Al-Qatala
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) Story begins in the fictional region of Urzikstan. A terrorist organization named ”Al-Qatala” founded by Omar “The Wolf” Sulaman was formed in the country. This organization responds to the Russian occupation of their land in Urzikstan. To remove all foreign agents from their land, they commit various acts of terrorism and kill several civilians.
Chemical Weapon
Meanwhile, the inspector General, Kate Lasewell, sends her agents including a CIA operative with the code man ”Alex” along with US marines, to Verdansk, Russia to investigate a shipment of weaponized chlorine gas under the command of General Roman Barkov which is set to move to Urzikstan.
The Teft of Russian Gas
The US forces invade the facility only to discover that the troops guarding the gas are the Russian military. Alex discovers the gas. However, they are soon attacked by an unknown group of terrorists who kill several Marines. Upon learning that the men they have killed are Americans and not Russians, the rebellions quickly make off with gas.
At the Marine Camp, General Lyons informs Laswell that chemical weapons are now in the wild and orders her to control the situation at any cost. Laswell then calls Captain John Price of the British Army’s Special Air Service Unit who predicts that the gas will show up in London.
The SAS sends Seargent Kyle Garrick along with his team. He spots a white van containing several white canisters. The SAS tries to arrest the men in the van, but it leaves and blasts in Piccadilly Circus. The army of insurgents emerges and begins killing civilians and law enforcement altogether.
After fighting through several insurgents Garrick checks a nearby building for hostages and is saved from an attack by an arriving Price, who then takes point. They two find that one of the hostages is strapped with explosives. Price realizes that it’s too late to disarm the bomb, so he throws the hostage off a nearby balcony before it detonates. That’s how he saved Garrick and the rest of the hostages.
Garrick reveals that his men have been tracking the terrorist cells for years. Price values his information and takes Garrick with him. In Urzikstan, Al-Qatala takes responsibility for the attack at Piccadilly Circus. Alex who was sent in the search of stolen Russian chemicals is now in their hands. There, Alex meets Farah Karim, the Commander of the Urzikstan Liberation Force.
Farah Karim’s Survival Story
Two decades ago, the village in which Farah lived was attacked by Russian forces. They killed her mother in the initial airstrikes but she survived and reunited with her father. The pair heads off to search for her brother, Hadir. The Russian forces arrived, and they started killing all the men and capturing all the women. They wanted information about resistance fighters. As they arrived home, the Russian soldiers started deploying chlorine gas and killing almost all the villagers.
Inside the home they find Hadir. The father gives Hadir a gas mask. He also gives both of them a cell phone in case they get separated. However, as they were trying to leave, a Russian soldier arrived and began to check the house. He prompts a fight, knocks out Hadir, and shoots their father too. Farah hides herself in the house, finds a screwdriver, and attacks the soldier with it. When the soldier resists, Hadir arrives with another weapon and the two attack him with their weapons. Farah finally takes his gun and kills him. She then takes his gas mask.
Farah and Hadir say goodbye to their dying father. Their father tells them never to back down and dies. They leave their house and make their way out of the city. Eventually, they found two soldiers guarding their truck. Farah sees a gun and attacks the soldiers with the gun, and they steal the truck. As they are about to leave, Barkov takes them to prison. Both spend the next ten years in captivity.
One day Hadir steals the key. Then he wakes Farah and gives her the key. Barkov arrives in the jail, he is looking for the unknown ”Commander Karim” who sends the messages to the SAS. Barkov waterboards Farah for information on the identity of Commander Karim. When she refuses to give information, Barkov kills one of their fellow prisoners. Then, he takes Farah back to her cell, where he asks about the key that Hadir stole. He is informed that the compound has been attacked, so he leaves the cell. While leaving he instructs his men to take all the prisoners to the nearby warehouse and burn them to the ground.
Farah uses a spoon to make a shiv and escapes the jail through the ventilation duct. She attacks a soldier with the shiv and takes his gun to knock down another. She finds and frees her sisters, who tell Farah that the key that Hadir gave her is to open the nearby gun cabinet. All women take the guns and fight their way out of the prison. Eventually, they reach the warehouse. There, however, the Russian forces pin them down. In no time, SAS arrives at the spot. John Price who was a lieutenant at the time meets with Farah. She introduces herself as ”Commander Karim”. The SAS group finds the prisoners, and Farah opens the door and helps the prisoners to escape.
Attack on Russian Forces
Back in the present, Alex tells Farah about the theft of the Russian chemical gas, and Farah agrees that only Al-Qatala would do this. Hadir arrives and they make a deal with Alex that they will help them with the Al-Qatala issue and in return he will help them take their city back from Barkov’s men.
Hadir gives Alex some explosive material. Farah and Alex leave the house leaving Hadir behind to safeguard their safe house. They both find two helicopters. Alex plants the explosive material on the helicopters. After the denotation of the explosive material, the Russian forces arrive, and then Farah uses more explosives to destroy their artillery. After distracting the Russian forces in the city, Hadir takes Alex to use their explosive RC airplanes to attack the Russian airbase.
The ULF (Urzikstan Liberation Forces) stormed the field and secured the armory before the US airforce arrived to take out the remaining Russian forces. They temporarily crippled the Russian forces’ ability to use their forces in Urzikistan.
The Hunt for The Wolf
Back in London, the SAS tracked down the Al-Qatala members who were behind the Piccidally attack to a safehouse. Garrick, Price, and the Bravo-6 team invade the house and kill the terrorists inside the house. In the house, they find a laptop with a lot of information on their plans and locations. There was also information about the IP address of a hospital where their leader ”The Wolf” was hiding.
