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The Coup

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The Coup
Game
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Character
President Al-Fulani
Weapons
Desert Eagle (Unusable), Mini-Uzi (Unusable), AK-47 (Unusable)
Place
Southern Makkah province, Saudi-Arabia
Enemies
Khaled Al-Asad, Imran Zakhaev, Victor Zakhaev, OpFor
Multiplayer map
Showdown
"Our noble crusade has begun."
— Khaled Al-Asad

The Coup is the third level in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.


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[edit] Plot

The Coup is largely a cinematic level, acting as the opening for the game. This level is used to introduce the player to the primary antagonists, as well as the opening credits. It is shown through the perspective of President Al-Fulani who is driven through a city captured by Al-Asad and his military force. During the drive, Al-Fulani sees Al-Asad's forces rounding up and executing people (these are likely supporters of Al-Fulani) At the end of the level, Al-Fulani is executed by Khaled Al-Asad with a Golden Desert Eagle Mark XIX after saying the words, "This is how it begins." to the camera.

[edit] Walkthrough

You cannot do anything besides looking around and watch as people are running for their lives. There are also lots of soldiers shown throughout the city coming out of armored personnel carriers, running towards civilians, patrolling on rooftops, coming out of helicopters and handling civilians trying to escape.

[edit] Transcript

Cutscene


The S.A.S. satellite focus his camera on Saudi Arabia and on a city. Then, the camera zoom and start scanning. She finally block on a moving vehicle.

  • Unknown Marine  : Car inbound.
  • Unknown  : Continue tracking

The car stop in front of a sort of Mosque and the camera switch to a 3D view. She focus on a group of tree man. Two of them carrying the third one. Its the President Al-Fulani.


Gameplay


A door open and the screen turn with to color. You can rotate your camera only of a few degrees around, but it's enough to see the two terrorists carrying you to a car in front of an ark. The entrance is heavily guarded. Al-Asad start speaking in arabic. If you have the subtitles enabled, you can read the translation.

  • Khaled Al-Asad  : Today we rise again as one nation, in the face of betrayal and corruption !

You approach the car and then, you can see a Mi-8 helicopter hovering over the ground and starting to deploy some troops. One of the man push you in the car and hit you with the butt of his rifle. After, he smash the roof of the car. A man in blue suit turn back and show you his Mini-Uzi. The car start to advance through the city.

  • Khaled Al-Asad  : We all trusted this man to deliver our great nation into a new era of prosperity.

You pass between a tanker and a column of terrorists. At a corner, a BM-21 turn before you. The man in blue suit tell the driver to take the road to the left and follow the BM-21. After, the man will answer to his cell and he gonna turn back again to see you. You enter in a small street, behind the tank, filled with terrorists. One man is arresting a civilian and two soldiers are breaking down a door.

  • Khaled Al-Asad  : But like our monarchy before the Revolution, he has been colluding with the West with only self interest at heart!

You continue on the street when the BM-21 stop just after a corner. The doors at the rear open and lot of terrorists disembark and start shooting at civilians. The civilians just have enough time to get under a garage door. At the other side of the corner, several civilians are under arrest. You arrive at an other corner where a civilian is escaping from two terrorists and continue your route. At an other intersection, a truck filled with troops get just in front of you, but not for long. He will turn at an intersection 10 meters after. At your left, several civilians are under arrest.

  • Khaled Al-Asad  : Collusion breeds slavery! And we shall not be enslaved!

An other group of civilians are under arrest, three of them rebelled and five terrorists will fight with them. You continue and you see tree armed civilians fighting with a group of terrorists. There are all killed. An other BM-21 stop in front of you and lot of soldiers disembark. The man will tell to the driver to take an alley. Several garbage bin and a lot of bags and debris are spread on the ground. A civilian see you and start running away.

  • Khaled Al-Asad  : The time has come to show our true strength. They underestimate our resolve. Let us show that we do not fear them. A Hind fly over you when a civilian jump over a fence because a wardog is running after him. You continue

A Hind fly over you when a civilian jump over a fence because a wardog is running after him. You continue through the alley when an other civilian lifts the lid of a garbage bin, see you and return in his garbages. At then end of the alley, you see a road with the ocean behind.

  • Khaled Al-Asad  : As one people we shall free our brethren from the yoke of foreign oppression!

You turn left and then you will see several terrorists groups. most of them running to unknown locations, one other arresting a civilian car with the civilian inside. A dozen of civilians are executed just in front of you.

  • Khaled Al-Asad  : Our armies are strong and our cause is just.

To you right, you can see several T-72 and some helicopters in a landing approach.

  • Khaled Al-Asad  : As I speak, our armies are nearing their objectives, by which we will restore the independence of a once great nation.

You continue on a road with uncountable terrorists on each side. The car stops and a men open the door. He pull you out of the car and smash your head with his foot.

