosive power
ripped the front off the eight-story
military dorm in Dhahran.
Over the years, Hezbollah has
become a state within a state.
And it was getting bigger and bigger.
This guy's not only winning,
he's winning in ways
that he hadn't even foreseen.
[REPORTER 4] The
President was quick to say
that Iran's government
is behind attacks
on American troops in Iraq,
and that explosives
used in those attacks
were provided by an elite Iranian unit.
Every meeting I had, Mughniyeh came up.
This was a guy that was driven.
He was committed to his cause.
Before 9/11, he had killed,
or was responsible for killing
more Americans
than anyone else in the world.
[REPORTER 5] In the
Middle East tonight,
Hezbollah attacked an Israeli warship
off the coast of Lebanon.
You know, someday someone's
gonna have to take this guy out.
You've got to find him.
You've got to find Mughniyeh.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
[MAN 1] Radwan!
[MAN 2 SPEAKING ARABIC OVER PHONE]
[IMAD SPEAKING ARABIC]
[CELL PHONE FLIPS SHUT]
Mustafa.
[MUSTAFA SPEAKING ARABIC]
Mustafa
Don't fucking move!
- Move! Or I'll kill you!
- Okay, okay!
- You're coming with us!
- [GRUNTING]
Don't resist! Do it!
Come on!
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
[DAQDUQ SPEAKING ARABIC]
[MAN SPEAKING ARABIC ON RADIO]
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[DAQDUQ SPEAKING]
[DAQDUQ SPEAKING]
worry. It's gonna be okay.
[GUNSHOTS]
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
[LENA]Hey. It's Radwan.
Imad Mughniyeh. 100%.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[DOUG LONDON] Syria,
particularly Damascus,
would be a pretty
safe place for him to be,
in terms of the protection
he got from the Syrians.
It was a sanctuary,
a safe haven for them.
Syria was out of depression.
So, you know, once you are in Syria,
you are immune.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[CHIAM TOMER] I think
that Qassem Suleimani,
contrary to what
might be said by others,
was
I wouldn't say admirer
of Imad Mughniyeh,
but he was listening
to him very carefully.
I would say that both
were thinking about
themselves as key players
in the takeover of the Shia in Lebanon
and maybe in other
places in the Middle East.
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[GREETS IN ARABIC]
[SULEIMANI SPEAKING]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[SULEIMANI SIGHS]
the Deputy Minister of Defense.
At my level, we don't
deal with foot soldiers.
Of course not.
You dealt with Imad directly.
Yes.
Occasionally, I told you.
So where did you meet?
Damascus. Blindfolded.
And I think your ten minutes is up.
And what about this guy? Hmm?
He's bit older,
around the same age as Imad.
Definitely not a foot soldier.
Daqduq. Uh, special missions guy.
I have no idea why Imad
even trusted this idiot.
[LENA] So that's Daqduq,
one of your original gang in Lebanon.
So, Daqduq is trying to head into Iran
with four American hostages,
but the border is closed,
so he executes them.
He wouldn't make that decision
on his own, would he?
How should I know?
I was here,
selling my soul to your CIA.
- Where would he go?
- I don't know!
Southern Iraq, along your supply routes?
There must be a safe house.
"Dear General Petraeus,
you should know that I,
Qassem Suleimani,
control the policy for
Iran with respect to Iraq,
Lebanon, Gaza and Afghanistan.
With regards to the four
American soldiers
killed in Karbala,
I swear on the grave of Khomeini,
I haven't authorized
a bullet against US."
Tell the American it
was a gift from Radwan.
[SULEIMANI LAUGHING]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
Asgari?
Imad
[CAR ALARM CHIMING]
[CHIMING STOPS]
[TELEPHONE RINGING]
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
Teddy.
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
[TEDDY SPEAKING]
[MAIA SPEAKING]
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
[TEDDY SPEAKING]
[SARAH SPEAKING HEBREW]
[TEDDY] Uh
[SARAH SPEAKING]
[TEDDY] Hmm.
[TEDDY CLICKS TONGUE, EXHALES DEEPLY]
[TEDDY] Hmm.
[SARAH] Mm-hmm.
[SIGHS]
Meir
[TEDDY SPEAKING]
[TEDDY] Mm-hmm.
