Carlos

Amie de Carlos:
You skipped the demonstration against Pinochet's coup.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
They bore me shitless and serve no purpose. Demonstrations never change a thing.

Amie de Carlos:
Chileans need to know we're behind them.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
The Chilean generals and the CIA don't care. Where did picketing the coup in Uruguay get us? They're still killing the Tupamaros. It's war. It can't be won by picketing.

Amie de Carlos:
How then?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
There are other methods. Words get us nowhere. It's time for action.

Amie de Carlos:
What kind of action?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
We have to commit.

Amie de Carlos:
Commit to what?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
To the revolution.

Amie de Carlos:
How do you mean? By covert actions?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
By resistance. I've formed a group. I want you to join us.

Amie de Carlos:
What kind of group?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
I can't tell you yet. But we're not nihilists. We want to do good.

Amie de Carlos:
Ilich, fighting capitalism with guerrilla means is romantic, but doomed to failure. No more desperate causes. They lead nowhere.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
So we do nothing?

Amie de Carlos:
Is that what I do?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
You talk politics in London cafes. Is that the answer? While they kill our comrades in Chile and Jordan. I told you what I saw.

Amie de Carlos:
The balance of power is against us.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
A myth.

Amie de Carlos:
Not true. Look at Che! He ended up dead. Despite his experience!

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Why fight the right in Latin America? You think Latin American dictators operate alone? Gringos pull the strings. Overthrow them and imperialism still wins! I'm advocating an internationalist struggle uniting revolutionaries the world over. Look how the Vietcong disgraced the gringos. Squashed them like sh*t. The balance of power isn't against us. The fight I propose will lead us to glory.

Amie de Carlos:
Glory? That's what you want. To be admired! That's what drives you. Bourgeois arrogance hidden behind revolutionary rhetoric! Just another selfish, two-bit petit-bourgeois!

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
I'm talking about true glory. Not what the Zionist media drones on about. But the pleasure of doing one's duty in silence. Behind every bullet we fire, there will be an idea. Because we act in harmony with our conscience. You say I'm arrogant? I guess I am. For defending the innocent. You know what? You'll be hearing my name a lot. What's more, it's no longer Ilich. My name is Carlos.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Andre disappeared.

Amie de Carlos:
Is he in Lebanon?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
He panicked.

Amie de Carlos:
Maybe he's hiding.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Exactly. What crap. He's getting worse and worse.

Amie de Carlos:
Don't overdo it.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
I'm not. He puts us at risk. Look what happened at Orly! He's irresponsible!

Amie de Carlos:
You never complained before.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
I was dumb! But I warned them about him. This a**hole's dangerous. I've said it for a while.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Know why Carlos is my nom de guerre?

Dr. Valent?n Hern?ndez:
No, I don't.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
For President Carlos Andres Perez. He nationalized the oil industry as well as the mines. He redistributed wealth to the needy. Considered education the 3rd world's main weapon. He's a revolutionary.

Dr. Valent?n Hern?ndez:
His methods are rather different from yours.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Perhaps. I joined the internationalist struggle. But our convictions are the same.

Dr. Valent?n Hern?ndez:
He's a man of peace, with great respect for human life.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
So am I. Men of honour have nothing to fear. Only traitors need be afraid.

Dr. Valent?n Hern?ndez:
What traitors?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
You know full well. Venezuela's role in OPEC is very clear. The role of the organization is to help 3rd-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.

Dr. Valent?n Hern?ndez:
Excuse me. I'm not Muslim and I'm famished. Don't you think what the revolution needs is money and not corpses?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
What are you saying?

Dr. Valent?n Hern?ndez:
Your hostages are more valuable alive than dead.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
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.

Ryiadh el-Azzawi:
[referring to Angie, who was injured] He's in an ambulance. On his way to the airport.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
We will not leave until he's on board. Understood?

Anis Naccache 'Khalid':
Kreisky has kept his word.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Offcourse. If we'd asked for a belly-dance, he'd have done it.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Hasta la Victoria Siempre!

