During the first Gulf War an Iraqi army professional soldier, Captain Ahmed Al-Zawiri, incurs a lifetime hatred for the United States. In possession of a stolen, silencer equipped pistol, issued to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (SOCOM), he leaves Iraq and begins a career as a hit man for a drug cartel.
After Ahmed threatens the cartel's accountant, he realizes his mistake and leaves before he feels the cartel's wrath. Weeks after Ahmed arrives in Pakistan, he joins al-Qaeda and is placed in charge of a military style terrorist training camp in Afghanistan.
When Ahmed learns SOCOM is on his trail he wastes no time and heads for the mountains near the Pakistan border. A Special Force team locates him in a cave deep in the Hindu Kush unaware that Ahmed is planning an ambush.