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EYE IN THE SKY Translation. Review by Angel.
IN WAR, TRUTH IS THE FIRST CASUALTY. -Aeschylus.
EASTLEIGH, NAIROBI, KENYA 7:00 AM EAST AFRICA TIME
This is my best one ever.
Yes, darling.
It is done.
Go play.
Look! Mommy.
Lovely, Alia.
EYE IN THE SKY
SURREY, ENGLAND 04:15 AM GMT
Sorry, Rocco.
Come. Come.
Good dog.
BREAKING: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES SUSPECTED INFORMANT
Somali Al-Shabaab militants
have posted this picture of an unnamed man.
They say they have executed in Nairobi.
They claim he was a spy,
working for British and Kenyan intelligence services,
attempting to disrupt the recruiting and trafficking
of young Western Muslims.
Al-Shabaab extremism within Kenya
escalated with the Westgate shopping mall attack.
In Nairobi two years ago.
In which 67 people died and 175 were injured.
In April, the group massacred 147 students and staff...
at Garissa University College.
Al-Shabaab want to impose their strict version...
of Sharia law across the Horn of Africa.
They bitterly resent the role of Britain and the Kenyan military...
in propping up the UN-backed Somali government.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA 08:45 PM PST
PERMANENT JOINT HEADQUARTERS (PJHQ) NORTHWOOD - LONDON
- Good morning, Colonel. - Good morning, Ted.
Good morning.
- Good morning, ma'am. - Good morning, Colonel.
Version three on Operation Egret is ready.
Ahmed's house data is on slide three.
Thank you.
Only two Hellfire! Where are my GBU-12s?
Well, ma'am, given the mission brief, we thought we should
decrease the gross weight and increase the loiter time.
Therefore, do I have only got the Hellfire?
Yes, ma'am.
Sadd, next time you change the load out,
you check with me first, please.
- Yes, ma'am. - Thank you.
JOMO KENYATTA AIRPORT NAIROBI, KENYA
KENYAN STUDENT EXCHANGE SERVICE
How was your flight?
Dad, this math is hard.
Just keep trying.
Okay, Dad.
Customer.
Give me the books.
I am coming.
- Hello. - Hello.
My bicycle is broken.
Can you fix it?
Yes, I can.
I will be back later.
God willing.
DANGER FIRING RANGERS DO NOT ENTER
General, good morning.
Did you have my email?
Yes, sir. Very upsetting.
His family will need our support.
Leave it with me.
- Is everything in place? - Yes, sir.
I will be at Cobra in an hour.
That should be fine.
Good luck today, Katherine.
Thank you.
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE NEVADA, USA
Is this Briefing Room 7?
Yeah. You are fine. We have not started yet.
Lieutenant Watts.
Airman Gershom.
Pleasure.
Stand by.
Room, attention.
Carry on.
All right, I am going to introduce you people to Colonel Powell in London.
- Push us through please, Major. - Yes, sir.
THIS MEDIA IS RATED UP TO: SECRET
Good morning, Colonel. Are we coming through clear?
Loud and clear, Colonel, thank you.
Good to see you again.
In addition, you, ma'am. I have your crew ready.
Introduce yourselves, please.
Morning, ma'am. Lieutenant Steve Watts, Aircraft Commander, Pilot.
Airman First Class Carrie Gershom, Sensor Operator.
Senior Airman Matt Livery, Mission Intel Coordinator.
Thank you.
Today, you will be flying a joint operation over Nairobi, Kenya,
codename Operation Egret.
Horn of Africa, Somalia, Kenya, Nairobi.
We have intelligence of a meeting of key members of Al-Shabaab.
In the suburb of Parklands in this house, here.
It belongs to a man named Shahid Ahmed.
He is an Al-Shabaab facilitator.
Due to visit this house is this man,
Abdullah Al-Hadi.
He is a Somali, and his wife, Ayesha Al-Hadi,
formerly Susan Helen Danford, British national.
Troubled childhood, converted at 15.
She was radicalized in a West London mosque
where she met and married Al-Hadi.
Intelligence has them connected
to the most recent suicide bombing in Kenya.
They are numbers four and five on our East Africa Most Wanted list.
We have been tracking them for six years.
Their cell executed one of our Kenyan agents yesterday.
Now we have information that they will be in Nairobi today,
using that Parklands house as a transit point for two new recruits.
Muhammad Abdi salaam, American.
The CIA have him connected to extremists in Minnesota.
And Rasheed Hamad. He is British.
Once all suspects are in the house,
Kenyan special forces will launch a cordon and search.
This is an operation to capture, not kill.
Your job is to be their eye in the sky.
Right, thank you, ma'am. Kill it.
Yes, sir. Go brief.
So, sir, how long have you been here?
About six months now. You?
Just got here.
Wow! How do you like Vegas?
It can get a little wild.
That it can.
Where are you from originally?
- I am from Ohio. - Ohio?