Alex meets up with the Marines, led by Sergeant Griggs. They attacked the hospital and eventually captured ”The Wolf” and also rescued several US hostages in the process. They take him back to the US embassy in Urzikistan, but the Al-Qatala forces arrive and demand his release. A man named ”The Butcher” was leading Al-Qatala forces. Inside, “The Wolf” says that his group didn’t steal the Russian gas, though he wanted them to steal the Russian gas. The Al-Qatala forces attack the US embassy. Garrick and Price arrive to help extract the team from the embassy.
”The Butcher” kills an innocent man, takes his child as an intimidation, and demands access to the facility. They take Farah, Hadir, Alex, and the Wolf to a safe room in the basement. Garrick watches an Al-Qatala member killing the ambassador, but he safes his assistant to safety to obtain his keycard. They use the keycard to open the back doors of the building and escape to the ambassador’s residence which is attacked. While the group was able to defend against the attack, the Al-Qatala forces broke the wall and escaped with the Wolf.
Betrayal of Hadir
Farah knows there is only one road to escape. She sets up an attack there with Hadir and Alex. They monitor the crossroad and eventually see the arrival of the Wolf’s Soldiers and open fire on the opposition. They defeat the Wolf’s soldiers and expect that Wolf must be on his way. While they are waiting for his arrival, Barkov’s army arrives and attacks the village. Outnumbered, Hadir takes Alex to his truck and says it has explosives they can use. However, upon opening the tailgate, Alex finds out that inside is the stolen Russian gas. Hadir puts on his gas mask and carries Alex and Farah to safety. Farah strongly criticizes her brother’s actions before passing out. Hadir then admits to Alex that he did steal the Russian gas but only to help them in the fight. He then runs off before Alex passes out.
When the two awake, Price and Garrick arrive and take them back to meet Laswell. Laswell says that they have to capture Hadir and the remaining gas as soon as possible. Farah also joins them to find her brother. Laswell reveals the video in which Hadir has made contact with The Wolf and The Butcher to provide them with the gas to attack the Barkov’s men. The group then heads to get back the Russian gas and kill the Wolf. They find that the WOlf is hiding underground. Farah and Alex head down in search of him. After moving through the tunnel, they both find the Wolf strapped with the explosives. Farah kills the Wolf and they both work together to disarm the explosive.
With one threat down, the group reconvenes. Laswell along with Marine Colonel Norris informs that Farah’s group has now been re-labeled as a terrorist group after the gas theft discovery. Alex openly resists the command and heads with Farah to rejoin her forces. Laswell and Price discuss their options. Price suggests meeting a contact in St Petersburg whose name is Nikolai.
The trio tracks down the Butcher to find out Hadir. They give chase on foot, but Nikolai hits the Butcher with his van. Nikolai incapacitates him and allows the three to capture him. The Butcher refuses to give any information, and then Nikolai arrives with his wife and child. After Garrick threatens their lives, the Butcher reveals the location of the Russian gas and Hadi’s plan to go after Barkov. Nikolai gives Price and Garrick a Police Cruiser so they can leave the city undetected. Then Nikolai leaves the Butcher with the gas so that the Russian army can find and dispose of it.
Final Fight Against Barkov
Garrick and Price head to Barkov’s compound and they find Hadir there. Harid says that he has uncovered the location of the chemical factory and the two escape Barkov’s estate with him. After reaching a safe point, they arrest Hadir and promise him that they will take down Barko’s facility with Farah.
Laswell arrives to take Hadir and hand him over to the Russians. Price agrees with the condition that they can keep the intel on the facility that he acquired. Price goes to meet with Farah where he faces hostility. He informs Farah about her brother’s fate and offers to help her destroy the target with the help of the information Hadir obtained. Knowing that if Farah’s army destroys the facility, NATO will blame Al-Qatala, Garrick, Price, Alex, and Farah head to find the facility. With the help of Laswell, they can defeat their defenses and attack the facility.
Alex’s Sacrifice
After getting inside the compound, Farah and Alex meet with Nikolai who gives them explosive material. Inside the facility, they face strong opposition from a heavily armored Juggernaut soldier. Alex and Farah reach the furnace, but Alex notices that the detonator for the explosive got damaged during the fight with Juggernaut. Farah says that she will light the furnace to detonate the explosives.
Alex argues that it would be a suicide mission and someone needs to kill Barkov. She reluctantly gives the order and Alex heads in to light the furnace. Meanwhile, Price and Garrick find their way to the pipeline to set the explosive charges for Alex to detonate. Just as they do so, they watch Barkov’s helicopter escaping from the facility. However, Farah is hiding inside the helicopter and attacks him with a knife. She finally kills Barkov and avenges her family and her country. Alex then sacrifices his life, lights the furnace, and destroys the facility. Farah heads to the front of the helicopter which is revealed to be piloted by Nikolai, and he asks her where to. She responds with Urzikstan and she finally heads home.
Some time later Price meets with Laswell for tea. She reveals that after the mission Russia disowned Barkov. She then hands over a folder of files that Price requested from General Shephard. He says that the files are for the task force he wants to form. Laswell initially refuses the request but reveals that a man named Zakhaev wants to take Barkov’s place. Price tells that me and MacMillan almost killed him on a past mission in Pripyat, then Laswell clarifies that she is referring to his son, Victor.
She states that Zakhae will get Hadir out of captivity and Price requests the files once again. The files have information about the recruits for Price’s task force. These include the Sargeant Garrick given the nickname Gaz, a SAS sniper named John ‘Soap’ McTavish, a man without a picture Simon Riley, and others Price keeps secret. Laswell asks what Price will be calling his force he simply states:141.
Sometimes later the Russians are attacked by Al-Qatala forces, led by some new and unknown leader. Laswell informs Nikolai and Price about the incident and they soon meet with the Seargent Kamarov of the Russian army. The group then promises to take this new leader down and contain the threat, but maybe we will save that for another time.
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