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Goodbye Benghazi by Orikinla(m): 1:06pm On Nov 21, 2016
Goodbye Benghazi
An action film on sex trafficking gangsters and terrorists in Libya.

Ivie Ekezua, a brave Nigerian girl held by notorious sex traffickers in Tripoli stabs and injures a Libyan sex trafficker who wants to rape her and she escapes into the suburbs of the city as the gangsters of the Libyan- Nigerian sex traffickers gang in Tripoli hunt for her.

She runs into the UN office for refuge, but ISIL terrorists and Libyan rebels attack the office for Americans and Europeans . An American intelligence agent who says his name is Tom Sloane in the office gives her an important satellite mobile phone after using it to photograph her and send an urgent message on the emergency at the besieged UN office. He tells Ivie to hide the phone and must not lose it, because someone will contact her and later come to collect the phone for the sim. She hides it in her underwear and runs out with the African workers of the UN as the terrorists and rebels kidnap the American and European workers to hold them as hostages.

Ivie is now lost in Libya, because she does not know her location and does not understand the Arabic language. She is still afraid of being caught by the sex traffickers hunting for her.  She steals a black burqa to disguise as a Muslim woman and hides from mosque to mosque where she begs and collects alms to buy what to eat and drink and soap to bathe and clean up.
She knows that the only way she can escape is through the help of the UN or US embassy in Libya, because the Nigerian and Libyan sex traffickers and gangsters have many informants working for them in Libya and Nigeria and will not give up hunting for her.
The expected call comes and she answers it. A female voice says she should not leave her location for the next 12 hours so that an emergency rescue mission will reach her to collect the phone.

The caller reports to the NATO Intelligence agency and the plan for the rescue mission includes going to Benghazi to rescue Tom and the other hostages being held by the ISIL terrorists and Libyan rebels occupying the US embassy. The agency assigns a female agent named Angela Lincoln to meet Ivie inside a mosque in Tripoli. She comes through the Red Crescent mission and disguises in hijab and long ankle length gown to cover her concealed
weapons.

She meets Ivie and collects the phone. But as they step out of the mosque, they are confronted by four  gangsters of the sex traffickers hunting for Ivie. Angela stops them as they want to seize her and they threaten to shoot her. Angela says she cannot let them go with Ivie without her.  They take her along on their military truck. And as they drive away, Angela nudges and whispers to Ivie to be ready to jump and escape with her once she coughs.
As she coughs, Angela brings out a small pepper spray and pretends to use it like someone having an asthmatic attack, but suddenly sprays pepper into the eyes of the two armed gangsters watching them at the back of the truck. She attacks them and seizes the AK47 gun of one of them and jumps out of the truck with Ivie.
They stumble and fall on the ground before the truck stops as the two  disarmed gangsters scream in pain and alarm.
Angela quickly pulls Ivie out of the way and roll over to a culvert from where she shoots at the gangsters and guns down the four of them. She rushes to their truck and Ivie follows her. As they enter the truck, one of the wounded gangsters shoots and hits the left leg of Ivie. Angela pulls Ivie into the truck and drives off before the wounded gangster shoots again, but misses them.
The wounded gangster reports the escape of Angela and Ivie before losing consciousness.

Angela calls her superiors at the agency and reports the critical situation and says she is driving straight to Benghazi where NATO forces can rescue them along with the hostages. She says there is enough fuel in the truck driving at an average speed of 112 kilometers/hour (70 miles/h), the travel time will be 08 hours 54 minutes. She will get there before 11pm.
The agency says it is sending an helicopter to rescue her and Ivie separately to reduce the risks of the dangers of their commandos' operation to rescue the hostages at midnight.
Angela says she can distract the ISIL terrorists and Libyan rebels to make the NATO commandos' operation easier.  But she confides in Ivie that she only joining the rescue operation in Benghazi to save Tom who is her boyfriend.

The agency is planning coordinated drone attacks on the ISIL terrorists and Libyan rebels occupying the US embassy in Benghazi. The drone attacks will destroy the surroundings and the commandos will land immediately to rescue the hostages.

Angela stops at about 800 meters from the US embassy where the truck can be seen by the enemies. And from their binoculars, they see only a woman in hijab and long gown standing beside a truck late in the night. The observers say it is suspicious and needs to be investigated.  Angela makes the fuel to leak and flow across the road in her plan to blow up the truck as the observers come to inspect it.
She and Ivie move 200 meters away from the truck to take cover where the observers cannot see them.
She comforts Ivie and says she must remove the bullet lodged in left leg.
Ivie endures the excruciating pain,  biting hard on a small rubber Angela puts in her mouth as she removes the bullet with a jack knife and bandages the wound with strips of cloth she cut from her gown. Then she shows Ivie how to use her automatic pistol while she will use the AK47 gun. She calls her superiors at the agency to update them and they decide to launch their drone attacks immediately after she launches her own.  Then the commandos will land in two helicopters for the attack and rescue operation.

Four armed men of the ISIL terrorists and Libyan rebels come in an open  jeep to inspect the truck and are looking for the woman in hijab they have sighted standing beside it. One of them says she must have left with another vehicle since the truck must be faulty or there is no more fuel. As they are speaking, Angela shoots at the fuel tank of the truck and it explodes killing them and the fire spreads across the road. The explosion shakes the US embassy with the ISIL terrorists and Libyan rebels shouting in shock as they panic.
It must be a suicide bomb attack they conclude. They wait to see what will happen next before daring to go near the scene of the explosion.
Suddenly, more explosions occur around them as NATO forces launch the drone attacks on the surroundings. Angela shoots into the sky and that increases the panic of the enemies as they scamper to defend themselves.  In fear they shoot at the vehicles coming from the direction of Angela and Ivie mistaking them for approaching Libyan government forces or NATO forces. Canisters of gas drop into the grounds of the US embassy from some drones and smoke envelopes the premises as the NATO commandos arrive in two helicopters.
Angela and Ivie crawl closer to them.

The hostages are soon located and they are guided into the helicopter meant for them. Angela helps Ivie to the helicopter, but refuses to board until she sees Tom joining them.
> He is surprised to see her.  Angela says she cannot leave Libya without him.
As they board the helicopter, Angela throws away her hijab shouting; "Goodbye Benghazi!"

End.

By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima.
Sunday, November 20, 2016

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