[BASRA. Outside a terrorist hideout, two undercover SAS men wait for their final instructions from their Mahdi Army handler. They are sitting in a Morris Minor dressed in Lawrence of Arabia costumes and wearing blackface. One is wrapped in a girdle of fake sticks of dynamite, stamped with the legend “ACME”.]

FIRST SAS MAN: Durqa durqa jihad durqa baklava Mohammed…

[I’m sorry. I’m going to stop there. The guys were risking their lives. A spoof like this would be wrong, but, gah, the temptation is vexing me.]