A Main Character

= El Hadji = El Hadji le pape Malick Ndiaye, better known in Senegal as The Muslim Pope, is the leader of Senegal's militia So Coma. He's a supportive character during Operation Green Star, which is a Joint-Ops between 33 Operators of The Division 47 and 10 000 So Coma soldiers in which their objective is to end with the terrorist network of Al Bem Guddi. He also appears in the last chapter of "Operation Save Cedars", coming to Mencey's aid in Bint Jbeil, Lebanon.

Biography:
El Hadji is a muslim Senegalese who was born in 1971 in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. He has been living there all his life. He has a younger brother, Thierno Ndiaye (aka The Dragon of Senegal), who has a lot of respect towards El Hadji since he always took care of him.

In the early 2000s, a terrorist group that came from Mali and Nigeria, allied to ISIS, Al Bem Guddi, started to terrorize the inhabitants of Thies region among others. The government forces were weak against them, so El Hadji decided to create his own militia to face them. He didn't have a lot of resources, since he was just a manager of a supply chains. In 2003, at a bar, he encountered Corporal Mencey Perez alongside his Spaniard companions from the Spanish Army, and decided to talk with them about the issue and his idea of creating a militia. Mencey was all ears and decided to help him create his militia by recruiting volunteers, giving them weapons and building up some tents to start developing their first base. El Hadji was grateful for Mencey's help, who had to go back to duty few weeks later. From then, his militia started to grow, taking control over few areas in Senegal, such as Lompoul and Omba. Their activity was first illegal, by killing corrupt and dangerous politicians of Senegal. Most of the population was on their side, so the government couldn't do anything but help them.

After gaining more and more fame, more volunteers wanted to join El Hadji's cause. El Hadji was already a Senegalese icon. He challenged the corrupt at first, and then the terrorists, who already feared the giant beast. El Hadji has taken action and has fought at the front against Al Bem Guddi, killing VIPS and spreading his territory on Senegal. People living under Al Bem Guddi are considered terrorists for him, such as childrens, women...He already forgave some of them, liberating the civilians from the opressors, which caused few of El Hadji's troop deaths due to the children who had grenades with them.

Encounter at Lompoul
Around January 2006, El Hadji received a call from Mencey and later an email from The Division 47 asking if they could operate in Thies, helping So Coma to defeat Al Bem Guddi and making official the alliance between The Division and El Hadji's army. El Hadji without a doubt accepted his friend's offer. The 26th of January, El Hadji reencountered his long time friend Mencey at one of his camps in Lompoul. He made an agreement with the Canary Islander stating that, if So Coma and the Division 47 Operators destroy the enemy in two weeks, they will create a base for the Division in Thies. Mencey accepted the offer. After negotiations, El Hadji showed Mencey his camp, introducing few of his soldiers such as Omar and Fadel (a hacker). Then, he proceeded to show Mencey and his crew his parkour, who later on, Mencey's squad had to participate in it. After Mencey's show off, they both sat together under an umbrella to discuss more intel about the Operation. El Hadji gives then details to Mencey about his plans to attack the enemy: starting off by defending one of their camps in Omba, later attack Fas Boue and finally ending the terrorist network in Mboro.

Defense of Omba
2 days later, in Omba, after practicing the strategy to ambush the enemy trucks, El Hadji coordinated his men to take defensive positions beneath the sand to set the enemies on fire. After few minutes, while observing the perimeter thanks to Issa's (third in command) drones, the Operators and few of his soldiers successfully defeated the enemy. He congratulated them at first and later in the evening he explained their attack in Fas Boue.

"Operation Green Star Phase II"

On 30/01/2006, the Operators and El Hadji's army started to march from Omba towards Fas Boue. Their objective in the city wasn't only to kill the remaining 5 000 terrorists from there, but to capture Mr and Misses Diallo alive, the second in command of Al Bem Guddi. So Coma soldiers and Operators were mixed into different teams. El Hadji was the leader of So Coma 1-1 team, who were in charge to secure the houses in Tutti's point (Back houses) until reaching the VIPs. Before they could reach the houses, Issa, who was a double agent still, put a C4 under each and every single vehicle of the terrorist 3 days before So Coma's assault, blowing the place into pieces and killing hundreds or even thousands of terrorists. When the explosions were having place, El Hadji and his team were reaching their targets. So Coma 1-1 had to clear off 11 houses until reaching the Diallos. They successfully cleared 7 consecutive houses out of 11 killing all terrorists and finally reaching the Diallos in the seventh house. After few minutes, the place was cleared and the Diallos were going to be tortured on live tv by El Hadji and his brother, "The Dragon of Senegal".

