Budapest, March, 1979
Not bad!
So much better!
They just left.
According to wiretaps, they're going to the airport.
The house is empty.
I want to get a look inside.
Careful, they may come back.
We'll hurry.
Come here.
A stockpile. Somethings in the works.
I'll alert airport security.
Tell them to be careful. No gunfire.
Understood.
The Alfa Romeo?
I can try.
Permission to fire back!
He's out of his mind.
Open the door!
Don't move.
- Are you okay? - I'm fine.
Vice Minister of the Interior
I spoke to the Minister.
He wants a report on Carlos' group.
They have backing the world over.
Especially in progressive Arab countries.
Friends of our big brother, Moscow.
What do our Soviet comrades think?
Sorry we're late.
Have a seat.
Thank you.
The question is: does he work for the KGB?
The West thinks they have very close ties.
Our comrades in Moscow are tight-lipped.
He studied there,
but was expelled for misconduct.
They claim to have no file.
It's the best possible cover.
So what do they recommend?
They say that as a sovereign state,
we should act as we see fit.
Let's make sure he has no targets here in Hungary.
- What's out there? - Nothing at all.
Let go!
You think I'm an idiot?
Come here.
Some whiskey, please.
Libyan Secret Service
Aden, South Yemen
Come on, guys! The documents!
Burn them on the double!
Writer
Aden Airport
Moscow Airport
I told you your time would come!
It will never come!
Calm down!
Don't touch me!
Is this what you want?
Know what? You're right.
Your time will never come. Never!
Not until you learn discipline.
You think this is a game?
You think it's a game?
It's a war!
We're soldiers! Soldiers fighting a war!
It's no game!
I'm not just your husband. Understand?
I'm your leader.
I'll send you out on the field
only when I decide it's time.
Not a minute before.
Until then, you have absolutely nothing to do
except to stay ready.
Watch out!
EAST BERLIN, STASI Why does Weinrich want to talk?
Probably about the weapons.
- What does the KGB say? - Nothing, as usual.
They know of no arms that came via Moscow.
Carlos wants to make East Berlin
a base for attacks in Western Europe.
The arms transit by Syrian diplomatic pouch.
Syria is allied with us and the Soviets.
According to my report on Carlos,
he met with Qaddafi.
He's also a Libyan agent.
Syria and Libya work hand in hand.
Al-Assad and Qaddafi will soon announce their alliance.
Carlos is a mercenary.
He's dangerous.
We have him under control.
You're naïve.
He's uncontrollable.
If Western intelligence locates him here,
we'll be under pressure.
Let him stay in Budapest, anywhere.
But not here.
Understood?
Major Voigt!
Tell those idiots they're making a serious mistake.
They'll have to answer for it.
It's their duty. Don't insult them.
I don't think it's their duty
to undermine my agreement with the Soviets.
They let me transit arms and explosives.
I am aware of no such agreement.
I want to see Dahl.
You shall.
Given that Moscow
is helping us with these deliveries,
I wonder how you can dare stop us.
I'll keep you posted.
You have no business here now.
I need to know about Ceausescu's money.
Get going.
Can we come back?
When I whistle.
What's going on, Ali?
We didn't hear much. They're wary.
They mentioned Ceausescu.
He offered them a million dollars.
- What for? - We don't know.
I want to be paid more. He hit me.
I have blood in my mouth.
Find a place for them
to load their weapons into a camping car
with French license plates.
Colonel Dahl is returning the confiscated arms?
It came from higher up.
It was approved by Minister Mielke.
On one condition:
the transfer must not occur on Stasi property.
Find a suitable place.
Come on!
Back it up!
All here. You can check.
I assume there's no use asking
where you're taking them.
We have an agreement with your superiors.
We're asking you to secure
the transportation of the weapons
to the border with West Germany.
Beyond that...
it's not your concern.
I'll personally follow the vehicle to the border.
- Don't cheat. - I'm not cheating!
Not so fast. Can I look now?
One more step.
Not so fast!
It's a big surprise. Open your eyes.
You're insane!
Totally insane!
I'm 30.
It's my birthday.
I'll never get inside!
Of course you will! You're getting inside!
I can't believe it.
I have a gift for you.
The flag of the Cuban revolution.
The flag of victory, Ilich.
I haven't been called Ilich in ages.
Okay?
Five.
Show me...
what you're made of.
I'll hit three.
Beirut, September 4, 1981
France's Ambassador to Beirut was killed.
Louis Delamare was assassinated
near his residence.
He was alone with his chauffeur in his car.
He was shot with 10 bullets, three to the head.
Damascus, Syria
October 6, 1981
Couldn't find gloomier?
It's discreet.
There are others downtown.
