The dusty streets of Baghdad lay silent in the early hours before dawn, but a covert team of elite C.O.R.E. (Covert Operations for Retrieval and Extraction) agents prepared to breach the stillness. Their mission: extract Ali-Shabaab, a high-value asset holding vital intelligence about an imminent terrorist attack targeting Tel Aviv. Under direct orders from Washington D.C., the team led by hardened operative Arthur Duggins had to navigate the hostile...