Where are you...? Where are you from?
Idaho. When did you qualify?
A month ago.
Wow! It has only been about two years for me.
Why would you join?
I had racked up a lot of college debt.
Air Force was a guaranteed four years of work.
- Hey, guys. - Hi.
- Hey. - Hey.
Do you see any giraffes?
Matter of fact, yeah.
- Wow! - Yeah, a whole bunch of them.
About 30 miles east of the city.
The aircraft is established in the orbit
at Flight Level 200, running covert.
Aircraft and GCS are in the green with no write-ups.
Okay. Great.
All cameras checked well.
Here is the target.
Ground forces are a few blocks away in an old factory.
Over here.
Okay. Thanks.
Weapons all spun up good.
Ten hours' time on station remaining.
You still have two Hellfire missiles. Secure radio checked well.
Great. Thank you, guys.
All right. Do well. Do not suck.
Hey, Matt? Did you strap in?
I am here. Here it comes.
Showman 5-0, North 2-0. Good morning, Moses. How are you?
North 2-0, Showman 5-0. Good morning, Colonel. Very good, thank you.
Confirm Sea Hawk is in the Blue Zone.
But Condor is still in flight, right?
Sea Hawk is in the Blue Zone.
We expect Condor to land in an hour.
Thank you. Are your men in place?
Yes, ma'am.
Darling, it is your Dad here.
I am looking at a whole shelf of these, Annabelle dolls.
You did not tell me that there were different types.
I have no idea what to buy her.
Can you get back to me ASAP?
Otherwise...
I am holding a Time to Sleep doll.
It says here... You will hear her babbling
when it is blabby-byes.
Call me as soon as you can.
Alia, the bread is ready.
Okay.
K.B.BAZAARS
Hey, why are not your wrists covered?
- Leave. Leave. - Yes, yes. Enough.
- Leave. - Okay.
General Benson here for Cobra.
General Benson.
BRITISH CABINET OFFICES WHITEHALL, LONDON
Jack Cleary. I am coordinating today.
- This way, sir. - Thank you.
Hold on a minute. Baby Moves! What do I have?
Well, does it matter? I mean...
General, they're asking for you, sir.
Yes. All right, darling, I will try.
Yes. Good-bye.
I bought a Time to sleep doll.
When I should have bought a Baby Moves.
Apparently, there is an important difference.
I will see what I can do, sir.
CABINET OFFICES BRIEFING ROOM A (COBRA)
Attorney General, good morning. Good morning, Frank.
- Minister. - General.
Ma'am.
Congratulations on your new appointment.
Thank you.
I am going to talk you through the capture of Susan Danford.
AKA Ayesha Al-Hadi.
- How are you? - I am good, and you.
Welcome to Nairobi.
The Condor has landed.
Copy that. Proceed to the Blue Zone.
PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII
- Hey. - Hey.
- Did you go to the game? - I was busy.
IMAGE ANALYSIS UNIT PEARL HARBOR
You might still make it.
What do we have here?
Tracking some extremists in Nairobi.
One person is from my hometown.
You are kidding. Serious?
- Yeah. - This is he.
Muhammad Abdi salaam, Somali.
A lot of them there.
Well, let us hope he is not coming back.
- Yeah. Have a good shift. - Thanks.
Thank you.
What is going on?
We have Condor in the Blue Zone.
Who the fuck is Condor?
The second person in from the airport.
I cannot keep up with these names.
Showman 5-0, can we get a view into the house?
Peg 9-0, Showman 5-0. Can you try to look into the house?
Moving now.
Showman 5-0, would you like us to bring in Ringo?
Negative. Wait for number three to arrive.
How much is the bread?
Fifty shillings.
That is too much.
Forty-five?
Okay.
All right!
Thank you.
We have movement.
Damn it. Are they leaving?
Where are Danford and Al-Hadi?
Colonel, our intelligence only has them arriving in another half hour.
Well, then our intelligence is bad.
Load up!
North 2-0, Showman 5-0, I have my men ready. Do we go in?
No, no, no. No, Major, please. Hold your men. I want Danford.
Copy. Halt! Hold up!
Halt!
Bravo, 2-7, follow if they leave.
Hawaii 5, confirm P.I.D.
Roger, North 2-0. I would like to be closer.
Peg 9-0, go closer for P.I.D.
North 2-0, Hawaii 5 confirms positive IDs on.
Muhammad Abdi salaam and Rasheed Hamad.
Copy that.
- Who is that? - Zoom in.
Is that Danford?
I need a P.I.D.
Shit!
Damn it! Is that her, or, does Ahmed have a wife?
I am sorry, Colonel, we do not know.
No, not good enough, people.
It has to be her.
Why did not we know? She was already in the house.
Movers, say intentions.
- Stay on PAX. - Copy.
Bravo 2-7 following.
Hawaii 5, I want a P.I.D on that woman as soon as we get a visual.
