During the Cold War, the U.S. put into action a plan to train American officers in the geopolitics of world affairs. Major Bo is assigned to study at the American University in Beruit, Lebanon. During this time, Bo accepts an assignment to be dropped in Iraq to provide intelligence on the North Iraqi airfields. When Major Bo meets Arab warlord Captain Kabir along the way, the captain insists that Bo join him. Tricked, Bo becomes a prisoner at the historic Zagros Pit prison.