[TEDDY SPEAKING]
[MEIR SPEAKING]
[TEDDY MOUTHING ALONG]
[CLICKS TONGUE] Eh
Teddy
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
[MEIR SPEAKING]
[TEDDY SIGHS]
Teddy
[THUMPS WALL]
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR SLAMS]
[MAN SNORING]
[MAN GASPS, GRUNTS]
[MEN SHOUTING IN ARABIC]
talk about, don't we, Daqduq?
[WOMAN SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[IMAD] Mm-hmm.
[WOMAN SPEAKING]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[WOMAN CHUCKLES]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[CHUCKLES]
Wafa.
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
Daqduq.
[TEDDY SIGHS]
[TEDDY EXHALES DEEPLY]
[TEDDY SPEAKING]
[MEIR SPEAKING]
[MEIR SPEAKING]
[MEIR SPEAKING]
[MEN SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[EXHALING RHYTHMICALLY]
[FATIMA SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
Wissam
[SAADA SPEAKING]
[FATIMA SPEAKING]
[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]
[SAADA] Imad.
Saada.
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SAADA SPEAKING]
[SAADA SPEAKING]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
Imad
[DOOR OPENS]
Wissam
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[BOTH SPEAKING HEBREW]
[SECURITY OFFICER SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[WAFA SPEAKING ARABIC]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[WAFA CHUCKLES]
[WAFA SPEAKING]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
if I repeated the question?
[LENA] No. [SIGHS]
[FBI OFFICER] I'm
referring to the events
at the Provisional Joint
Coordination Center.
There's no fucking time!
[IMPERCEPTIBLE]
Okay. Ask him about Imad Mughniyeh.
He's a direct link.
That is not the focus
of our investigation.
Now, excuse me.
[TELEPHONE RINGING]
[FBI OFFICER] Tell me
about January 20th, 2007
[SUSAN] Yeah.
It's Mossad, for you.
- Really?
- Yeah.
It's the CTC line,
patched through Langley.
Have fun.
Yeah.
- Yes.
- My name is, uh, Teddy from Tel Aviv.
Hello, Teddy.
So, uh, we understand
that you have Daqduq.
[SCOFFS]
The FBI has Daqduq.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Is he talking?
[LENA]Yeah.
He's a barrel of laughs.
I think I could help.
Yeah, I bet you could.
Tell me, Lena.
Do you think Saada is
happy in her marriage?
Saada?
No, I think she's miserable.
Why, are you gonna kill her?
We have a capability
that can help us both,
regarding Radwan.
I thought you called about Daqduq.
I think we should meet.
[CELL PHONE FLIPS SHUT]
- He wants to meet.
- [SUSAN] The Mossad?
Yeah, they want a piece of Daqduq,
and he has something in return.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
[SULEIMANI SPEAKING ARABIC]
[IMAD SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SULEIMANI SPEAKING]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[WAITER SPEAKING ARABIC]
- [WAFA SPEAKING]
- [SAMI SPEAKING]
- [WAFA SPEAKING]
- [SAMI SPEAKING]
[SAMI] Mm-hmm.
[WAFA] Hmm.
[CAR ENGINE STARTS]
[IN ARABIC]
[CONVERSATION CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]
Welcome to Camp Bilad.
Morning, Lena.
I've never met a Mossad guy before.
Really?
What do you think?
Have a seat.
So I've been asked to play nice.
Me, too.
But I'm a little impatient
to meet our mutual friend.
CIA and Mossad
are always driven by the need
to keep their secrets to themselves,
to keep their sources to themselves,
to keep all their sensitivities
to themselves.
This is an obstacle.
Because when you are in cooperation,
you need to open up.
Do you know what we call you?
Daqduq the Mute.
'Cause you sit here silent,
quiet, not saying anything.
You remind me a lot of Ali-Reza.
He didn't say anything at first, but
then he told us everything.
Just like you're about to.
So here's what I know.
Radwan was at the Karbala raid
because he didn't trust you
not to fuck everything up.
Which you did.
And so now you've pissed him off.
And you've pissed off Qassem Suleimani.
And those are two people you really,
really don't wanna piss off.
