''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege'' is a 2002

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for ''

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'' developed by

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and published by

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for

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. It is also an unlockable campaign in the

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version of ''Ghost Recon''. Set in the

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one year after the events of the base game, ''Desert Siege'' follows the "Ghosts", an elite

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unit of the

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, as they intervene in a war between

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and

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Plot

In 2009, relations between

and

rapidly deteriorate into war after

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Tesfaye Wolde of the

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, who had conducted illegal arms trades with Russian ultranationalists to finance their war the previous year, overthrows the Ethiopian government in a

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and launches an

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invasion of Eritrea. With the international community's attention drawn after the conflict threatens

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in the

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, and the Eritrean government making international pleas for assistance, the United States mobilizes the Ghosts to liberate Eritrea. After deploying to Eritrea, the Ghosts destroy an Ethiopian occupation camp near a beach, retake control of an Ethiopian-controlled Eritrean oil refinery, capture an Ethiopian-held train depot, and protect a

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convoy, before managing to force the Ethiopians out of Eritrea and capture one of Wolde's high-ranking lieutenants. Enraged by the failures of his plans, a defiant Wolde orders one final invasion of Eritrea by personally leading a tank column across the border, but the Ghosts intercept and kill him. With Wolde dead and his remaining forces in disarray, the Ethiopian military surrenders, the legitimate government of Ethiopia is restored, and Eritrea is liberated.

Reception

''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege'' was met with positive reception upon release;

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gave it a score of 83.17%, while

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gave it 82 out of 100.

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