Yes, ma'am.
Zoom out.
North 2-0. Showman 5-0.
Looks like they are heading towards Eastleigh.
Therefore, how do we launch a ground assault if she is going in there?
We cannot. Al-Shabaab controls that neighborhood.
It would trigger a massacre.
All right. All right, just...
Just stay with her.
Showman 5-0, Bravo 2-7.
It is too risky to follow.
Return to base.
Showman 5-0, do we know this house?
It belongs to Amadu Mukhtar.
He is a Somali trader, but there is no other intel on him.
Shit!
Hawaii 5, North 2-0. Did you see anything there?
- No, ma'am. - Shit!
Showman 5-0, we need an eye inside that house.
I have to know if Danford is inside, and who is with her.
Ma'am, it would mean putting an average person,
and you would have to get close to control the beetle.
It would easily raise suspicion.
What even if you use a Somali.
Every stranger is suspicious, even a Somali.
Moses, we both believe that Danford is inside that house, do not we?
Yes, ma'am.
And I cannot authorize a strike without a positive ID.
I believe we have to accept the risk and send someone in.
Moses, can you do it?
Yes, ma'am.
Thank you. I appreciate what you are doing.
Peg 9-0, Showman 5-0.
I need you to engage Ringo at the target house.
We need a positive ID.
- How much is this? - One eighty each.
I want all. Two thousand.
- Two thousand? Two thousand? - Yes.
Take it. Take it.
- And this? - What?
This one? Four hundred?
- Four hundred? My jacket? - Yes.
Not four hundred. Give me one thousand.
I will give you the jacket.
Okay. Get it off.
Give it to me.
Okay.
Thanks, man.
What?
There is no stealing anymore.
Thank God. That is true.
Now you can sleep with your door open.
You are right.
Here is your money.
Bless you.
Come back if you have a problem.
Thank you.
What is the girl doing?
Alia.
What are you doing?
Sorry, Papa.
Never do that again.
Yes. Papa.
I am sorry.
Okay.
She is just a child.
I suppose so.
Alia.
What were you thinking?
Sorry, Daddy.
Listen to me...
These people are fanatics.
You do not play in front of them.
Yes, Daddy.
Never.
Okay, Daddy.
However, I can play in front of you, right?
Yes, sweetheart of course, you can.
Go play.
What is that?
DETAIL MODE NOT FOR TARGETING
Hey, you stop.
Put those down. Down.
- Pull them apart. - They are just buckets.
Whose is in there?
All right.
There is nothing here. I am just a trader.
They are only buckets.
- Move. - Can I go?
Go.
PRIVATE PROPERTY NO TRESPASSERS
Get Ringo around the other side to identify the woman.
That is Danford. Hawaii 5, confirm P.I.D, please.
P.I.D, Susan Helen Danford.
WE HAVE HER!
WE SHOULD STRIKE.
We have Danford.
However, we cannot enter the militia-controlled area.
No.
What is the plan, General?
Well, using the Reaper, we have the ability
to strike a target with considerable accuracy.
If you agree, Minister.
We could eliminate her.
Not!
Ma'am, she's a member of Al-Shabaab,
moreover, number four on our East African most wanted list.
I do not care about your list, General.
I came here to witness a capture,
not a targeted assassination.
George.
Yes, I am sorry, Frank. I agree with Angela.
The idea was to capture Danford, not kill her.
This was the mission approved by the PM.
And, as Attorney General, that is what I came here to witness.
We want her brought back to this country to stand trial.
Right.
I will put that to Colonel Powell.
BE AWARE COBRA IS NOT INCLINED TO ELIMINATE HER.
NEED A CAPTURE OPTION.
NOT POSSIBLE - UNTIL THEY LEAVE.
What is happening?
I do not know.
Hey, Matt, what is going on?
We got a beetle inside that house,
and we're seeing a bunch of people we do not like.
That is he. That is she husband. Hawaii 5, confirm.
IMAGE: MATCH HIGHLY PROBABLE
Showman 5-0, we have them both.
Yes, ma'am. This is wonderful.
I need Peg 9-0 to take me into the other rooms.
CHECK THE OTHER ROOM
Is that a game?
Yes.
What kind?
It is not for children.
Can I play with you?
What is your name?
Khalid.
Do you want a job?
Yes.
Sell those buckets for me, and I will give you half the money.
Those ones?
Yes.
You are a good man, my friend.
These?
Yes and no more questions.
Buckets, buckets. Buckets, buckets.
Shit!
Fuck, man!
- Fuck. Fuck! - Matt, what is happening?
We are seeing suicide vests and a whole bunch of fucking explosives.
Inside that house.
Well, this changes things.
All right. Keep it calm, okay. You do not wind up my pilot.
I want legal in here right now.
Yes, ma'am.
They are going to make a suicide video.
Who is that, Colonel?
Looks like Osman Abade.
He supplied the explosives in the Lamu bombing.
