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[Announcer]...took Beirut
and surrounding areas into
a new round of bitter fighting.
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Sheikh Salameh
was our target.
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He ran a large terrorist faction
that had taken out a number
of American targets,
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including at least one
of the embassy bombings...
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that left 212 people dead -
mostly civilians.
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An assassination
was not an option.
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He needed to appear to die
of natural causes, to avoid
violent repercussions,
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and even more blood shed--
his base of operations was Cyprus.
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What we knew about him was
that he was extremely dangerous,
extremely paranoid,
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and he was
planning a trip to Beirut
to see the family doctor.
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[Camera Clicking]
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I sent Bishop in
a couple of months
ahead of me,
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to make contacts and get within
striking distance of the sheikh.
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[Arab]
I set him up
at the Commodore.
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Where all the flacks
and the expatriates stayed.
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[ No Audible Dialogue ]
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His cover was
as a photojournalist.
He was good.
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- He was talented.
He had a good eye.
- [ Camera Clicking ]
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Probably had
a photographymer it badge
stuffed in a drawer at home.
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It wasn 't that much
different from 'Nam, actually,
so it wasn 't long...
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- before he was right at home.
- [ Camera Clicking ]
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Took him seven weeks...
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but Bishop found a way
toget to the sheikh.
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- Hi.
- Hi.
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[ Chattering In Arabic ]