So what I wanna know
is all the details of how
Radwan worked with you
to plan the attack that
killed our soldiers.
[DAQDUQ] You know what?
I sleep very well in here.
A five-star cell.
You can speak.
You don't play music
anymore to your prisoners?
That's fine with me.
I hate acid rock.
[HUMMING TUNE]
You like that song, don't you?
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
I'll let my friend from Tel Aviv
talk to you about your future.
[DOOR CLOSES]
I'm going to make this
as short as possible for you.
And actually, you can help me
make it even shorter.
We can talk here or
we can talk in Israel.
Which do you prefer?
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Come on.
Did Imad plan Karbala?
He
He was ordered to do it.
By Qassem Suleimani.
[TEDDY] Did he plan it?
Yes.
- [IMAD SPEAKING ARABIC]
- [GUARD SPEAKING ARABIC]
Yes.
Yes, yes.
[GUARD SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[DAQDUQ SIGHS NERVOUSLY]
[GUARD SHOUTS IN ARABIC]
Did Imad plan Karbala?
Yes.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [TEDDY] Was he there?
- [DAQDUQ] Yes.
Yes, yes.
[TEDDY] This is personal for you.
[LENA] You wanna know
about my Hezbollah cousin.
Not me.
But there are questions.
If your army didn't stick around
so long in Lebanon,
maybe he would be doing
something else with his life.
I haven't seen him in 25 years.
Back then, he was a nice kid.
Let's talk.
I need you to tell me
everything you have on Imad.
Come on, Lena. We all have our secrets.
How did you find Daqduq?
Ali-Reza Asgari told
me where to find him.
He defected. He's with us now.
Ali-Reza.
Imad's recruiter back in '82.
Yeah, I'm aware of the history.
We can track him.
Imad, his movements.
Not precisely, not always consistently,
but we think close enough.
Okay.
So now Daqduq has confirmed
that Imad ordered the Karbala raid,
which means he's
an imminent threat to the US.
I think I can get us
a presidential finding.
A presidential finding?
So you guys want to kill him?
No.
What I want is to have him go on trial
and have him face his sins.
But apparently, we
don't do that anymore.
No, we don't.
[SAADA] Imad.
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
Imad
[CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY]
[SAADA SPEAKING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- Have a seat, Lena.
I ordered you home.
[LENA] I was needed in the field.
And now you've decided
we're worth a visit.
[LENA] I wanted
to talk to you face to face.
Since you sicced the Mossad on me.
[MIKE] How did you enjoy that?
I told them we have Ali-Reza.
- What?
- Lena, that is not your call.
Come on. We were
always gonna tell them.
Our highest ranking
defector from Iran ever?
What did you get in return?
Imad Mughniyeh.
[TENSE MUSIC]
They've been tracking him.
We need assets on the ground.
I need to run the op.
Me and the Mossad goon
will do it together.
[ROBIN] We don't run
joint ops with the Mossad.
They have the intel,
we have the resources.
[ROBIN] No, Lena, you can't.
[STEVE] If something went
wrong on the ground
- [ROBIN] We couldn't help.
- I still have my cover.
[OFFICER SPEAKING ARABIC]
[OFFICER SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[OFFICER SPEAKING]
[SARAH SPEAKING HEBREW]
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
[SARAH SPEAKING]
[LENA] You need the public listings.
Try my colleague.
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
- [SPEAKING HEBREW]
- [MEIR SPEAKING HEBREW]
Teddy
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
the one who called?
- Yes.
- Okay, please.
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
[TEDDY SPEAKING]
Welcome. Have a seat.
[LENA] These are gifts
from our embassy.
They are for general surveillance,
patterns of movement
in the neighborhood.
- [MAN] It's all set.
- Okay, thanks.
[TEDDY] Good to see everybody
got to Damascus safely.
We're ready to go.
[TEDDY] Okay.
- Maia.
- [MAIA] Sure.
We think there are 15 different
apartment buildings in Kafr Sousa,
which the Iranians use as they please.
We need to cover the neighborhood
until we know exactly
where and when they meet.
Which is usually every two weeks.
So Suleimani should be in Damascus soon.
And what about Imad?
He's also on his way.
I saw his star trail.
His star trail?
I'm sorry. Who are you?