What is the plan, Katherine?
We need to put a Hellfire through that roof right now.
I told you, they came to witness a capture, not a kill.
Give me a capture option.
We no longer have a capture option.
Any action on the ground will lead to an armed confrontation,
which we will not be able to contain.
They are watching.
Even with the vests, we need their approval for a strike.
Just tell them we have got Danford in our sights.
I mean, that alone should justify using a Hellfire.
The vests are just a bonus.
Danford is a British citizen. They want her alive.
They cannot have her alive!
Frank, I have tracked her for six years.
This is the closest I have ever got.
Therefore, we need to expand our rules of engagement right now...
to protect the civilian population.
A Hellfire through that roof is our
most effective option.
We have to know that we are legally in the clear.
Yes, of course! I am getting into that right now.
One hundred and forty.
You are amazing.
If I sell another one. Can I play the game?
No. No. Keep selling.
Colonel?
- Harold, have you been following? - Yes, ma'am.
Therefore, the plan is to put a Hellfire
through the roof of that house.
I need legal clearance right now.
- A missile from the Reaper? - Yes.
Therefore, this is no longer a capture situation.
No. We have two suicide vests with explosives inside that house.
Therefore, can you clear me to a higher C.D.E?
Harold, this is a very time-sensitive target. Do I have authority to strike?
The rules of engagement you are operating under
only allow for a low collateral damage estimate.
Yes, yes, and my weapons only invoke a low C.D.E.
It is the explosives inside that house.
That brings it to a potentially high C.D.E.
In addition, since you know the explosives are there,
it is incumbent upon you to consider them.
I can see a potential legal objection.
Jesus! We have two suicide bombers
and three very high value individuals inside that house!
And you want them off your list, I understand that.
But the rules of engagement you are operating under
envisaged a capture, not a kill scenario.
Ma'am, I think it would be wise to refer up.
Are you telling me that? Alternatively, just debating with me.
- To refer up? - Yes, I am.
I am telling you.
- Benson. - Sir.
Legal has advised me to refer up to the Attorney General.
I need a quick answer, Frank.
Okay, I will put that to him.
George.
Those explosives mean there is an imminent threat...
of serious harm to the civilian population.
Can we strike?
Well, given the new circumstances, I would say yes.
Brian.
There is a political as well as a legal call to be made here.
Yes, I am quite aware of that, George.
We need a decision now, Minister.
Legally, do not we have a problem?
No, we do not.
However, politically...
Do we have permission to proceed?
Well!
- You seem to be implying yes, George. - Thank you.
Hold on.
This is a change of mission from a capture to a shoot-to-kill, is not it?
Yes, it is.
Are we all right with that?
I am sure we are not.
There are two British citizens In addition, an American as targets.
This mission has the full support
of Kenya and the United States.
For a drone strike?
Yes, a missile fired from an RPA.
It is part of an agreed contingency plan.
In circumstances like this.
Do we have permission to proceed?
No. Such a plan should not have been signed off by the PM.
Without the authority of Parliament.
Operational issues are not generally discussed at Cabinet,
and certainly not at Parliament.
I know the protocol. I am talking about what should be happening?
Angela, in my view, all the legal criteria...
for an attack have been met.
Namely, this is a military necessity.
There is no reasonable alternative.
Moreover, the force to be used is in proportion to the threat.
That should answer your question.
It does not, George.
Has there ever been a British-led drone attack on a city?
In a friendly country that is not a war.
General?
I do not believe so, no.
Then how can we sanction it?
Generate new damage rings for the compound...
with an assessment of the payload on those jackets.
- Yes, ma'am. - Right now.
- Colonel Walsh. - Colonel.
Can I speak to your pilot directly?
Yes, ma'am. Patch me through.
Steve.
Colonel Powell want to talk to you directly. Pick up.
Ma'am.
Lieutenant.
You are now our best option to take these HVIS out.
Now, prepare to launch a single AGM-114 Hellfire.
On the target house.
- Yes, ma'am. - This is a friendly city.
So collateral damage must be kept to a minimum.
- Ma'am. - Yes?
I have an ROE question.
Is my government aware that we are
targeting a person with a US passport?
Yes. Yes, it is, Lieutenant.
I did not see anything in the SPINS about that.
Lieutenant, we have new rules of engagement.
You are covered.
This is going to happen fast, so be ready to shoot.
Yes, ma'am.
Running the dash for checklist.
Carrie calls when ready.
Do you ever shot a Hellfire?
No.
Or anything?
No. I have only ever been the Eye.
You?
I too.
Looks like it is your lucky day today, guys.
Just stay cool, okay. Be all right.
Yes, sir.
Carrie calls when ready.
Slant range 22,000 feet.
High-impact angle.
Stand by for targeting brief.
Ready.
Angela, I agree, we are at risk of being perceived
as embarking on a shoot-to-kill policy.
