It is 1944, and in Occupied Denmark, two fiercely committed Resistance agents are dedicated to the cause, and to carrying out breathtakingly dangerous assassinations.
The world is dangerous, as Benazir Bhutto's assassination has reminded voters.But his steel is starting to look tarnished.
When the country slid into a dangerous crisis following the assassination of two prominent politicians, the ruling Ennahdha party took a very difficult decision, unprecedented in Arab political history: to relinquish power even though it possessed indisputable electoral legitimacy.
Tourism Minister Farid Khazen quit his post, calling the decision a "duty to the nation" because of the government's inability to handle the "dangerous situation" caused by the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri on Monday.
What he isn't told is that a seriously dangerous team are simultaneously attempting that assassination for real.
But the Shabab are still dangerous, adept at suicide bombings and assassinations, with links to Al Qaeda.
Across the globe, the situation for activists is increasingly dangerous: they face threats, physical assaults and assassination.
[F]or such a sensitive, dangerous, and daring mission as a series assassinations in Iran's capital, the Mossad would not depend on hired-guns mercenaries.
"Everyone was afraid the country was headed somewhere dangerous with this presidential election, especially after the assassination of Ghanem," said Ali Hamdan, an adviser to Mr. Berri.
Here he uses the somber tones, circuitous locutions and dense plot structure appropriate to a region where every gesture -- from a chess game to a political assassination -- sends a subtle and dangerous message.