[SARAH] I track Imad.
- [LENA]How long?
- Ten years.
And for the past six months,
I've listened to Saada's phone.
Wissam's, too, the boy.
[LENA] Nice to meet you.
Okay, so how much time do we have?
[SARAH] I'd say 36 hours.
[MAIA] We gave each building
a different call sign.
Jaafer, Ayoub, and so on.
[LENA CHUCKLES] It's the
diplomatic neighborhood.
Same as us.
[SARAH] They must feel safe there.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
[KEREM ON TAPE] You like this building?
[TANYA] Yes, it's very nice.
[KEREM] The broker is
supposed to meet us here.
Looks old, but with so much
fresh air, it's gonna be great.
[TANYA SIGHS] It's for us.
- [KEREM] Act normal.
- [LENA] Who the hell is that?
- [LENA SPEAKING ARABIC]
- [AHMAD] Mm-hmm.
Uh, Lena, don't engage.
Lena, please stay where you are.
Lena
If anything happens,
wait for the embassy to contact you.
Okay.
[OFFICER 1 SPEAKING ARABIC]
[KEREM SPEAKING ARABIC]
[KEREM SPEAKING]
I was looking everywhere for you.
[TEDDY] Lena.
got the list of apartments.
[TEDDY] Lena, don't engage.
[OFFICER 1 SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[LENA SPEAKING]
[OFFICER 2 SPEAKING]
[OFFICER 2 SPEAKING]
Yeah. Don't worry.
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[OFFICER 2 SPEAKING]
[LENA SPEAKING]
go see the apartment, yeah?
[MEIR] Okay.
[MEIR SPEAKING HEBREW]
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
[DOORBELL BUZZING]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
Wafa
- [LENA SIGHS]
- [CELL PHONE RINGING]
Lena, I have a headache.
Take something.
I know, I know. I'm a baby sometimes.
But I get a headache when I
don't understand something.
Now, Imad lives his
whole life in the shadows.
He's the best operative ever.
He's so careful, he's so precise.
But these recent movements of his,
I cannot comprehend.
He meets Suleimani in Damascus.
- Makes sense.
- Yes, of course.
But why so often?
They have a lot to talk about.
Maybe.
But he's moving a lot of
money from South America.
I know. I saw the intel.
Do you think Imad is trying to do
an end run around Suleimani?
I don't know. It's something different.
[CELL PHONE VIBRATES, CHIMES]
[IMAD SPEAKING ARABIC]
[WISSAM SPEAKING ARABIC]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[WISSAM SPEAKING]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[WISSAM SPEAKING]
[WISSAM SPEAKING]
[WISSAM SPEAKING]
[WISSAM SPEAKING]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[WISSAM SPEAKING]
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
- [TEDDY] Lena.
Imad's son is in Damascus.
Wissam. We're tracking him.
Send me the coordinates.
Sending over to you now.
[WISSAM SPEAKING ARABIC OVER PHONE]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[WISSAM SPEAKING]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[WISSAM SPEAKING]
[WISSAM SPEAKING]
[AMOS YADLIN SPEAKING HEBREW]
He'd been running for years.
He'd been doing it for years.
He got comfortable.
And when he got comfortable,
he slipped up.
And someone saw him,
or someone got a piece of intel, and
[TEDDY]Lena, you're looking
for Al Ward Street.
Uh, you'll see a mosque opposite a park.
Yes, it's a big crossing.
- Closer?
- No, this is fine.
[TEDDY SPEAKING HEBREW]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
[WHISPERING] Saada
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- Teddy, my friend.
Yes, Lena.
[LENA]I'm sending you a present.
[COMPUTER CHIMES]
We, um We can't find him.
We don't know where he is.
[REPORTER 1] You're following the
dramatic flight of TWA Flight 847,
which was hijacked in Athens,
Greece, about seven hours ago.
[GARY BERNTSEN] We see
him all over the place.
[MARTY MARTIN] He wanted to make
his brand known, but not seen.
[HANIN GHADDAR] From Kuwait to
Latin America and everywhere,
it was Imad Mughniyeh.
[REPORTER 2] In Argentina
today, 17 people died
when a bomb went off
in the capital, Buenos Aires.