But since all the legal criteria are sound,
I believe we must allow this military action to continue.
Legally we may be safe,
however, politically we are walking into a minefield.
Especially with an American citizen involved.
Do I have permission, Minister?
Given the situation, that it is a change of mission.
That it is now a missile attack on a British subject.
Two British subjects, and an American citizen,
in addition, in a friendly country.
I think it is only right and proper
that I refer this up to the Foreign Secretary.
Minister, you have heard the arguments, he has not.
And the rules of engagement means that
the Prime Minister has already approved it.
- No. - Therefore.
The Foreign Secretary has input should not be rendered...
No, the point is that I have not been party...
to any previous discussion with the Prime Minister
about matters such as this,
whereas the Foreign Secretary undoubtedly has.
So, actually, it is my duty to refer to him.
Moreover, what will I tell to Colonel Powell?
Tell her to wait!
THEY ARE REFERRING UP.
Christ Almighty!
Thank you.
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- Do we have that C.D.E yet? - Yes, ma'am.
Good.
If we target this corner room here, where the explosives are.
We would expect 100% mortality rate in that room.
And an 80 to 90% rate within the rest of the house.
The market should be safe.
But this area here in the street.
A 65 to 75% rate.
That is just the Hellfire.
If we factor in the explosives in the vests.
We are looking at even more extensive damage way out to this area here.
But I cannot accurately estimate that yield.
However, we would be containing that payload in the vests.
Within those walls, right?
Far less collateral damage
than them going off in a crowded shopping mall.
Yes. Of course.
Yeah. Thank you.
Obvious to anyone not trying to avoid making a decision.
The meeting with the Malaysian Trade Minister is now at 4:30.
You will have to do it for me.
But, sir, the whole point of us being here.
Yeah, maybe if you take easy Tum.
I need to go back to the hotel now.
Jack, what is the hold up?
I am sorry, sir, I am trying to reach him.
Minister, the consequences of delay...
may be fatal to scores of civilians.
I am well aware of that, General,
however, it is the proper procedure for me to seek his approval.
If these men leave now, in separate vehicles.
There are two vehicles outside,
we have the ability to follow only one.
We have only one Eye in the sky.
Surely you have agents on the ground who could intercept?
Intercept a suicide bomber on a city street!
We are trying to minimize collateral damage.
Showman 5-0, North 2-0.
When I give the order to attack, you have to...
get your man out of there immediately.
He will have about three minutes.
Understood.
Buckets, buckets, buckets... Buckets, buckets, buckets...
Khalid, I am leaving soon, therefore, you can go now.
Give me one hour to sell them all.
Leave me three and take the rest.
These?
Yes.
Are you sure?
Yes, and go home.
You do not go anywhere else.
Do you understand?
Yes.
PREPARE TO EVACUATE.
We are greened up. Missile status is ready.
Left selected for single fire, coded and ready.
Stand by.
You are cleared to test the laser.
Laser on. Good laser.
Come on, sir.
We need go. They are not going to be in that house forever.
Just keep it together, all right?
Yes, sir.
THEY ARE ARMING UP. I NEED AN ANSWER. NOW!
We need a decision, Minister.
Right now.
Thank you. Thank you.
I have the Foreign Secretary.
It is Brian on your phone.
- Brian who? - Wooddale.
What does he want? I cannot talk to him now.
It is urgent. He is at Cobra.
The checklist is complete. Safety checklist complied.
Desired point of impact is captured.
ROE is pending. We are standing by for clearance.
Men, I cannot authorize a missile attack on an American citizen.
Without the approval of the US Secretary of State.
Sir, the Secretary of State is in China.
Then track him down.
Foreign Secretary, it is General Benson here.
With respect,
this has already been cleared at American Presidential level.
We have a situation here, which could result in massive loss of life.
In the next 10 minutes.
Then use those 10 minutes and get the Secretary's approval.
That is my decision, General.
I will get onto the Embassy in Beijing.
I had better speak to him. Excuse me.
Kate get me linked in on my laptop.
- Yes, sir. - I got it.
BEIJING, CHINA
Okay, that was embarrassing. Sorry.
- Do you ready? - Just, give me a second.
Mr. Secretary, I have Jordan Ricardo on the line.
Who?
Jordan Ricardo, from our embassy here in Beijing.
It is urgent.
I am so sorry.
Sir, we have received a call from the British regarding an operation.
Why are you wasting my time referring this to me?
No, his citizenship does not protect him.
By joining Al-Shabaab he has declared
himself an enemy of the United States.
Listen to me.
Tell the British, if they really do have
two, four, and five on the East Africa list in their sights.
They have our full support to strike.
Yes, all three are on the President's list.
Okay, let us go! Yeah!
I am going to get you, Jian.
The Secretary of State has given his permission.
You may proceed.
Thank you, Minister.
YOU HAVE CLEARANCE.
Thank you.
Ma'am.