Diallos Interrogation

While the interrogation took place during the same night of So Coma's conquer of Fas Boue, inside a tent, Mencey and his team looked up the interrogation throughout Fadel's computer, with subtitles written in French. El Hadji started the interrogation:

"Hello people of Senegal, and of the whole world. I am "The MUSLIM POPE", the leader of the militia, General of the defenders of the Moon and the Sand, the Commander of So Coma. Today, we have been able to capture one of the most useless but powerful men of the terrorist group Al Bem Guddi. And here we are, to exterminate his legacy. (On Wolof) I thought you were well trained to be a terrorist, but it turns out that it wasn't quite that way. So a merchant, huh? I'll tell you …look me in the face."

He then with his brother put pressure on the Diallos to humiliate them and gather some information concerning Al Bem Guddi's leader: Cobro Fateh. When he humiliated them enough, El Hadji's younger brother killed the pregnant Diallo with six stabs, since she killed 6 nurses of So Coma in the worst possible of ways. While Mr Diallo couldn't stop crying of fear, El Hadji stabbed him on the chest with his machete, almost breaking the chair, then cut both throats and showed them to the TV.

"This is what happens when you meddle with the Defenders of the Moon and The Sand! Cobro Fateh, you better prepare yourself. If you give up, there will be no mercy. For the people of Senegal, there is nothing to worry about, we are totally untouchable. We are more and better than you think. Today, we attacked Fas Boue, and there are no more terrorists around. We have not suffered any casualties and no injuries so far. These jerks are no match for us, and we'll prove it at Mboro. We will announce Cobro's death when the time comes. The Moon and Sand watches you night and day. So Coma."

El Hadji then returned to the Casspirs and faced Mencey and his squad to talk about Mboro and how they were going to fight against 10 000 terrorists with bomb houses around the city.

"Before our assault, we will send several men to stay and watch Mboro from the outskirts, awaiting the arrival of the 400 horses that will enter from the desert several kilometers from the beach. Of those 400 horses I, my men and some of you will go, while those who travel in Casspirs follow us to fight as reinforcements. Some will enter from the beach, using pirate ships that Al Bem Guddi's incompetent have been unable to use to escape from our victory here. (Pointing to the position of the mosque on Fadel's computer). The mosque: point "Cobro", and the rest, beach, houses… the rest does not matter. We have to kill Cobro."

Before Mboro
El Hadji, alongside Issa, taught horse riding to noobies like Mencey or Philip Noujiaim (Mencey's accomplice). After their training, the squad of Operators that were going to ride those horses during their final assault in Mboro, took a nice ride with El Hadji and Issa, talking about their personal lives and their experiences during the conflict.

Battle of Mboro (End of "Operation Green Star")
"So Coma! I was born for this moment, and there has only been one path that God has gratified me, and that, is the path of success. Our cause is expanding throughout Senegal, and we will not let it fall in vain. Today we will battle, we will kill, we will execute, we will exterminate and we will tear off the heads of cowards who kill innocents in our country and who spread terror on our sand. Today, if we win, blood will no longer fall and stain our territory, our land. And… if my last grain of sand… or my last step in this life is to die for what I love… I will do it with passion and dignity. May the sand embrace me in its arms and may it take me to the Moon. But before that moment comes ... All together we will be known as the murderers of Al Bem Guddi: SO COMA!"         El Hadji motivating his soldiers before their assault on Cobro's mosque

Arriving at the outskirts of the city, El Hadji's men so as Al Bem Guddi's militants were falling down quickly due to the open spaces of their confrontation. Issa, who controlled his last C4 drones, successfully killed around 3 000 terrorists and lead the way for the ground forces to reach Cobro's mosque. El Hadji under enemy fire, at first doubted if they could win the war, since he saw lots of his soldiers get killed by Al Bem Guddi's in a matter of seconds. When more and more reinforcements reached the mosque and provided support around from it, pushing the enemy reinforcements away, El Hadji's team easily ended up the mosque's defenses.