It destroyed the headquarters
for the country's
largest Jewish organization.
[BERNTSEN] I spent a lot
of years looking for him.
We worked on elaborate plans
to capture him.
No one was really sure what
he looked like, where he lived
or what bank accounts he survived on.
Kind of like a ghost
in this Middle East.
For many years, there was a question
of how we can get an updated
photo of Imad Mughniyeh
because he started to behave
as a shadow man.
[REPORTER 3] More than
3,000 pounds of explosive power
ripped the front off the eight-story
military dorm in Dhahran.
Over the years, Hezbollah has
become a state within a state.
And it was getting bigger and bigger.
This guy's not only winning,
he's winning in ways
that he hadn't even foreseen.
[REPORTER 4] The
President was quick to say
that Iran's government
is behind attacks
on American troops in Iraq,
and that explosives
used in those attacks
were provided by an elite Iranian unit.
Every meeting I had, Mughniyeh came up.
This was a guy that was driven.
He was committed to his cause.
Before 9/11, he had killed,
or was responsible for killing
more Americans
than anyone else in the world.
[REPORTER 5] In the
Middle East tonight,
Hezbollah attacked an Israeli warship
off the coast of Lebanon.
You know, someday someone's
gonna have to take this guy out.
You've got to find him.
You've got to find Mughniyeh.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
[MAN 1] Radwan!
[MAN 2 SPEAKING ARABIC OVER PHONE]
[IMAD SPEAKING ARABIC]
[CELL PHONE FLIPS SHUT]
Mustafa.
[MUSTAFA SPEAKING ARABIC]
Mustafa
Don't fucking move!
- Move! Or I'll kill you!
- Okay, okay!
- You're coming with us!
- [GRUNTING]
Don't resist! Do it!
Come on!
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
[DAQDUQ SPEAKING ARABIC]
[MAN SPEAKING ARABIC ON RADIO]
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[DAQDUQ SPEAKING]
[DAQDUQ SPEAKING]
worry. It's gonna be okay.
[GUNSHOTS]
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
[LENA]Hey. It's Radwan.
Imad Mughniyeh. 100%.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[DOUG LONDON] Syria,
particularly Damascus,
would be a pretty
safe place for him to be,
in terms of the protection
he got from the Syrians.
It was a sanctuary,
a safe haven for them.
Syria was out of depression.
So, you know, once you are in Syria,
you are immune.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[CHIAM TOMER] I think
that Qassem Suleimani,
contrary to what
might be said by others,
was
I wouldn't say admirer
of Imad Mughniyeh,
but he was listening
to him very carefully.
I would say that both
were thinking about
themselves as key players
in the takeover of the Shia in Lebanon
and maybe in other
places in the Middle East.
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[GREETS IN ARABIC]
[SULEIMANI SPEAKING]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[SULEIMANI SIGHS]
the Deputy Minister of Defense.
At my level, we don't
deal with foot soldiers.
Of course not.
You dealt with Imad directly.
Yes.
Occasionally, I told you.
So where did you meet?
Damascus. Blindfolded.
And I think your ten minutes is up.
And what about this guy? Hmm?
He's bit older,
around the same age as Imad.
Definitely not a foot soldier.
Daqduq. Uh, special missions guy.
I have no idea why Imad
even trusted this idiot.
[LENA] So that's Daqduq,
one of your original gang in Lebanon.
So, Daqduq is trying to head into Iran
with four American hostages,
but the border is closed,
so he executes them.
He wouldn't make that decision
on his own, would he?
How should I know?
I was here,
selling my soul to your CIA.
- Where would he go?
- I don't know!
Southern Iraq, along your supply routes?
There must be a safe house.
"Dear General Petraeus,
you should know that I,
Qassem Suleimani,
control the policy for
Iran with respect to Iraq,
Lebanon, Gaza and Afghanistan.
With regards to the four
American soldiers
killed in Karbala,
I swear on the grave of Khomeini,
I haven't authorized
a bullet against US."
Tell the American it
was a gift from Radwan.
[SULEIMANI LAUGHING]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
Asgari?
Imad
[CAR ALARM CHIMING]
[CHIMING STOPS]
[TELEPHONE RINGING]
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
Teddy.