Lieutenant, you have clearance to prosecute the target.
Do it now.
Yes, ma'am.
Prepare to launch Hellfire.
Here you are.
Off you go.
I think I am through the worst of it.
What is happening?
The Secretary gave his permission.
They have a Reaper at 20,000 feet.
And a micro R.P.A inside the house.
Weapon is armed.
All green. Good laser.
D.P.I is the center of the room.
Copy. Crosshairs on it now.
Stand by.
- Confirm PAX status. - All good.
Good luck.
Three.
Two.
Is that a kid? Zoom in.
I will give her time to walk through.
Ma'am?
You are cleared to engage, Lieutenant.
She stopped.
Lieutenant, we have this one opportunity. Let us not lose it.
Ma'am, she is selling bread.
Jesus.
Lieutenant. Those men are about to disperse. Engage now.
Ma'am, I understand we have clearance.
I will fire if I see the HVIS moving...
alternatively, when this girl is out of the frag radius.
But I want to give her a chance to get out of the way.
Lieutenant, you have clearance.
There is a lot more at stake than you see here in this image.
Ma'am, I need you to run the collateral damage estimate
again with this girl out front.
The situation has not changed, Lieutenant. You are cleared to engage.
What do we do?
I repeat, you are cleared to engage.
Colonel Powell, ma'am...
I am the pilot in command responsible for releasing the weapon.
I have the right to ask for the C.D.E to be run again.
I will not release my weapon until that happens.
We will rerun C.D.E.
Fuck.
Do I understand? We are now on weapons hold!
Weapons hold.
- Sergeant, rerun C.D.E. - Yes, ma'am.
Steve, what the fuck are you doing?
You just threw the rule book at a colonel.
Sir, I am saving up the weapon.
Until you read me a new clearance with a new C.D.E.
Well done.
Showman 5-0, North 2-0.
Can you get your man with a beetle in there?
To buy this girl's bread, in addition, get her out of there.
CAN YOU BUY THE BREAD?
AND THE BEETLE?
LEAVE IT IN POSITION.
How much?
Fifty.
I will take them all.
All of them?
Yes.
Are you sure?
Yes.
Hey, you.
Go home.
I know you.
I used to live here, my friend.
I am a trader now, selling buckets.
Where have you been?
I went back to Somali. My mother was sick.
No. No. I remember you now.
This person, I kicked him out of here before.
He loves the Kenyans.
Come. Arrest him.
Shit!
Fuck!
Can you get me back to the house?
Yes, Colonel.
Carrie forgets him. Get back to the target.
Carrie...
Back to the target.
Jesus, she is going to sell them again.
Who else can we get to buy the bread?
Forget the bread, Sergeant.
We will be lucky if our man has not blown the whole operation.
Harold, where are we legally?
- With the girl? - Yes.
Are we in the clear?
Again, I would refer up.
No. No. I am asking you.
We cannot hold up this operation any longer.
We need to take all reasonable steps to minimize collateral damage.
If we are buying her bread then...
We are not.
We are not buying her bread. That is over.
Many children's lives are at risk. This is just one girl.
Are we clear to engage, yes or no? Come on. Make a decision.
With respect, ma'am, I do not make those decisions.
I am here to advise you on the law!
The law is not here to get in your way,
it is here to protect you, in addition, to protect your target.
Do not lecture me, Harold!
Ma'am, the legal questions of necessity
and proportionality are almost certainly met.
But for the protection of you,
and for the protection of that girl,
I would refer up to the Attorney General.
Benson.
Frank, may I speak to the Attorney General?
Connect us to Colonel Powell.
George.
She wants to talk to you.
Go ahead, Katherine.
Sir, our lawyer says the girl's presence
has not necessarily altered the legitimacy of our operation.
But he does need that confirmed.
Do we have an assessment of what might happen to her?
The targeted assess a 65 to 75% chance...
of fatal injury should we proceed.
But he has also assessed a projected loss of life
of up to 80 men, women and children.
If the vests are detonated in an urban area.
Now that is a guess, of course!
But we should assume they intend to target a crowded location.
A 65% assessment
requires us to do whatever we can
to enable her to be removed from the scene.
We have done what we can for her
in the time available to us.
If we wait and they leave,
we will no longer have control of the situation.
We must strike now.
There is no law covering a situation quite like this.
It is one thing to release a missile whilst the street is, clear...
in the hope that it will remain so.
It is quite another thing knowing...
this girl will,
at worst, be fatally injured,
in addition, at best severely injured.
So, I am sorry, I disagree with the assessment of your lawyer at Northwood.
Agreed.
I hope the fact that she is a sweet little girl is not clouding your judgment.
Dozens of other little girls' lives
are at stake if these men leave.
I am sorry, but we have a Miss Jillian Goldman from the White House.
Asking to be patched in.
- Who? - Jillian Goldman.
She is a Senior Legal Adviser at the US National Security Council.
