Khaled Al-Asad

Khaled Al-Asad is the secondary antagonist of ''Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. ''He was a military commander in the Middle East and one of the Four Horsemen.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
As one of the Four Horsemen, Khaled Al-Asad was responsible for the execution of President Yasir Al-Fulani, who was accused of supporting Western countries for his own self-interests. Al-Fulani was captured by Al-Asad's troops and transported by car to the arena, where he was personally executed by Al-Asad with a Desert Eagle on national television.

Al-Asad assumes control of the region, but in the eyes of the United States, Al-Asad's rule in his nation threatens the whole political stability in the Middle East. The U.S. government sends the military, among them are the U.S. Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance, to the Middle East with orders to locate and capture the power-hungry commander. The marine task force is met by staff opposition from the OpFor, until they locate a television station where Al-Asad is broadcasting his speech, but it turns out that the speech was recorded and Al-Asad has gone into hiding.

The U.S. military assumes that Al-Asad is hiding in the capital city and the main attack force consisting of hundreds of AH-1 Cobra helicopter gunships, CH-46 Sea Knight transport helicopters, M1 Abrams main battle tanks and tens thousands of soldiers are dispatched to attack the capital. Al-Asad is not found in the city, but the Americans locate a Russian-made nuclear warhead in his place. NEST teams are dispatched to disarm the weapon, but the warhead is detonated by Al-Asad on Vladimir Makarov's orders, wiping out almost the entire U.S. invasion force, being at least 30,000 casualties. Sergeant Paul Jackson, Lieutenant Volker, Captain "Deadly" Pelayo and Lieutenant Vasquez are among the victims of the massive nuclear explosion that destroys the capital.

Nikolai, a Russian informant to the British Special Air Service, reveals that Al-Asad may be hiding in his safehouse in Azerbaijan, protected by Russian Ultranationalists. Captain Price, Gaz, "Soap" MacTavish and several other members of the S.A.S. are dispatched to the village where Al-Asad is hiding and are assisted by a Russian Loyalist sent by Sergeant Kamerov. Soon Al-Asad is captured by the SAS and Loyalist, Price ties Al-Asad to a chair and interrogates him, then intercepts a call on his cellphone. Recognizing the caller as Russian Ultranationalist Imran Zakhaev, Price kills Al-Asad by shooting him in the head with his M1911.