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An MI6 investigator interrogates a Palestinian woman about the kidnapping of a prominent figure. He attempts to manipulate her by arguing that the death of the hostage at the hands of her own people would politically devastate her cause.
HAYDEN-HOYLE: You see, right now, I think your group’s confused otherwise they’d have killed her already.
ATIKA: What do you understand!?
HAYDEN-HOYLE: You believe in a cause. Actually I quite admire it; one that’s worth giving your life to; killing for; and dying.
ATIKA: His name was Enad Geffen, h
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