- "President Al-Fulani has been abducted by forces loyal to Al-Asad in an apparent coup d'etat."
- — Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered level description
- "This is how it begins."
- — Khaled Al-Asad
"The Coup" is the third level in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. It is mainly a cinematic level that sees the player take control of President Yasir Al-Fulani, who is driven to an arena and then executed by Khaled Al-Asad.
Characters
- Yasir Al-Fulani (playable, deceased/executed)
- Khaled Al-Asad
- Imran Zakhaev
- Viktor Zakhaev
Names of the Infinity Ward Staff
The Names of the Infinity Ward can be seen throughout the Walkthrough
- Roger Abrahamsson
- Mohammad Alavi
- Todd Alderman
- Brad Allen
- Chrissy Arya
- Richard Baker
- Chad Barb
- Alessandro Bartolucci
- Keith Bell
- Pete Blumel
- Michael Boon
- Robert Bowling
- Peter Chen
- Chris Cherubini
- Grant Collier
- Kristin Cotterell
- Jon Davis
- Derric Eady
- Joel Esmile
- Robert Field
- Steve Fukuda
- Robert Gaines
- Mark Ganus
- Francesco Gigliotti
- Chance Glasco
- Preston Glenn
- Joel Gompert
- Chad Grenier
- Mark Grigsby
- John Haggerty
- Earl Hammon Jr
- Jeff Heath
- Neel Kar
- Jake Keating
- Richard Kriegler
- Bryan Kuhn
- Ryan Lastimosa
- Oscar Lopez
- Cheng Lor
- Herbert Lowis
- Julian Luo
- Steve Massey
- Mackey McCandlish
- Drew McCoy
- Brent McLeod
- Paul Messerly
- Stephen Miller
- Taehoon Oh
- Velinda Pelayo
- Eric Pierce
- Jon Porter
- Zied Rieke
- Linda Rosemeier
- Alexander Roycewics
- Mark Rubin
- Emily Rule
- Nicole Scates
- Alexander Sharrigan
- Jon Shiring
- Nathan Silvers
- Geoffrey Smith
- Richard Smith
- Jiesang Song
- Theerapol Srisuphan
- Todd Sue
- Sompoom Tanchupong
- Janice Turner
- Rayme C Vinson
- Zach Volker
- Andrew Wang
- Jason West
- Lei Yang
- Vince Zampella
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 Yasir 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 Desert Eagle after saying the words, "This is how it begins" in Arabic to a camera.
Walkthrough
The player's ability to move is limited to only looking around and watching as people flee Al-Asad's forces. Many soldiers are shown throughout the city exiting armored personnel carriers and helicopters, as well as chasing down and executing civilians trying to escape.
Videos
Pre-Release
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Gallery
Weapons
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 AK-47. Used by the OpFor and mysteriously used by some civilians  RPD. Used by the OpFor  AK-74u. Used by the OpFor  Dragunov. Used by the OpFor  RPG-7. Used by the OpFor  G3. Used by the OpFor  M9. Used by the OpFor  Desert Eagle. Used by Al-Asad to kill Al-Fulani  Mini-Uzi. Used by Viktor Zakhaev  M1911 .45. Seen above Viktor Zakhaev  Skorpion. Used by the OpFor |
Transcript
- Main article: The Coup/Transcript
Trivia
- Main article: The Coup/Trivia
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