The Siege (1998)
Sami Bouajila: Samir Nazhde
Quotes
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Sharon Bridger : Samir! The Koran preaches...
Samir Nazhde : Do not lecture me on the Qur'an, woman! First you left me in Iraq... LIKE A PIECE OF SHIT... Then you took our leader... A HOLY MAN FOR PREACHING THE WORD OF GOD.
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[the agents observe and capture Samir]
Agent Frank Haddad : His name's Samir Nazhde. Teaches Arab Studies at Brooklyn College. He sponsored Ail Waziri's student visa. And dig this - his brother blew up a movie theatre in Tel Aviv.
Elise Kraft : You might consider leaving him alone.
Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard : Why would I consider doing that?
Elise Kraft : Play him like a cop and haul him in now and get your arrest, or tag him and let him lead you to the really big fish.
Agent Frank Haddad : [curses in Arabic] You're fishing and he's getting visas for bombers.
Elise Kraft : You ever heard of catch and release?
Agent Frank Haddad : Yes, and he's on the next plane for Tunis.
[Samir is now leaving a cafe]
Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard : Take him down.
Agent Frank Haddad : [keys his radio] Go.
[Three agents take Samir, and lead them to Hub's car]
Agent Frank Haddad : Samir Nazhde, my name is Frank Haddad, I'm a Federal Agent. We have reason to believe you are an accessory to the bombing of Bus 87.
Samir Nazhde : Are you crazy?
Agent Frank Haddad : You are an associate of Ali Waziri.
Samir Nazhde : Who? I know no one by that name.
Agent Frank Haddad : You got him a student visa.
Samir Nazhde : I sign these applications as a matter of course, hundreds of them. Everyone wants to come to the land of opportunity and Baywatch.
Agent Frank Haddad : You spent two years in Israeli jails during the Intifada.
Samir Nazhde : The only ones who didn't were women like you.
[Frank backhands Samir across the mouth]
Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard : Frank...
Agent Frank Haddad : Sorry, personal matter.
[to Samir]
Agent Frank Haddad : You're going downtown, my friend.
Samir Nazhde : You cannot hold me. I know my rights! I watch American television!
Agent Frank Haddad : Defrauding the INS is a federal offense.
[hands him off to the agents]
Agent Frank Haddad : Reservation for one, please.
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Samir Nazhde : Belief is power!
Samir Nazhde : There will never be a final cell!