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

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
I'm sorry to get you out of bed so late.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika:
So things didn't go as planned in Tripoli.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
The Libyans betrayed our cause.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika:
I don't think your cause is ours.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Our pilot is exhausted. And the plane cannot reach our destination. Give us a long-haul plane and we're out of your lives.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika:
The Saudis are our allies. The Iranians too. We cannot put their ministers' lives in danger.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
You put them in danger by refusing our conditions.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika:
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 Bagdad. What has Tunisia offered? Nothing. What has Libya offered? Nothing. I offer an honourable 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?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
What guarantee?

Abdelaziz Bouteflika:
Algeria's word.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
You proved it worthless.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika:
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.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
My group must not be named.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika:
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.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
Carlos scares me. Life means nothing to him.

Wilfred B?se 'Boni':
He's a soldier. A leader. You're under his command.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
I'm a political militant. I hate armies and soldiers. I fight for a cause.

Wilfred B?se 'Boni':
So does he.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
I wish I were so sure.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
My name is Carlos. You may have heard of me.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
What are these dumb Japs up to?

Galeriste:
What's going on?

Galeriste:
Time's up. No one's dead.

Galeriste:
Isn't Furuya in Holland?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
So what? There's no plane or crew! It's useless.

Galeriste:
What will you do?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Act for them. Algerian-style. Sudden bloody terror.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
I'm going to kill you. Not yet. You're a smart man and you know the ins and outs of politics the same way I do. You know that in the end of the day we're just pawns in the game of history, aren't we? Me, I'm a soldier. I don't have a home, I live in a tent, my only mission is to lead my men to victory. Today, I have 40 commando groups around the world, ready to act as soon as I give the order. They're men with determination and they're ready to sacrifice themselves for the cause and for the final victory. That's who I am. As for you, you're a strategist and the chessboard you play at is as big as the planet and I totally respect that because, actually, you and I have found ourselves many times on the same side. The side of the anti-imperialist struggle and the Palestinian cause. But unfortunately today we're not on that same side, besause by lifting the oil embargo you betrayed our cause. You sided with Washington and there always comes a time for man to take responsibility for his acts and that time, Sheikh Yamani, has come for you today. You're going to have to pay for Saudi Arabia's political desicions. And you know what's the treatement reserved for the traitors. Death. Now you pray. You know what, I'm gonna be straight to you, because you and I are men of the same caliber. You and I know that if the Austrian government doesn't respect our ultimatum I will have no choise and with no hesitation I will execute you personally and throw your body out the window. But I also know that a man of your intelligence won't hold that against me. Because, after all, you know our struggle very well. You're aware of it's greatness and nobility.

Cheikh Yamani:
How can you just sit there coldly, telling me that you're going to execute me and expect me not to hold it against you? What game are you playing? What are you trying to obtain from me?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Why would I want to pressure you? At this very moment, why would I want to pressure you? I want to pressure the Austrian government to get away from here, not you!

Wadie Haddad:
Celebrities are never keen on obeying orders.

Dr. Valent?n Hern?ndez:
Would you really have killed me?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
I'd have saved you for last.

Johannes Weinrich:
[unexpectedly appears at Angie's secluded home] Don't panic. I'm all alone.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
Why shouldn't I panic? No one knows I'm here.

Johannes Weinrich:
Right, no one except your friends. Aren't I still a friend?

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
I don't know. It depends.

Johannes Weinrich:
You told comrades from the June 2nd Movement you were starting your own group.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
To get them off my back.

Johannes Weinrich:
It's not true?

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
They wanted me to buy weapons. That's not what I'm in this for.

Johannes Weinrich:
So join us! Carlos is leaving Haddad.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
Haddad fired him.

Johannes Weinrich:
Bagdad has a new government. They need us. They're willing to pay. And very well.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
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 Bagdad.

Johannes Weinrich:
The PFLP has been very generous with us. They help our struggle. We help theirs.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
You can keep believing that crap. I'm through.

Johannes Weinrich:
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.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
I won't go to Aden. I'm not at war and I'll receive orders from no one.