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
[TEDDY SPEAKING]
[MAIA SPEAKING]
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
[TEDDY SPEAKING]
[SARAH SPEAKING HEBREW]
[TEDDY] Uh
[SARAH SPEAKING]
[TEDDY] Hmm.
[TEDDY CLICKS TONGUE, EXHALES DEEPLY]
[TEDDY] Hmm.
[SARAH] Mm-hmm.
[SIGHS]
Meir
[TEDDY SPEAKING]
[TEDDY] Mm-hmm.
[TEDDY SPEAKING]
[MEIR SPEAKING]
[TEDDY MOUTHING ALONG]
[CLICKS TONGUE] Eh
Teddy
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
[MEIR SPEAKING]
[TEDDY SIGHS]
Teddy
[THUMPS WALL]
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR SLAMS]
[MAN SNORING]
[MAN GASPS, GRUNTS]
[MEN SHOUTING IN ARABIC]
talk about, don't we, Daqduq?
[WOMAN SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[IMAD] Mm-hmm.
[WOMAN SPEAKING]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[WOMAN CHUCKLES]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[CHUCKLES]
Wafa.
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
Daqduq.
[TEDDY SIGHS]
[TEDDY EXHALES DEEPLY]
[TEDDY SPEAKING]
[MEIR SPEAKING]
[MEIR SPEAKING]
[MEIR SPEAKING]
[MEN SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[EXHALING RHYTHMICALLY]
[FATIMA SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
Wissam
[SAADA SPEAKING]
[FATIMA SPEAKING]
[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]
[SAADA] Imad.
Saada.
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SAADA SPEAKING]
[SAADA SPEAKING]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
Imad
[DOOR OPENS]
Wissam
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[BOTH SPEAKING HEBREW]
[SECURITY OFFICER SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[WAFA SPEAKING ARABIC]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[WAFA CHUCKLES]
[WAFA SPEAKING]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
if I repeated the question?
[LENA] No. [SIGHS]
[FBI OFFICER] I'm
referring to the events
at the Provisional Joint
Coordination Center.
There's no fucking time!
[IMPERCEPTIBLE]
Okay. Ask him about Imad Mughniyeh.
He's a direct link.
That is not the focus
of our investigation.
Now, excuse me.
[TELEPHONE RINGING]
[FBI OFFICER] Tell me
about January 20th, 2007
[SUSAN] Yeah.
It's Mossad, for you.
- Really?
- Yeah.
It's the CTC line,
patched through Langley.
Have fun.
Yeah.
- Yes.
- My name is, uh, Teddy from Tel Aviv.
Hello, Teddy.
So, uh, we understand
that you have Daqduq.
[SCOFFS]
The FBI has Daqduq.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Is he talking?
[LENA]Yeah.
He's a barrel of laughs.
I think I could help.
Yeah, I bet you could.
Tell me, Lena.
Do you think Saada is
happy in her marriage?
Saada?
No, I think she's miserable.
Why, are you gonna kill her?
We have a capability
that can help us both,
regarding Radwan.
I thought you called about Daqduq.
I think we should meet.
[CELL PHONE FLIPS SHUT]
- He wants to meet.
- [SUSAN] The Mossad?
Yeah, they want a piece of Daqduq,
and he has something in return.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
[SULEIMANI SPEAKING ARABIC]
[IMAD SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SULEIMANI SPEAKING]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[WAITER SPEAKING ARABIC]
- [WAFA SPEAKING]
- [SAMI SPEAKING]
- [WAFA SPEAKING]
- [SAMI SPEAKING]
[SAMI] Mm-hmm.
[WAFA] Hmm.
[CAR ENGINE STARTS]
[IN ARABIC]
[CONVERSATION CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]
Welcome to Camp Bilad.
Morning, Lena.
I've never met a Mossad guy before.
Really?
What do you think?
Have a seat.
So I've been asked to play nice.
Me, too.
But I'm a little impatient
to meet our mutual friend.
CIA and Mossad
are always driven by the need
to keep their secrets to themselves,
to keep their sources to themselves,
to keep all their sensitivities
to themselves.
This is an obstacle.
Because when you are in cooperation,
you need to open up.
Do you know what we call you?
Daqduq the Mute.
