Safehouse

 is the twelfth level of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare,

Plot
Nikolai has told Captain Price and his team that Khaled Al-Asad may be hiding in a safehouse located in Azerbaijan which he has used previously. MacTavish and the team get dropped off at the small village where they believe Al-Asad is hiding. The team, supported by a Russian Loyalist squad member and helicopter, search the buildings for Al-Asad while attacking the Ultranationalists who are protecting him and killing the villagers. They find Al-Asad in one of the buildings, but Price kills him when a call on Al-Asad's cellphone reveals that Imran Zakhaev is the leader of the Four Horsemen.

Tips

 * It is easier to clear the houses when the helicopter has softened the resistance, making it useful to wait until support is available to attack a building.
 * Flashbangs are especially useful in this level.
 * It is easier to enter buildings through their basements as there will be less initial resistance. Most of the buildings do not have basements, however.
 * After entering a building, the AI members of the squad are useful for clearing it.
 * The tower of the church near the area the team enters the village provides a useful vantage point and has an SVD and Javelin.

Enemy Intelligence

 * Laptop 17 is located on the top floor of the house with a large satellite dish. It is on the dresser in the room with a propane tank.
 * Laptop 18 is on one of the booths in the restaurant near the water tower.

Xbox 360 Achievements

 * Wrong Number (20 points) is obtained when completing the mission on any difficulty.


 * The Second Horseman (40 points) is obtained when completing the mission on Veteran difficulty. The name refers to the fact that in this mission, the Second Horseman, Al-Asad, is killed.

Trivia

 * There is a crashed Royal Air Force Black Hawk helicopter near the burned building, it is never explained why it is there nor there are any dead bodies around the helicopter, assuming it was a long ago shot down chopper, and the bodies were taken from the crash. The minigun attached to the chopper in the mission Heat does not appear in Safehouse.
 * There is a burning tank near the third house and it has the hold x to plant the explosives but you can't.
 * When Cpt. Price shoots Al-Asad, he reaches for his holster, draws his pistol and fires, after which he stands with pistol in hand. All the while, the pistol is also clearly visible in the holster. It's as if he is carrying two pistols in the holster.
 * AL-Asad can be found at either the barn at the farm or the house behind the church, whichever one you clear last.
 * The shot down helicopter is said to be Nikolai's, because on the loading of the mission Blackout, there's a picture of Nikolai behind the helicopter.