a special task force under the command of Brigadier General Alistair Folkes...

The army is merely an extension of the police force. We're trying to prevent violence.

He recognized the mutual advantage of pooling forces.

Folkes is in charge of British land-based forces in Northern Ireland for the past two years.

brought about the mass arrest of dozens of suspected I.R.A. terrorists.

The brigadier had the kind of probing eyes that could bore through to the back of your skull.

and the questioning of prisoners, the results were undeniably successful,

The trial of Farnsworth and Barstow was today.

And bring the rest of it now, please.

out of the Super Bowl or the World Series, wouldn't it?

He's probably trying to cop a couple of shots of Farrah Fawcett sunbathing in the buff.

he had in the one about the missing pieces of jade. No.

he couldn't remember the names of the movies or who starred in them.

While many protested in the street against the alleged use of strong-arm tactics...

Oh, I've taken the liberty of transferring those two lovely stewardesses to the guesthouse.

as General Folkes disclosed the capture of two top I.R.A. leaders,

Oh, come now, Magnum. I'm well aware of the brigadier's position,

But after the initial couple of minutes, I got used to it.

a gun or a bomb or something should've been at the bottom of the tidal pool.

You see, the majority of the people in Northern Ireland don't want to be separated from the United Kingdom.