El Hadji: "Okay, this is called a check. Mencey, I need you to go help my men to ward off enemy reinforcements. I want some to protect the mosque from the outside while we raid it from within. The bomb specialist, you have to come with me."

CanaryBeast: "And what will happen to you? If you die, So Coma's morale will drop dramatically."

El Hadji: "Don't worry, I appreciate your concern for my well-being, but we must end this conflict now! (several seconds of silence) I wish you luck, my friend."

CanaryBeast (bitter): "I… (sigh) I wish you luck my friend. End the matter, but ... Do not be careless and do not commit suicide for nothing."

El Hadji (Smiling): "Hmm. (Looking at his men) You with me, you enter from the other entrance, to the right!"

Discussion between Mencey and El Hadji after clearing the outskirts of the mosque meanwhile the battle was still ongoing.

There was almost no one inside, but whatever enemy appeared, they did not waste their bullets and their stabs. Upon reaching the Prayer room, they encountered many explosives and Cobro Fateh. Cobro himself, leader of Al Bem Guddi, wore a bomb vest connected to a detonator and at the same time with a timer that said that Mboro and the mosque were going to explode in 4 minutes. El Hadji concerned for his men, full of fury, took aim at the masked man, while arguments were exchanged.

"Cobro (in Wolof): "The “MUSLIM POPE”… You cannot be Muslim if you are a Pope."

El Hadji (in Wolof): "And a terrorist cannot be Muslim because he does not apply Islam correctly. Cobro, it’s over, I will decapitate you and win."

Collection (in Wolof): "Not if I destroy ..."

'El Hadji shot him twice in the head, and when the body fell, he shot the detonator. Then he looked at Chris.'

El Hadji: "You, I want you to do me a favor. Since you are good at defusing bombs and explosions, I want you to deactivate all the bombs that are near our position, the rest leave them as they are."

Spc Chris: "But what about ..."

El Hadji: "Those who live beyond here are arming themselves and coming here! There are no civilians! I know it is not easy to take lives that you think are innocent, but they are not! Do it now! We have three minutes!"

Spc Chris: "Okay, okay. I will deactivate them from my computer."

El Hadji (radio): "Here "THE MUSLIM POPE", COBRO FATEH has died. The bombs near our position are being defused. Meanwhile, the others will do their job to finish off the remaining terrorists."

Spc Chris: "Okay, mosque bomb defused, give me a minute to defuse the others."

When the bombs were out, few Operators were shocked at the event, while the So Coma fighters enjoyed going for the hunt of the last remaining terrorists. During the meantime, Mencey congratulated El Hadji's work and vice versa. The conflict was over, El Hadji's army won against Al Bem Guddi. The Operators, El Hadji and Issa took pictures of themselves to remember this heroic and historic moment of Senegal. El Hadji has only lost 4

Few days later, El Hadji signed his deal with the Division 47 generals, making official their allegiance. In Fas Boue, Mencey and El Hadji said goodbye to each other, complimenting each other's work. Mencey had to leave to Lebanon to help another friend who has a militia fighting several armed forces. El Hadji had already given a phone to Mencey during his stance in Senegal. In case the young Canary needed air support from So Coma, he just needed to call his good old Senegalese friend.

"Operation Save Cedars", battle of Bint Jbeil.

After receiving a aid call from Mencey during his first day at Bint Jbeil, El Hadji prepared a team to go with him to Lebanon. He brought several helicopters, gifted by the Senegalese government, to proportionate air support to his friend's team near some destroyed buildings. Wednesday 28th July of 2006, around 12:20 pm, El Hadji appeared with his helicopters, killing half the enemy forces, making them retreat to their territory. When the enemy (IDF) surrendered, El Hadji instantly reunited with his friend Mencey. Mencey grateful by El Hadji's acts, wanted El Hadji to enjoy the party from the Lebanese Forces coalition. Instead of accepting, El Hadji smiled and decided that best for his men was to return safely to Senegal, since Lebanon's war was already over.

Personality
El Hadji has always been calm, wise and honorable towards his allies and friends such as Mencey. He's a total brute force in combat, destroying his enemies with his machete and Senegalese knife...or even with his bare hands. He never forgets those who have helped him over the last years and always tries to help others. He clearly enjoys protecting Senegal from terrorists or other threats. He's a proud Senegalese and a born leader. Also a fearful opponent and a nightmare for Al Bem Guddi.