they sit in the humvee and hold their pistols ready.
archie crouches low to the ground, moving quickly, secretively. he turns and makes a hand signal to, doc, 20 yards away, who turns and makes a hand signal to vig.
archie fills a single rusted oil drum with gold bars and tapes it shut. troy sits in a folding chair nearby. he looks pained and uncomfortable.
archie operates a radio hooked up to a car battery.
imam hands two gold bars to a shiite peasant, who takes them and moves on. there are two long lines of shiite peasants patiently waiting to get their gold, as it is handed out by imam and another shiite while, archie, troy, and doc watch. shiites stash their gold bars inside their clothing and bags.