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GENERAL:
OK, Kimberly, let’s get this straight. There’s a C13 out on
the tarmac waiting to take me and the Senator to Washington to meet with the Senate Committee on Terrorism. They’re going to be asking us the same questions I’m asking you. Now I’m sure you don’t want me to be stood up there on Capitol Hill with my thumb up my ass because I don’t have any fucking answers!
A ROAR of another F-16 SCREAMING overhead. Clark waits for it to pass – the room shudders.
CLARK:
No, sir.
GENERAL:
Good, so now we understand each other, let’s try again, but this time I’ll break it down for you. How many operatives do we think al- Qaida has?
CLARK:
Do you mean Mujahadeen or al-Qaida?
GENERAL:
What’s the difference?
CLARK:
The mujhadeen is a name for Islamic freedom fighters,
whereas al-Qaida is a political terrorist organization.