Now there's a thought.......the guys could take in the sights of the Frog coast (and St. Michel, which is just a storybook location), then slip across on the ferry to help you and
MadIvan chase 'Orrible 'Annibal, or whatever the Mad Mufti's name is -- you know the one, Dr. Hook, the one with five whole teeth -- around the Piccadilly Circus with a great big mob of irate Londoners, like some great big Monty Python skit. Chase the Mufti's sorry ass all the way back to Araby, while John Cleese shoots the video for wide release.
For guys who take themselves deadly seriously, mass ridicule is utterly deadly. Remember how the Mahdi ended up, hoised on his own petard. Nothing worse to an Arab than a false prophet who gets his burnoose set afire by the infidels.
It would be memorable! Plus, they'd have the video!