Meanwhile, Edna and Joe removed the furniture from the living-room and placed it in the bedroom, kitchen and bathroom, leaving the living-room bare. Then, Joe took a flag of Israel from his pocket and hung it on the bare wall. Edna brought a metal chair from the kitchen and placed it in front of the Israeli flag. She carried the two reading lights from both sides of the bed and positioned them opposite the metal chair, so that they would shine in the eyes of the prisoner. This wasn't the ideal setting for the interrogation they had in mind but was the best they could do given the circumstances.
Under normal conditions they would have disrupted the circadian rhythm of the prisoner by having him go through cycles of darkness and light to disorient him. There was no time for this, so they adopted a crueler technique. Joe placed a couple of pillowcases over Abu Amar's head, and Edna gave him a jab of medication that brought him out from his state of unconsciousness. The two men spoke in Hebrew, making sure that the prisoner heard them clearly. They didn't know if he understood the language, but they played out a charade that they were considering how to dispose of his body once they finished interrogating him. 'The Fish' played the role of 'bad cop' saying that they would bury him in a pig's hide so that he wouldn't be allowed in heaven. The word for pig in Hebrew was very similar to the Arabic word — 'Hazeer' and 'Hanzeer', respectively — and they hoped that Abu Amar got the message.
Next, Edna fired another tranquilizer dart at the prisoner and he lost consciousness once again. After they repeated the procedure three times there was no doubt in their minds that the prisoner was totally disoriented. They carried him to the metal chair and tied his hands and feet to the chair. It wasn't as stable and secure as they would have liked, but they hoped that Abu Amar wouldn't be aware of the fact. Edna injected him with the medication and stood behind his chair, while the two men sat on chairs facing the prisoner, removed the pillowcases that covered his head and had the lights shining in his face.
'The Fish' started, "Bjorn Erik Larsson, what a joke for someone who looks like Abu Amar. Do you know why you are here in Israel?" He didn't wait for a response from the prisoner, he rose from his chair and slapped him hard twice across the face. The idea was to humiliate him, not to cause real pain.
Abu Amar was startled. He was never on the receiving side of such acts of violence. He licked his bleeding lips and spat a chunk of blood colored spittle towards the interrogator. That earned him another couple of even harder slaps. This time he didn't repeat the act of impertinence. 'The Fish' asked, "Do you know how long we've been holding you?" He saw a confused look cross the prisoner's face, but he kept his silence.
Joe said in a softer tone, "Well, I'll tell you. It took us three days to take you out of Malmo to Copenhagen and then another two days to bring you here safely. Sorry, but we had to inject you with a strong sedative to keep you quiet and pretend that you were an Israeli citizen who needed medical help in Israel." The prisoner didn't say anything but seemed to respond to Joe's softer tone. Joe continued, "You are far away from Sweden, so you may give up any hope that the Malmo police or your friends will come to your help."
Abu Amar mumbled, "What do you want? I am a peaceful refugee seeking a safe life in Sweden. You have the wrong man if you think that I am involved in any Islamic activities."
'The Fish' said, "Abu Amar, we know exactly who you are and what you have done. You have helped wanted terrorists. All we want to know is who they are and where they are hiding?"
The prisoner said, "I don't know any terrorists and…" before he could complete the sentence, another dart struck him from behind and he lost consciousness. The Israelis placed the pillowcases on his head once again and left him in the chair for a few minutes before waking him up.
Abu Amar's eyes rolled in their sockets and he fainted. A shot of adrenaline brought him back. He started to sob when he realized that he was still being interrogated in the same place. "I am innocent. I was asked to help some poor refugees, that's all."
'The Fish' was encouraged by this reply, "Who were they? Men, women, how many?"
Abu Amar started to say, "A family. Father, mother and three children…" but before he could continue he was punched in his solar plexus, and as he gasped for breath, he heard the interrogators talking again about the pig skin. He said, "OK, there were two couples. A man in his forties with a woman in her thirties and another younger couple."
'The Fish' said, "This is better. Where were they staying?"
Abu Amar decided to bargain for his life, "I'll tell you if you promise to send me back to Sweden, or at least to Europe."
Joe said, "If you lie to us again we'll quarter your body while you are alive and place each part in a pig's hide."
Abu Amar figured that he had been in the custody of the Israelis for a week or so and reckoned that Le Docteur and his gang had long departed from Malmo. So, he felt that he would not be betraying them, "One couple is in an apartment near the Oresund Bridge to Copenhagen and the other is in an apartment near the one where I was staying." He then gave the addresses of both apartments.
Edna shot him with her last tranquilizer dart. The two men carried his unconscious body back to the bed and gently placed him there, securing his hand and feet to the bedposts.
The Mossad agents called David and told him that they had obtained the location of Le Docteur and his gang and gave him a brief description of the method they had used. David congratulated them on their success and asked them whether they wanted to notify the Malmo police. Edna answered, "As far as we know they have not committed any crime of broken any laws in Sweden, so the police has no grounds for arresting them. If you contact the Americans and ask them to demand the extradition of Le Docteur and Lara for the terror acts they carried out in the United States it would take ages to cut through all the red-tape and legal issues, and meanwhile the threat in St. Petersburg is not neutralized. The only solution is to have a clandestine operation by Mossad, with or without assistance from the USA, on Swedish soil. This could turn out badly if we get caught."
David answered, "There are only three of you in Malmo. Not nearly enough against Le Docteur and the two women. I can get a Mossad team that specializes in these operations to Malmo within 24 hours. Meanwhile, carry out surveillance of both apartments but keep your distance from the NEMESIS gang."
Edna didn't let him finish, "What do we do with Abu Amar and his girlfriend? We cannot keep them tied up in his apartment for much longer. Le Docteur may be concerned if he doesn't hear from their contact, and then may they take off before we can grab them."
David thought about the problem for a moment, "Is there any chance that you can transport them to a secluded place and keep them there until the operation is completed?"
Edna looked at her two partners who were listening in to the conversation and saw that both men shook their heads. "No, we can perhaps take the woman away quietly and keep her incommunicado for a while, but not both. We can keep Abu Amar sedated for another day or two, but that may endanger his life."