- opening title card: "Truth is the first casualty of war." - Aeschylus
- Angela Northman: In my opinion, that was disgraceful. And all done from the safety of your chair.
- Lt. General Frank Benson: I have attended the immediate aftermath of five suicide bombings, on the ground, with the bodies. What you witnessed today, with your coffee and your biscuits, is terrible. But what these men would have done would have been even more terrible.
- [first lines]
- Alia Mo'Allim: [her father is fixing her hula hoop] It's the best one I've ever had.
- Musa Mo'Allim: Yes, my dear. It's finished. Go and play.
- [last lines]
- Lieutenant Colonel Ed Walsh: You did well. Both of you.
- Steve Watts: Thank you... Sir.
- Lieutenant Colonel Ed Walsh: Now you go home. Get some rest. I need you both back here in 12 hours... Okay?