A few minutes later, Owen was already in the taxi. He was originally going to pick up the car from the Fairfax County Police Department today, but Jack called urgently, so he had to take a taxi to CTU first.
In the car, Irving ignored the dissatisfied look from the black driver and changed the radio channel from hip-hop music to current affairs news.
The young driver wanted to change back, but Owen lifted his clothes and showed him the gun in his holster. The black boy was instantly frightened.
"Sir, where are you going?"
"ctu headquarters."
As the car was driving on the highway, Owen paid no attention to the driver's reaction and focused on listening to the news.
"According to the latest news from this station, an explosion occurred in a kindergarten in Manila at 5:03 pm yesterday, Philippine time. According to the police confirmation, the explosion was a man-made terrorist attack. The death toll at the scene was 29 and 54 were injured.
Among them, 27 children died. The identities of the other two deceased have been confirmed, namely a local woman selling ice cream and the US Ambassador to the Philippines Harrison Campas. The President of the Philippines made a special televised speech last night, condemning
The despicable acts of terrorists..."
After changing several channels one after another, Owen basically understood the whole story. Someone launched a terrorist attack in a kindergarten in Manila. The target of the attack should be the US ambassador. They also succeeded, but at the cost of those who
Children's lives, to put it bluntly, this behavior is outrageous to both humans and gods.
Among Owen's known terrorist attacks, this is the first time that the location is arranged in a kindergarten. Although there are school shootings in the United States, they are not considered terrorist attacks, but are ordinary people's excessive behavior when they are frustrated.
If you encounter that kind of case, you don't even need to take care of it, just hand it over to the police and FBI.
But this time is different. The target of this terrorist attack is very clear, that is, the US ambassador, but the other party does not care about the lives of innocent children. The people who launched this attack are simply scum. Perhaps, even their colleagues may not agree.
What he did this time.
The car soon arrived at CU. Owen paid the fare, but the driver didn't dare to accept it. Owen ignored him, put down the money and left. After entering CU, he went straight to the office on the second floor.
"Jack..."
Seeing that there was no one else in the office, Owen pushed the door open and entered.
"You are here. Do you know about the Philippine Ambassador?"
Owen nodded: "I watched the news."
"Take a look at this first..."
Jack's expression was very serious, and he handed Owen a pad, which contained a video. The video was the surveillance video of the kindergarten that was attacked by the terrorists. The video was very complete and clearly recorded the entire process of the terrorist attack, including how terrorists used ice cream trucks to attract terrorists.
The children's attention, how to make the ambassador approach unknowingly, and how to detonate the bomb to achieve the goal, especially the moment when Makarov pressed the detonator at the end, was simply a naked provocation. Maka can be clearly seen in the video
Love's provocative expression...
After reading it, Owen handed the pad back to Jack and asked, "Who is this guy?"
Jack knew that Owen would definitely ask this, so he threw a pile of information over. Owen looked at him and said: "The person in the video is named Vladimir Makarov. He used to be a member of the 'Core Group' of the Russian extremist armed organization."
, Three months ago, Zakayev, the leader of the core group, was killed by a sniper. Subsequently, intelligence showed that the core group was in chaos. People were divided into two groups, one was moderate and the other was extreme. Makarov soon became
The leader of the extremists..."
After a pause, he continued: "What you just saw was the surveillance video of the kindergarten that was attacked. We obtained it before the Philippine government. Makarov must have hoped that the video would be exposed, and then he would use it to
Gained a very high reputation within the core group and became Zakayev's successor. Of course we didn't want this, so we took control of the video first, but sooner or later the Philippine government would be able to find the video through technical means, so we can guarantee at most 48
Do not leak to outsiders within hours..."
Owen nodded. He didn't know if that moderate guy was a puppet of CIA. CIA usually liked to do this. This is something Owen often complained about CIA.
The CIA has always cultivated and trained anti-government forces all over the world to cause trouble for its enemies, but many of the terrorists they trained themselves eventually became enemies of the United States, such as Chechnya and many terrorist extremist organizations. This is
A very embarrassing thing, at least half of the terrorist organizations recorded by TU have had some relationship with the CIA.
After getting rid of these messy thoughts in his mind, Owen thought back to the present. Makarov obviously hates the United States, and it would be politically correct to not let him take office.
Thinking of these, Owen suddenly thought of something and asked: "Makarov rose so fast, so did he also kill Zakayev?"
"No", this time Jack answered resolutely: "That operation was a beheading mission carried out by General Sheffield of the military and the British SAS. Before that, Makarov was not a particularly remarkable person, but Zhaka
After Yev's death, he quickly became popular. It is conceivable that after the exposure of this video, his reputation will definitely reach its peak..."
It seems that this Makarov is really not a simple person, Owen sighed secretly.
"What do we know about him?"
"Very limited. Vladimir Makarov graduated from the Frunze Military Academy and entered the Russian army with the rank of captain. Initially, he served in the 98th Airborne Division, and later entered the Alpha Special Forces Forces, performing twice in Chechnya
Mission. It is said that a company under his command participated in some brutal "cleaning" operations. Sorry, that's all. He was not outstanding before, and we don't have detailed information about him..."
Owen nodded: "What do you need me to do, go to the Philippines?"
"Yes, Makarov's whereabouts are a mystery, we need to find his traces..."
"How's your team?"
Owen shook his head: "They are all still recovering from their injuries. At least we can't count on them this week..."
The last mission can be said to be the first mission since the establishment of the quick response team, but they were unlucky. Various accidents occurred during the mission. Fortunately, they did not reduce their number in the continuous high-intensity battles, except for Owen, who was kissed by God.
Except for Beloved, everyone else was injured and have been recuperating for the past two days. Although the injuries are not too serious, it is definitely impossible to participate in the mission.
The rapid response team was severely attrited, but this time the incident was very serious. The US ambassador to a foreign country was killed in public. This was equivalent to giving the United States a slap in the face in front of the whole world. The United States must react.
"I go by my own……"
Owen decided to go alone. The main purpose of going to the Philippines this time was to track down Makarov's whereabouts. It was expected that there would not be too serious conflicts, so it shouldn't be a big problem for him to go alone, but Jack refused him directly.
"No, this is a joint operation of CIA, CTU and NSA. The Philippines is not our territory, so we need to find out Makarov's whereabouts quietly. Of course, this mission is still focused on us. Later NSA
An intelligence security officer will be sent over. She will go to the Philippines with you, and people from the CIA will pick you up there..."
"She? The person sent by NSA is a woman?"
"Yes, this person is not in the field, but in charge of intelligence support. She will be responsible for all your intelligence support work in the Philippines."