Throw out your joint on the double!
- You do what I asked? - Sure.
It's here in Rue Marbeuf.
Here's the entrance.
Al Watan Al Arabi is located here.
And Abu Zahr's office?
Here on the right.
Everyday at 9:00 a.m. he goes down
to buy the Arab press.
He reads it in this café here.
He's back in his office by 10:00.
I'll tell you when.
You'll pick up the car bomb
and park it in Rue Marbeuf.
Just below his office.
I'm no explosives expert.
The timer will be set.
Magdalena will come. It'll be easy.
She'll have my instructions. Follow them to the letter.
Bruno Bréguet. I don't know you.
My friend François Genoud speaks highly of you.
Can I trust you?
I just spent 7 years in Israeli prison.
I'm as committed to Palestine as ever.
Paris, February 16, 1982
I brought you 2000 dollars.
I need pictures for the passports.
We had some taken.
It wasn't very clever to get your bag stolen.
All your stuff, your money...
First day in Paris!
50,000 dollars.
Can't file a complaint!
Today's the day.
A white Peugeot.
Basement of the George V parking lot.
Hello, sir.
- Can I help you? - No, thank you.
Have your ticket?
From the gate.
Don't move!
Hang up! Now!
Don't move!
Get down!
To Gaston Defferre, Minister of the Interior.
I'm writing to inform you that two members of our organization,
Magdalena Cecilia Kopp and Bruno Bréguet
were arrested in Paris by French law enforcement
during a mission which wasn't targeting France.
Budapest Airport
They should not serve time
for being dedicated to the revolutionary cause.
On behalf of our group leaders,
I issue the following warning:
One,
we refuse that our comrades stay in prison.
Two,
we will not accept their extradition
to any country whatsoever.
We demand their release within 30 days
upon receipt of this letter.
We are not at war with socialist France.
I ask you in all sincerity
not to make us wage one.
Signed,
the Organization of the Armed Arab Struggle,
Arm of the Arab Revolution.
Carlos.
French Embassy at the Hague
Kopp and Bréguet's lawyer
Come...
Let's get away from the bugs.
I've been tailed since I set foot in Hungary.
They won't let up till you leave.
The newspapers printed my letter.
Who leaked it?
The Ministry.
Defferre wanted to negotiate.
His advisors were against it.
He's stuck.
He won't give in?
Chirac, the mayor of Paris, is dead-set against it.
He knows I weigh my words.
If he ignores my ultimatum,
I won't hesitate to strike.
Public opinion prevents them from giving in.
So war it is.
Paris, March 29, 1982
Two days after the ultimatum expired
Chirac is traveling in this wagon.
In the VIP section.
I heard a terrible explosion.
The window on one side...
on my right... exploded.
What's strange is that I was wounded on this side.
At 8:40 p.m.
the Capitole train was traveling at 140 km/h
when an explosion tore through the second wagon.
Pieces of the roof were found 100 meters away.
Travelers ran to help the victims.
Shouts, cries for help, corpses...
AFP?
This is the Armed Wing of the Arab Revolution.
We blew up the train.
We won't let up
until the release of Bruno Bréguet and Magdalena Kopp.
I told you it would be war.
Beirut, two weeks later
Coder at the French Embassy
Don't tire yourself.
The embassy is becoming unbearable.
The Syrians have gone berserk.
French TV is running a documentary blaming them
for the Ambassador's murder.
But they did it.
They deny it. They're using Carlos as leverage.
Any news?
A second ultimatum.
It's being kept secret to avoid panic.
They say they'll strike here in Beirut.
What for?
To be heard. The trial's an excuse.
Isn't it today?
Prison guards are on strike.
All the Syrians want
is to block the documentary. Period.
You shouldn't have!
East Berlin, two days later
Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Postojna, Yugoslavia
The same day
Italo-French border
The next day
Paris, April 22, 1982
Offices of Al Watan Al Arabi
The same evening,
TF1 broadcasts the documentary
implicating Syria in the murder
of the French Ambassador to Lebanon
The next day, 9:00
Beginning of the trial
of Magdalena Kopp and Bruno Bréguet
9:01, Rue Marbeuf.
A car parks in front of number 33.
The violent detonation
rocks the windows and storefronts up to 150 meters away.
The car was parked by the Al Watan Al Arabi newspaper.
Last report: one dead,
46 wounded. 11 very seriously.
Did you work at the paper?
Is there a connection?
We had a bomb threat in December. We often got letters.
What kind of letters?
“We're going to blow you up.”
Sometimes the night guard would get a call:
“It's gonna blow. You got five minutes to live.”
It had to happen.
Like when it was based in Lebanon.
Now they did it in Paris.
