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In2007,soonafterthesixthanniversaryoftheSeptember11thattacksonAmerica,JihadistsattackmultipletargetsinSaudiArabia,destroyingoilpumpingequipment,cripplingpipelines,andassassinatingmostoftheroyalfamily.IntheU.S.,gaspricessoartoover$6agallonalongwithhyper-inflationacrosstheworldfinancialmarkets."Non-businesstravel"intheU.S.islimitedtonomorethan500milesperweek.Themenresponsibleforthisoutragecannotbeallowedtogounpunished.TheUNSecurityCouncilauthorizesaninternationalinterventionforce,andinaclosedsessionofCongressthe"AssassinationBill"isintroduced.GeneralPeterNewmanisassignedtoheadanew"ThreatMitigationUnit,"andisgivenauthoritytorecruitandtrainupto100specialistsfortheominoustaskathand--toassassinateterrorists.Whenit'sdiscoveredthattheterroristsarethreateningattacksonmajorUScities,NewmanandhisteamaredispatchedandbeginamadchaseacrossEuropeandinternationalwaterstostopthethreatbeforeviolenttragedystrikesagain.ButtheterroristsaredeterminedtostrikeonUSsoil,andtheirtargetisWashington,D.C.