Johannes Weinrich:
You know too much. Names. Places. Secrets. You could endanger the whole network.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
I know how it works. I'll stay hidden until I'm forgotten.

Johannes Weinrich:
I doubt Wadie Haddad would risk it. He'll have you killed. Angie! The cops are looking for you! Two people died in Vienna. Your picture was in every f***ing paper! You're as good as dead.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
I'm no rat.

Johannes Weinrich:
I know. But cops have sophisticated methods. Torture. Drugs. If they want you to talk, you'll talk.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
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. [throws Weinrich a sealed box] Check this out. Know what's inside? My revolver. And my resignation from the armed struggle.

Johannes Weinrich:
Do you give names?

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
I say what I know. About plans to attack 2 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.

Anis Naccache 'Khalid':
Kreisky has kept his word.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Offcourse. If we'd asked for a belly-dance, he'd have done it.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
I thought Nada was with you.

Wilfried B?se 'Boni':
She left. She said she'd be more useful in Europe with her comrades from June 2nd movement. Yeah.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Good riddance.

Wilfried B?se 'Boni':
We were at Wadie Haddad's.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
What's his verdict?

Wilfried B?se 'Boni':
He hasn't made up his mind yet. But I don't think he'll forgive you.

Brigitte Kuhlmann:
He wants to launch a new operation. He says he has to erase the failure of the previous one.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Am I in?

Wilfried B?se 'Boni':
It's too soon. You are too visible.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
He wants me out. Too bad. Too bad for him and too bad for the Palestinian revolution.

Wilfried B?se 'Boni':
I am incharge of the mission. Brigitta will back me up and Anton will take care of logistics.

Brigitte Kuhlmann:
The security checks on El-Al are too strict, we've chosen an Air France flight. We'll be doing it soon. [Carlos poors himself a drink and leaves the table]

Wilfried B?se 'Boni':
Is he upset?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
[Listening a radio broadcast about the Israeli succes at Entebbe] Press says I was there. Lucky I was not.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
You'd have avoided that mess.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
No way. The Israelis were good. They're plan was well thought out and perfectly executed. They left them no chance.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
They got what they deserved. They shouldn't have separated the Jews from the others.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
It was Haddad's instructions.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
The Germans of our generation, who are ready again to execute Jews because of their race! That makes me sick.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
They gave their lives for their cause. You should respect that.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
That's not my revolution.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Can we talk here?

Johannes Weinrich:
Yes, this place isn't bugged.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
How do you know?

Johannes Weinrich:
From the Stasi.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Do you work for them?

Johannes Weinrich:
I have my contacts. And they can always be useful, right?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
You can also be useful for them. Boni's will designated you as the new head of the Revolutionary Cells.

Johannes Weinrich:
Or what's left of them.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Meaning?

Johannes Weinrich:
Not alot.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
I can help you with that.

Johannes Weinrich:
How?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Things are changing. Haddad is very sick. And he's finished. Too many mistakes. Too many failures. Nobody trusts him anymore. It's time to move on, to look for new support.

Johannes Weinrich:
Algeria.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
No. I have new allies. Allies with money, who can pay and pay well. And I need men. And I would like you to be one of them.

Johannes Weinrich:
Without Haddad.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Yes, without Haddad. Forget Haddad.

Johannes Weinrich:
He sends 3,000 dollars a month to the Revolutionary Cells.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Haddad works for Bagdad. What I'm proposing you is to work with Bagdad, directly with Iraqis. No middleman, no intermediary, nothing.

Johannes Weinrich:
But, you know, our network has almost been wiped out. We are not able to operate.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
We'll have to rebuild it.

Johannes Weinrich:
Most of us are in jail or dead. I mean we've even lost Angie, he's gone over to the 2nd June movement. And Nada is with them.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
I don't wanna know anything about Nada. She's a crazy b*tch. She's dangerous. But Angie, he's good, he's a good element. You think you can find him?

Johannes Weinrich:
I can try to find out.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
I'm wounded. The situation's under control. One of the cops was hit, the others ran. Joseph is still in position.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
[gets him a chair] Nothing to fear. Just sit here and keep an eye on the hostages, OK?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
So, how's life in the camp?

