As the march is getting under way Hubbard and Haddad arrive at the meeting place, but Bridger and Samir have already left. Hubbard convinces Haddad to return to the FBI.Ī multi-ethnic peace march demonstrates against the occupation of Brooklyn. She and Hubbard compel Samir to arrange a meeting with the final terrorist cell. cut their funding and left them exposed, she took pity on the few of them who had not yet been slaughtered by Hussein's forces, and arranged for them to escape to the United States, ultimately leading to the present situation as they turn their bomb making and covert skills on the country that now holds their leader. Sickened, she finally admits that she herself provided training and support to militants opposed to Saddam Hussein' s regime, working with Samir to recruit and train the followers of the Sheikh. Afterward, Bridger tells Hubbard that Husseini revealed nothing of value because of the principle of compartmentalized information. Devereaux's men torture and kill Husseini in the course of the interrogation. Hubbard and Kraft, now revealed to be an intelligence operative named Sharon Bridger, continue their investigation and capture a suspect, Tariq Husseini. New Yorkers stage violent demonstrations against the Army and the profiling of the Arabs the Army fights to maintain control. Subsequently, all young men of Arab descent, including Haddad's son Frank Jr., are rounded up and detained in Downing Stadium. In spite of objections, the President of the United States declares martial law and the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division, under General William Devereaux, occupies and seals off Brooklyn in an effort to find the remaining terrorist cells. The terrorist incidents escalate with the bombing of a bus and a crowded theater and hostage-situation at an elementary school, and culminate in the destruction of One Federal Plaza, the location of the FBI's New York City field office, with over 600 casualties.
However, Kraft insists that Samir is not a terrorist and that his continued freedom is vital to the investigation. FBI captures a man named Samir Nazhde, who admits to signing the visa application of one of the suicide bombers in the course of signing many applications for student visas in his job as a lecturer. Later, another terrorist threat is made and a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus is bombed. Hubbard eventually comes into conflict with Central Intelligence Agency operative Elise Kraft as he takes a terrorist suspect into custody and arrests Kraft. The FBI receives demands to release Sheikh Ahmed bin Talal, a suspect in an earlier bombing. The bomb turns out to be a paint bomb and the terrorists escape. The film stars Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Tony Shalhoub, and Bruce Willis.įBI Special Agent Anthony Hubbard and his Lebanese American partner Frank Haddad intervene at the hijacking of a bus fully loaded with passengers, which contains an explosive device. The film is about a fictional situation in which terrorist cells have made several attacks in New York City. The Siege is a 1998 American action thriller film directed by Edward Zwick.
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