  • Khaled Al-Asad  : Our noble crusade has begun.

The screen turn black. After several seconds you will see two man carrying you to the center of a castle. In the center, there is a pole with a lot of blood on it. An old man looks at you and nod. The castle is crowding with terrorists. Your guards take you to the execution pole and the crowd start shouting something in arabic.

  • Khaled Al-Asad  : Just as they lay waste to our country, we will lay waste to theirs.

A man is adjusting a video camera when the old man tell him to come to him. He points his gun at the front of the guy and then turn hit in his hands. The man take the Desert Eagle and raise his arm to silence the crowd.

  • Khaled Al-Asad  : This is how it begins.

The game pass in slow-motion and the men head to you. He points the gun on you and shoot. the screen turn black again.

[edit] Al-Asad's Speech

Today we rise again as one nation, in the face of betrayal and corruption! We all trusted this man to deliver our great nation into a new era of prosperity. But like our monarchy before the Revolution, he has been colluding with the West with only self interest at heart! Collusion breeds slavery! And we shall not be enslaved! The time has come to show our true strength. They underestimate our resolve. Let us show that we do not fear them. As one people we shall free our brethren from the yoke of foreign oppression! Our armies are strong and our cause is just. As I speak, our armies are nearing their objectives, by which we will restore the independence of a once great nation. Our noble crusade has begun. Just as they lay waste to our country, we will lay waste to theirs. This is how it begins.

[edit] Trivia

  • According to the satellite imagery in the briefing, the level is set in a city of the Saudi Arabian coast of the Makkah province.
  • It appears that Al Fulani's legs were broken due to the fact that he needs two people to drag him to the car and to the execution area.
  • This is one of the three levels where you can see BMPs unload troops from their backdoors, the other being Shock and Awe, right before the player lands the first time. And in Game Over using no-clip you can see it in the opposite side of the bridge from where you are.
A possible painting of Al-Fulani's face?
  • As you drive down the alleyway, you see a civilian painting a picture on the wall. The picture is of a man's face. This face is most likely Al-Fulani's face. The picture is also seen on a wall in the village in Blackout, as well as in the gas station in the multiplayer map Overgrown. The graffiti-face is similar with the face of Jason West, Studio Head of Infinity Ward.
  • When Al-Asad executes Al-Fulani in The Coup, he walks up, cocks the pistol, and fires. When you see it on replay before Blackout, he walks up and fires without cocking, but a small fuzz in the screen before and the audience suggests that a frame (or a few) were skipped.
  • When Zakhaev hands the gun to Al-Asad, you see him pointing the gun at Al-Asad. Al-Asad hesitates as though surprised by a gun pointed at him. After a brief and awkward moment Zakhaev flips the gun around and hands it to Al-Asad with the grip facing him. It could be perceived as symbolizing Zakhaev's betrayal of Al-Asad; knowing that the execution of Al-Fulani would eventually lead to Al-Asad's death.
  • Using the noclip cheat if you go under the map you will see an AK-47 following the car underneath it
  • The wooden post on which Al-Fulani is killed is already bloody leading to the conclusion that other executions might have happened recently there.
  • The civilians seem to be putting up some sort of resistance; in one part of the car ride you can see them firing at the OpFor. However, their attempts are in vain, as you see them being picked off one by one by the OpFor's well-armed and well-trained troops.
  • This is one of the only levels in the game to contain a large amount of civilians, including dead ones. Another level is the Mile High Club.
  • Contrary to popular belief, the cartridge or "bullet" hanging from the rear view mirror of the car is not the one that shot Zakhaev's arm off because it is too small to be a 50 caliber round, the projectile itself isn't mushroomed, and most importantly, the casing is still attached to the bullet, meaning, that it hasn't been shot.
  • In the middle of the car ride, Victor Zakhaev gets a cellphone call, and while he is on the phone, he takes a look at you. The caller could have been Al-Asad or Imran Zakhaev wondering about Al-Fulani, as in if they captured him yet.
  • Obviously the camera changes during & after the execution. When you are looking at it at first it looks at you, then during the Blackout mission, the camera looks directly at Al-Asad executing him. Then on the TV's it looks 60 degrees up. So where was it in the first place?
  • This is the first mission where the player/character is in slo-mo (second, third, and fourth are Sins of the Father, Game Over, and Mile High Club).
  • There is a pistol above Victor Zakhaev's head, in the shade flap, which appears to be his M1911 he used in Sins of the Father.
  • If you turn at the right angle when Al- Asad kills you, you can see a Blood Cloud appear. You have to look to the right.
  • When you look at the rearview mirror in the car, the OpFor soldier's eyes never move because they're constantly looking at you.
  • This is strange, as the OpFor's head is always moving to view the road.  This is most noticable when he is turning and his eyes are facing you in the mirror

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