twenty million dollars ransom.
"the arm of the arab revolution." alias of the month time. could be anybody. the point is.  their leader claims to be carlos.
he wants to make sure everyone knows it's him. he wants the credit and the austrians want a positive id. that's when your name came up.
the guy who says he's carlos. the austrians want you there to identify him.
at the airport. tomorrow. when they provide the plane to fly him and the hostages to libya. carlos evidently feels very comfortable in libya.
they've got no choice, jack.
they're not the israelis jack. it's not their fight.
jack! he's got seventy hostages.
we will handle it with no loss of life. those aren't just any hostages. they are the oil ministers of the richest countries in the world, and that twenty million bucks they're gonna have to pay isn't gonna break 'em you know. it's nothing to them. they just want to pay it and.  it's not our fight.
jack goddamnit, there isn't any team to assemble! you're a fuckin' dinosaur. we're out of the assassination business. all of us! you got a personal hard on against this guy because he made you look like an asshole and now he's gonna rub your nose in it. i can appreciate your feelings, but it's not going down on our soil. it is not with our nationals and it is not our fight! now i got my orders and you just got yours.
jack, no!
you don't want your picture taken shaking his hand.