The government
will use every means
to find the perpetrators,
to bring them to justice
and to reinforce the protection of the population.
As of today,
INTERIOR MINISTER the government has decided
to declare persona non grata
the military attaché
and the cultural attaché
of the Syrian Embassy in Paris
because of their actions on French soil.
By remaining silent,
by awaiting your verdict,
the man you call Carlos,
a man of audacity and courage,
has shown the poise of a great politician.
Kopp and Bréguet remained seated,
showing total indifference to the trial.
Despite being entitled to express and defend themselves,
they saw no interest or value in the proceedings.
Five years for Bréguet, four for Kopp.
Twice what prosecutors asked for,
but the Rue Marbeuf bombing tipped the scales.
Budapest, State Security
Get the whisky.
Rome, Fiumicino Airport
June 18, 1982
Follow me, ma'am.
Fleury-Mérogis, three years later
May 2, 1985
Get your things.
You leave today.
French-West German border
We've informed her
that she's banned from France.
We'll question her, then let her go.
It's no longer our business.
Neu-Ulm, West Germany
The next day
TWO KILLED OVER 50 SERIOUSLY INJURED
Mama!
No one calls me so late.
Frankfurt Airport
Dusseldorf, West Germany
What are you doing?
Leave that!
November 9, 1989
Fall of the Berlin Wall
January 15, 1990
Stasi Headquarters
Damascus, Syria
Where's Carlos?
He could help for once.
Where's the little girl hiding?
Where is she?
Here!
I'll catch her!
I'll eat her up piece by piece!
There she is! I found her!
Game over. Time to go. Mama's waiting.
Where are we going?
Libya. A city called Tripoli.
Is Tripoli far?
Very far.
Damascus, the same evening
Khartoum, Sudan
Islamic guide of the Sudanese regime
Damascus, Syria
Secret Service Headquarters
Hello, Ali.
Have a seat.
You're at home here.
My Carlos assignment is over.
You've done your duty.
You stayed by his side.
He's all washed up now.
No longer of any use.
Neither to us, nor to anyone else.
I'm at your service.
I need proof of your loyalty.
You know what I mean.
Carlos can be of use one last time.
The Americans will bid highest.
They'll need our help.
Are you willing?
To help the CIA?
Khartoum Airport
- Have a good trip? - Excellent.
French Secret Service
Follow them.
He won't be much longer.
What kind of surgery?
Plastic. Liposuction.
For his love handles.
We know him, but not by name.
Our services call him the phantom.
Now you can put a name on him.
That of a murderer.
There's a warrant out for him.
He killed two of our men
and committed attacks all over Europe.
He must be judged in France.
August, 1994
State Security Headquarters
Head of Secret Service, National Islamic Front
You can't go home.
Too risky. Your enemies have your address.
How?
The Syrians never forgave you for cutting off contact.
Sold me to the U.S.?
Maybe.
You're protected by our guide, Hassan Al-Tourabi.
You'll stay near his residence.
His guards will watch over you.
The pain in his testicles is terrible.
Can I see him?
Yes, this way, please.
Can you lower your pajamas?
You have any news?
How long are we staying here?
Probably several days.
We have no information. It's a state secret.
It's in the hands of the National Islamic Front.
And here?
You're on French territory.
Was arrested in 1994 in Yemen,
then extradited to Germany.
He is currently serving a life sentence
in a prison in Berlin.
Magdalena Kopp and her daughter Elba
spent three years in Venezuela with Carlos' family.
She returned in 1995
to Neu-Ulm, her hometown,
in exchange for cooperating
with German investigators.
Was arrested in 1998
in a town in Normandy,
after several years in hiding.
Tried in 2001 for the OPEC raid,
he received a nine-year sentence.
Given amnesty in 2003, he lives in France.
After 10 years in a Swiss prison,
she was extradited in 1987 to Germany
where she was tried for the OPEC raid.
Because witnesses were scared to testify,
she was acquitted in May of 1990.
She died of cancer five years later,
at the age of 44.
Was sentenced to life for trying to kill
the former Iranian prime minister in Paris.
He was released and extradited
after a series of bombings, in 1990.
He is now a geopolitical consultant
for Lebanese TV.
He was never prosecuted
for the OPEC raid in Vienna.
Came to France after Carlos' arrest,
but left without seeing him.
She has since vanished without a trace.
Is still on the run.
Was convicted in 1997 to life in prison
for killing two DST agents in Rue Toullier.
He is currently serving his sentence
in a penitentiary in Poissy.
He is soon to be tried for bombing
the Capitole train and Rue Marbeuf.
Indicted for the Drugstore bombing,
which is still under investigation.
He was never prosecuted for the OPEC raid.
PART THREE