She has been briefed by the Secretary of State.
Put her through.
Good afternoon and thank you for allowing me to comment.
Yeah, thanks for joining us.
As the military members of your committee know.
We have a point system that takes into account collateral damage...
to deduce what is and what is not a legal strike.
And let me tell you categorically.
That the existence of this new circumstance...
do not push us beyond a legitimate military action.
We are way off what we would consider a dispute in this matter.
Miss Goldman, we have a somewhat different approach...
to the question of collateral damage.
Sir, you must act now. You have two men...
about to embark on a suicide mission.
You have number two, four, and five...
on the President's East Africa kill list in your sights,
and you are putting the whole mission at risk.
Because of one collateral damage issue?
I realize that this mission is your call,
but there would be some very angry people
here at the White House and at the Pentagon, and out there in the world.
If you allow these people to leave
and blow a shopping mall to kingdom come.
I am sorry. We have the Foreign Secretary wanting to join.
Right. We appreciate your thoughts, Miss Goldman.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Good afternoon, everybody. Excuse my appearance.
It is night here, and I have a bout of food poisoning.
Sorry to drag you from your sick bed.
That is quite all right.
George, do I understand this correctly?
There is a legal argument for waiting
and giving this girl a chance to sell her bread?
Yes, there is.
But, conversely, it does not mean
that there is not also a legal argument
for releasing the weapon now.
Forgive me. I am not sure, that helps me.
Foreign Secretary, there is a military necessity for acting now.
In our view, they will be making a move from that house at any moment.
Men, what action is being legally recommended to me?
James, the legal argument is that we could wait,
however, we need not wait.
And the military argument is that we should not wait.
- Right? - Exactly.
It is my recommendation that we should not delay...
in proceeding with this mission.
If we do not act now, we risk losing...
the lives of up to 80 people.
You can only assume those deaths.
What is certain is that if we do act now,
this one girl will suffer.
And would you save her and risk killing 80 others?
Yes, I would save her and take that risk.
That is what I would do.
Angela, is it you or me who will be invited onto the Today program...
to explain why we knew of the attack
on a shopping center that killed 80 people,
however, chose to do nothing to stop it?
You, James.
However, frankly, politically, I would rather point to Al-Shabaab
as murderers of 80 people shopping
than have to defend a drone attack
by our forces that kills an innocent child.
James, Angela makes a compelling point.
If Al-Shabaab kill 80 people, we win the propaganda war.
If we kill one child, they do.
Therefore, we do not do it.
She has a customer.
- Hello, Alia. - Hello.
- How are you? - I am fine.
In addition, your mommy?
I will take one.
Fifty shillings.
I suggest you keep your eyes on the other screen.
With respect, Foreign Secretary,
are the lives of 80 people, including innocent children,
really worth the price of winning the propaganda war?
General, if we go ahead, might footage of our attack is leaked.
Sir, the footage from the Reaper is completely secure.
General, I would feel uncomfortable
if we did not at least wait a little longer.
If we go ahead and footage is leaked and this girl is killed,
then, I think, the country would be most disturbed.
Foreign Secretary, it is our task
to make the right military decision.
We cannot engage in an argument...
about possible future postings on YouTube.
With respect, General, revolutions are fueled by postings on YouTube.
I think the consequences are such
that we need clearance from the PM.
James! You have the authority to make a decision!
No, I am telling you. You need to take it to him.
Sir, the PM is giving a speech in Strasbourg this afternoon,
and may not be easily interrupted.
I will leave you to sort that one out, Jack.
Yes, sir.
I will track him down.
Go. Go. Go!
Yes?
Ma'am, what is happening?
You are on standby, Lieutenant.
Yes, ma'am.
Still on the chain.
Is it two for 100?
Yes.
Okay.
Two loaves left.
We have to wait now.
Come on.
NO SIGNAL
Ma'am, the battery died.
Our man is down. We cannot replace it.
Christ.
- What happened? - Battery.
For God's sake!
Now we have no idea what they are doing.
I might have a solution.
If my targeted can calculate us
coming in under 50% for collateral damage on the girl.
Do you think you can get approval at your end?
Yes, I do.
Thanks.
Battery.
Sergeant Sadd.
We are looking to present the collateral damage.
In the street, in this area right here, as 45 to 50% fatality.
Do you think that is possible?
I have calculated a 65 to 75.
Yes, yes. Sure, sure!
However, you know if we put the payload here, or here,
alternatively, maybe here.
Then we could guarantee the target fatality.
However, we could reduce the collateral.
Or maybe we could target the missile right here. Look!
Yes, ma'am.
Will you just...
You just do whatever you can to save this girl's life.
I will leave it with you.
Yes, ma'am.
If we have to announce to the people of Nairobi
that we knew everything however, did nothing.
We do not have to announce that we knew anything, General.
The PM asks that we do what we can to minimize casualties.
- Bloody coward! - What do you think we are doing?
