Backstabbing for Beginners Page #4

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has their own agenda?

Baby Bush thinks Saddam

disrespected his papa.

American neocons?

They're convinced democracy

will bloom here like a f***ing flower...

good luck with that.

Putin wants Bush to fail,

China wants the new markets,

half of Europe couldn't care less

whether Saddam gasses civilians

or builds a bomb.

Big Oil... simply wants an end

to the sanctions

so it can suck at the Iraqi teat.

So, about what the doctor told me today.

The grifted medicine, missing supplies.

I smell a setup.

It didn't really feel like a setup.

More nonsense from Madame.

She's not just ineffective,

she's actively inventing proof

of the program's failings.

If we don't do something,

this report's gonna be a disaster.

- Don't you get the final say?

- Sadly, no.

UN protocol requires the regional director

sign off on the report.

And what's our agenda?

Our agenda?

That little girl.

At the hospital.

God help anyone who gets in our way.

Yeah.

I had a son once.

Died... of the flu, just a baby.

Can you believe that?

And my wife...

we couldn't make another.

Sorry.

Thirty years ago.

How did you put it?

I had my cry.

Flu.

You tired?

No.

Youth. F***.

You know, for someone who speaks

for other people for a living,

you don't talk much.

I couldn't help but notice

you were not surprised

when the doctor spoke

of black market medicine.

No, I wasn't.

Will you tell your boss?

Yeah. We already know

there's some corruption in the program.

Outside Baghdad it's much worse.

Rations diverted, power cut off.

Extortion, bribes.

I'll, make sure Pasha knows that, too.

You have something you want to ask me?

Is it about Madame?

That your boss wants you to find

the secret button

he can push to bend her to his will?

I can tell you.

It does not exist.

I'm just trying to do my job.

But... your predecessor, Abhek,

his car accident was not an accident.

That's a pretty big accusation to make.

Why are you telling me this?

He was murdered

because of something he uncovered.

Something in Oil-for-Food?

I don't know.

Maybe.

He was fearful of someone

inside United Nations.

A facilitator of corruption.

You need to be very, very careful.

Good evening.

Please.

The Mukhabarat, you see, were concerned

to inspect your sleeping chamber

for the existence

of any surveillance device.

This as a courtesy,

for your security, of course.

Why don't you start

by telling me who you are?

Are you enjoying your visit

to Mesopotamia, Mr. Sullivan?

First one, if I'm not mistaken, yes?

Such a difficult, stressful time

for everyone here.

The Great Satan

keeps threatening to bomb the city.

Meanwhile, the sanctions cut deep.

- Baghdad puts...

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