'Cause you sit here silent,
quiet, not saying anything.
You remind me a lot of Ali-Reza.
He didn't say anything at first, but
then he told us everything.
Just like you're about to.
So here's what I know.
Radwan was at the Karbala raid
because he didn't trust you
not to fuck everything up.
Which you did.
And so now you've pissed him off.
And you've pissed off Qassem Suleimani.
And those are two people you really,
really don't wanna piss off.
So what I wanna know
is all the details of how
Radwan worked with you
to plan the attack that
killed our soldiers.
[DAQDUQ] You know what?
I sleep very well in here.
A five-star cell.
You can speak.
You don't play music
anymore to your prisoners?
That's fine with me.
I hate acid rock.
[HUMMING TUNE]
You like that song, don't you?
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
I'll let my friend from Tel Aviv
talk to you about your future.
[DOOR CLOSES]
I'm going to make this
as short as possible for you.
And actually, you can help me
make it even shorter.
We can talk here or
we can talk in Israel.
Which do you prefer?
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Come on.
Did Imad plan Karbala?
He
He was ordered to do it.
By Qassem Suleimani.
[TEDDY] Did he plan it?
Yes.
- [IMAD SPEAKING ARABIC]
- [GUARD SPEAKING ARABIC]
Yes.
Yes, yes.
[GUARD SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[DAQDUQ SIGHS NERVOUSLY]
[GUARD SHOUTS IN ARABIC]
Did Imad plan Karbala?
Yes.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [TEDDY] Was he there?
- [DAQDUQ] Yes.
Yes, yes.
[TEDDY] This is personal for you.
[LENA] You wanna know
about my Hezbollah cousin.
Not me.
But there are questions.
If your army didn't stick around
so long in Lebanon,
maybe he would be doing
something else with his life.
I haven't seen him in 25 years.
Back then, he was a nice kid.
Let's talk.
I need you to tell me
everything you have on Imad.
Come on, Lena. We all have our secrets.
How did you find Daqduq?
Ali-Reza Asgari told
me where to find him.
He defected. He's with us now.
Ali-Reza.
Imad's recruiter back in '82.
Yeah, I'm aware of the history.
We can track him.
Imad, his movements.
Not precisely, not always consistently,
but we think close enough.
Okay.
So now Daqduq has confirmed
that Imad ordered the Karbala raid,
which means he's
an imminent threat to the US.
I think I can get us
a presidential finding.
A presidential finding?
So you guys want to kill him?
No.
What I want is to have him go on trial
and have him face his sins.
But apparently, we
don't do that anymore.
No, we don't.
[SAADA] Imad.
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
Imad
[CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY]
[SAADA SPEAKING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- Have a seat, Lena.
I ordered you home.
[LENA] I was needed in the field.
And now you've decided
we're worth a visit.
[LENA] I wanted
to talk to you face to face.
Since you sicced the Mossad on me.
[MIKE] How did you enjoy that?
I told them we have Ali-Reza.
- What?
- Lena, that is not your call.
Come on. We were
always gonna tell them.
Our highest ranking
defector from Iran ever?
What did you get in return?
Imad Mughniyeh.
[TENSE MUSIC]
They've been tracking him.
We need assets on the ground.
I need to run the op.
Me and the Mossad goon
will do it together.
[ROBIN] We don't run
joint ops with the Mossad.
They have the intel,
we have the resources.
[ROBIN] No, Lena, you can't.
[STEVE] If something went
wrong on the ground
- [ROBIN] We couldn't help.
- I still have my cover.
[OFFICER SPEAKING ARABIC]
[OFFICER SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[OFFICER SPEAKING]
[SARAH SPEAKING HEBREW]
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
[SARAH SPEAKING]
[LENA] You need the public listings.
Try my colleague.
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
- [SPEAKING HEBREW]
- [MEIR SPEAKING HEBREW]
Teddy
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
the one who called?
- Yes.
- Okay, please.
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
[TEDDY SPEAKING]
Welcome. Have a seat.
[LENA] These are gifts
from our embassy.
They are for general surveillance,
patterns of movement
in the neighborhood.
- [MAN] It's all set.
- Okay, thanks.
[TEDDY] Good to see everybody
got to Damascus safely.
