Angry White Mailmen

Remo and Chiun travel to Osaka to warn Nishitsu about its clandestine activity; they drop a retired locomotive onto the company’s roof, destroying the helipad, then return to the United States. A postal-uniformed gunman kills Judge Calvin Rathburn and others in an Oklahoma City courtroom; later narration identifies him as Yusef Gamal, using the postal identity Joseph Camel. The Messengers of Muhammad also bomb Manhattan mail relay boxes, and Al Ladeen drives a truck into the New York General Post Office and dies. Smith traces communications and the network through Ladeen’s computer, while reporter Tamayo Tanaka advances an unverified postal-infiltration theory. The Deaf Mullah directs attacks and the group demands that Abeer Ghula, a controversial Egyptian author, be barred from the United States.

Abeer receives protection; Remo and Chiun stop Farouk Shazzam from killing her, then save her and Tamayo from Yassir Nossair’s plane attack on the Marriott Marquis. Smith sends Remo and Chiun to al-Bahlawan Mosque in Ohio, where they confront the Deaf Mullah while Yusef and Jihad Jones prepare the enormous wheeled “Fist of Allah.” The cell claims it is an atomic missile; Smith later concludes the carrier contains radioactive waste and is a radiological bomb. After a bridge is destroyed, Remo and Chiun trip the vehicle, which overturns into the river. Yusef and Jihad are trapped in the flooding vehicle; the scene ends with bubbling underwater sounds, strongly implying they drown, and no detonation occurs.

Remo later tells Smith that he killed the Deaf Mullah by shaking his head. The closing report says the carrier was five feet too wide for the Lincoln Tunnel and could not have reached Manhattan. Abeer recognizes Tamayo’s disguise at interview setup and pursues a technician; the live camera briefly exposes Tamayo’s disguise as well.