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
Life in the camp? It's allright. You know, we don't get anything to eat and... I don't know. But it's OK. I want to stay with the fighters.

Wadie Haddad:
The men are at the camp to train to become fighters. If they are unhappy, they can tell me.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
They are afraid of you.

Wadie Haddad:
Soldiers must fear their leader.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
Oh, really? I don't think so.

Wilfred B?se 'Boni':
Angie, shut up in front of Haddad.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
You know I'm right.

Wilfred B?se 'Boni':
We need his support and his money. Be strategic for once.

Wadie Haddad:
I thought you were a soldier in our cause.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
I am.

Wadie Haddad:
Soldiers obey orders and sacrifice themselves. Soldiers don't negotiate with theire hostages. Soldiers don't take initiatives!

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
I took them for the good of the organisation.

Wadie Haddad:
What you know of the good of the organisation?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
I know what you tell me.

Wadie Haddad:
And you think I tell you everything? Who are you? Just like anyone else! You know what you need to know, that's all! Who do you think you are?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
I'm the military commander of a risky operation, who took the desicions that were called for based on what he knew and not on what I didn't know!

Wadie Haddad:
You took the Saudis money rather than carry out your mission. You betrayed us and you will pay the price.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
What price?

Wadie Haddad:
I will tell you my verdict. Until then you're not allowed to leave Adan.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
The occupation of the OPEC headquarters and the taking hostage of the ministers will be just the secondary objective of the whole operation. Things will get really serious after we take off from Vienna. We will release each minister in his respective country after reading a pro-Palestinian statement.

Wilfred B?se 'Boni':
What if one of them refuses?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
He will be executed. And then we will take off to the next capital.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
What if the attack fails? What if the hostages resist?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Anyone who resists - will be executed. Anyone who doesn't obey our orders immidiately - will be executed. Anyone who panics - will be executed. Even if a member of the commando doesn't obey my orders or doesn't follow the instructions outlined in advance - he will be executed.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
OK. But I'm not a killer. And I don't intend to become one.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Aren't you a soldier? A political militant? We're talking about the minimum military requirement of any political struggle. [pause] So, it's clear.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
Yes. Yes.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
We'll have to be ready by December 19th or 20th.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
The 20th is my birthday.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Is it?

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
When did you get in?

Brigitte Kuhlmann:
I landed 3 hours ago. Know what's happening in Beirut?

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
I read the papers.

Brigitte Kuhlmann:
It's never been so bad for the Palestinian resistance. In Beirut, it's the last stand. The Jews and collaborators from moderate Arab countries are set on destroying our comrades. Oil-rich countries could help us. But they're scared. They won't commit. We're planning a mission to bring them to our side.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
What kind of mission?

Brigitte Kuhlmann:
Take OPEC ministers hostage during the Vienna conference.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
That's sheer madness. We'll be kllled before we reach the ministers!

Brigitte Kuhlmann:
No. It's difficult, but realistic. We have reliable contacts on the inside. The PFLP knows their security system. We'll disenable it before they can react. The countries will then negotiate. Our allies will be in a position of power.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
Why me?

Brigitte Kuhlmann:
Wadie Haddad chose Carlos to run the operation. The Revolutionary Cells are supplying two men. Carlos demanded you be one of them. He trusts you.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
Who's the other?

Brigitte Kuhlmann:
It wllI be a woman. Nada.

Hans-Joachim Klein 'Angie':
I hope you know what you're doing.

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Weapons are an extension of my body. Like my arms. I learned that at training camp in the Bekaa Plain. I also learned that to kill, you have to act fast and aim straight at the nose.

Michel Moukharbel:
We'll work together. You in London, me in Paris. Tell me nothing. No address, no number. Choose a contact you trust, who can serve as a mailbox. [gives him a gun] Can you use one?

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
I'm used to more serious weapons.

Michel Moukharbel:
This is all I can offer. [gives him some bullets]

Ilich Ram?rez S?nchez, aka 'Carlos':
Five? That's all?