How do you interpret that, George?
Minister, we cannot have military decisions
dictated by government committees.
Nor can we put on hold a military operation at every stage.
For legal clarification.
You tell us when to go to war, we conduct the war,
you deal with the aftermath.
If only it were that simple.
Sorry to rush you, Sergeant, however, we do not have much time.
Yes, ma'am.
Ma'am.
Adjusting the point of impact to here.
There is a 45 to 65% possibility of fatality.
- 65%? - Yes.
No, I need that calculation to be below 50%.
Perhaps there could be an assessment
of the impact of the damage right here.
That calculation is already at the lowest limit of what I believe is possible.
What if you put the missile there?
I would still have to make that
a 65% possibility on the upper limit.
Sergeant, we need to make this work.
Do you understand?
We are locked into this, kill chain.
We have to make a decision. There are...
There are many lives at risk.
Ma'am.
I think...
I think if I...
make this the point of impact, then...
There I could predict a 45% possibility of fatality.
- That might be... - 45%?
- Possibly. - Good man. Good man.
I will put that to Cobra.
Ma'am?
It is just an estimate.
Yes, of course. Of course, I understand.
In these circumstances, any calculation can only be a speculation.
You do not worry.
This puts you beyond any culpability.
Thank you. Sergeant.
Thanks, ma'am.
Sir, I have a revised assessment from the targeted.
If you would look at the diagram.
By targeting the missile here,
there is an estimated 45% chance of fatality.
In this area here, where the girl is positioned.
We have now done everything in our power
to give this girl a chance to survive.
Thank you, Colonel.
Minister?
Do we have authority to prosecute the target?
- 45%? - 45%.
Yes.
You may proceed.
Ma'am.
Lieutenant Watts, we have rerun the C.D.E.
You are authorized to prosecute the target.
Targeted is sending through the adjusted D.P.I.
Engage now. Am I clear?
Yes, Colonel.
Cleared to engage.
Running the dash for checklist.
Carrie calls when ready.
Ready.
Weapon systems on.
Laser sensor?
Check.
Little man. Little man.
Come here. Come here.
- What is your name? - Ali.
Ali do me a favor, and I will give you some money.
Take all this money, and buy me some bread.
Go past the mosque, in addition, turn left...
At the corner, if there is a girl selling bread.
Buy all her bread, moreover, keep the change.
If you are back in five minutes.
Yes.
- I will give you all this money. - Yes, Sir.
Go like the wind.
- Gimbals? - Released.
Slant range, set.
System power, nominal.
Designated power, nominal.
Missile?
Coded.
Mean altitude set to standard.
GPS signal.
Check.
Satellite one, lock.
Check.
Satellite two, lock.
Check.
Bread?
No.
Arm weapon.
Check.
Weapon status.
Check.
Three. Two.
One.
Rifle, rifle, rifle. Weapon away.
Time of flight, 50 seconds.
There is a boy!
Shit!
He is buying... He is buying the bread.
Forty seconds.
Come on, come on, come on. Come on.
Thank you.
- Well done, Ali, well done! - I got the bread. I got it.
Thank you.
Go!
She is moving.
Zoom in. We need to know that we have hit our targets.
Yes, Colonel.
Steve, identify the bodies.
Zoom in.
Body identified as probably Rasheed Hamad.
Body unknown, but likely Abdullah Al-Hadi.
We need to re-engage.
Colonel!
We are going again.
She is on the list.
Lieutenant.
Yes, ma'am.
Target in the moving body.
Yes, ma'am.
Engaging target.
System is still green. Ready on the red missile.
Target is captured.
Three. Two.
One.
Rifle, rifle, rifle. Weapon away.
Time of flight, 50 seconds.
Alia.
Help me!
Help me! I am begging you.
I am begging you. Help me.
Help me.
Steve, you need to get us close in on the remains of Danford.
Yes, sir.
Carrie, we need to go identify the body.
Based on the footage I am seeing,
body confirmed as Susan Helen Danford.
Benson.
Mission accomplished.
Well done, Katherine.
Thank you, sir.
I am sorry, Sadd, I could not see any other option.
Yes, ma'am, I understand that.
Now, you will file your report as a 45% C.D.E.
Did you understand?
Sadd?
45%.
Yes, Colonel.
In my opinion...
that was disgraceful.
And all done from the safety of your chair.
I have attended the immediate aftermath...
of five suicide bombings...
on the ground, with the bodies.
What you witnessed today with your coffee and biscuits...
is terrible.
What these men would have done would have been even more terrible.
Never tell a soldier...
that he does not know the cost of war.
Sir.
Thank you, Captain.
Help. Where is the doctor? Help. Where is the doctor?
Help.
Alia. Alia.
You did well. Both of you.
Thank you, Sir.
You should go home. Get some rest.
I need you both back here in 12 hours.
All right?
EYE IN THE SKY Translation. Review. Synchronization by Angel.
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