We're ready to go.
[TEDDY] Okay.
- Maia.
- [MAIA] Sure.
We think there are 15 different
apartment buildings in Kafr Sousa,
which the Iranians use as they please.
We need to cover the neighborhood
until we know exactly
where and when they meet.
Which is usually every two weeks.
So Suleimani should be in Damascus soon.
And what about Imad?
He's also on his way.
I saw his star trail.
His star trail?
I'm sorry. Who are you?
[SARAH] I track Imad.
- [LENA]How long?
- Ten years.
And for the past six months,
I've listened to Saada's phone.
Wissam's, too, the boy.
[LENA] Nice to meet you.
Okay, so how much time do we have?
[SARAH] I'd say 36 hours.
[MAIA] We gave each building
a different call sign.
Jaafer, Ayoub, and so on.
[LENA CHUCKLES] It's the
diplomatic neighborhood.
Same as us.
[SARAH] They must feel safe there.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
[KEREM ON TAPE] You like this building?
[TANYA] Yes, it's very nice.
[KEREM] The broker is
supposed to meet us here.
Looks old, but with so much
fresh air, it's gonna be great.
[TANYA SIGHS] It's for us.
- [KEREM] Act normal.
- [LENA] Who the hell is that?
- [LENA SPEAKING ARABIC]
- [AHMAD] Mm-hmm.
Uh, Lena, don't engage.
Lena, please stay where you are.
Lena
If anything happens,
wait for the embassy to contact you.
Okay.
[OFFICER 1 SPEAKING ARABIC]
[KEREM SPEAKING ARABIC]
[KEREM SPEAKING]
I was looking everywhere for you.
[TEDDY] Lena.
got the list of apartments.
[TEDDY] Lena, don't engage.
[OFFICER 1 SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[LENA SPEAKING]
[OFFICER 2 SPEAKING]
[OFFICER 2 SPEAKING]
Yeah. Don't worry.
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[OFFICER 2 SPEAKING]
[LENA SPEAKING]
go see the apartment, yeah?
[MEIR] Okay.
[MEIR SPEAKING HEBREW]
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
[SPEAKING HEBREW]
[DOORBELL BUZZING]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
Wafa
- [LENA SIGHS]
- [CELL PHONE RINGING]
Lena, I have a headache.
Take something.
I know, I know. I'm a baby sometimes.
But I get a headache when I
don't understand something.
Now, Imad lives his
whole life in the shadows.
He's the best operative ever.
He's so careful, he's so precise.
But these recent movements of his,
I cannot comprehend.
He meets Suleimani in Damascus.
- Makes sense.
- Yes, of course.
But why so often?
They have a lot to talk about.
Maybe.
But he's moving a lot of
money from South America.
I know. I saw the intel.
Do you think Imad is trying to do
an end run around Suleimani?
I don't know. It's something different.
[CELL PHONE VIBRATES, CHIMES]
[IMAD SPEAKING ARABIC]
[WISSAM SPEAKING ARABIC]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[WISSAM SPEAKING]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[WISSAM SPEAKING]
[WISSAM SPEAKING]
[WISSAM SPEAKING]
[WISSAM SPEAKING]
[IMAD SPEAKING]
[WISSAM SPEAKING]
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
- [TEDDY] Lena.
Imad's son is in Damascus.
Wissam. We're tracking him.
Send me the coordinates.
Sending over to you now.
[WISSAM SPEAKING ARABIC OVER PHONE]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[WISSAM SPEAKING]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[WISSAM SPEAKING]
[WISSAM SPEAKING]
[AMOS YADLIN SPEAKING HEBREW]
He'd been running for years.
He'd been doing it for years.
He got comfortable.
And when he got comfortable,
he slipped up.
And someone saw him,
or someone got a piece of intel, and
[TEDDY]Lena, you're looking
for Al Ward Street.
Uh, you'll see a mosque opposite a park.
Yes, it's a big crossing.
- Closer?
- No, this is fine.
[TEDDY SPEAKING HEBREW]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
[WHISPERING] Saada
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[SPEAKING ARABIC]
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- Teddy, my friend.
Yes, Lena.
[LENA]I'm sending you a present.
[COMPUTER CHIMES]