Babylonian Empire

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"Yeah, how about the new captain?" Kamal said nonchalantly, as if he was not affected.

The new captain?Baldler made a comparison. As the president's private security armed special guard, they can be said to be the closest unit to the president. They need first-class combat skills and loyalty to the president. They are all from the president. In my hometown, I have to be of the same family. It can be said that the selection criteria are higher than those of the Republican Guard.However, they are loyal to President Saddam, and now they have changed to a new president. Logically, they should continue to be loyal to the new president.

The new captain is actually more capable than Kamal, especially in terms of training. They have been trained more intensely. It seems that the new captain is from the mysterious rattlesnake special force next to the president. Practice to death, so Baldler felt that Kamal was better.

In particular, they were all picked by Kamal, and now, after accepting new leadership, there is always a feeling of estrangement.

"The new captain... today's weather is really good." Baldler suddenly changed his tone and vomited bitterness to Kamal?It didn't seem appropriate. If he didn't pay attention, he might lose his position as vice-captain. He suddenly felt that it was inappropriate to meet the former captain today. They all saw it. President Qusay, The two brothers-in-law are not reused very much.

"Brother Barr, I'm looking for you today because I have an important matter, and I need your help." Kamal said.

He personally promoted Baldler. In the entire special guard, it can be said that Baldler is the person he trusts the most. However, Kamal still found out the people below. There are already five small captains. Accept After accepting his proposal, he came to Baldler only after he was confident enough.

Because what he wants to do is a big event, and this big event must be successful once!

"You can say anything, as long as I can do it, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it." Baldler patted his chest and said.

My old boss, former captain, and long-standing friends come to me with something, so as long as I can do it, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it.Baldler didn't know that his old friend was going to push himself into the fire pit.

Seeing Baldler's righteousness, Kamal was overjoyed, and said, "Now in Baghdad, there is a conspiracy and rebellious force trying to subvert our current Iraqi regime."

"Where is it?" Baldler was startled. Intuitively, he wanted to take up arms and drag out this force. It turned out that Kamal came to find him this time because of such a big event!Although Kamal was not reused, it was all on the surface. After all, he was also the brother-in-law of President Qusay.Now, President Qusay has no brother or father. These two brothers-in-law must be the people he trusts the most. Otherwise, how would he find out that there is a rebellious force?Moreover, thinking that Kamal was once the leader of their army, he thought at the same time, perhaps, their army was specially reserved for Kamal by President Qusay to carry out this kind of mission!

After President Qusay became the new president of Iraq, the status of the Southern Military Region has been improved. Almost all the guards around President Qusay are from the Southern Military Region. Their army feels left out, but Now, Baldler finally knows, they are still the most important!

"Don't worry." Looking at Baldler's expression, Kamal was a little more sure of the success of his plan.

Find Baldler and tell him directly that he is here to win him to rebel. Baldler will definitely not agree. Therefore, Kamal found an indirect method and told him that there is a rebel force in Baghdad. Where is the force?In the Palace of the Republic, in the Ministry of Defense!Under the order of the secret President Qusay, they need to find out this rebellious force under the command of Kamal!

After successfully carrying out this mission, Baldler would be told that he was the one who really rebelled. However, at that time, Baldler had no way of turning back and could only follow himself.

In doing so, Kamal is aiming for the greatest success. Although he is sure of gaining Baldler's support, there are risks involved.At that time, if Baldler refuses, what should he do?

"We are now secretly investigating these rebel forces. After reporting to the president and obtaining consent, we will hold an operation tonight to completely eradicate these forces and help the president stabilize his regime. Now, the president has just Come to power, in our Baghdad, some people have already started activities, and some of them are still in high positions, so, Brother Barr, you have to be mentally prepared." Kamal continued.

High weight?Baldler's heart skipped a beat, how high is it?Could it be Taha Yassin, the number two figure in the Baath Party?This person is neither from Saddam's family nor has much contact with President Qusay. It is said that the two sometimes do not even say hello when they meet.

He vaguely felt that this time, he and his army would be involved in a vortex of power struggle in Baghdad.However, to be loyal to President Saddam, and also to the current president, from any point of view, this is the mission of their army.

"Don't worry, we will definitely complete the task, regardless of whether the other party is high-ranking or not." Baldler said, he was expressing his confession and swearing his absolute allegiance to the new president.

But he didn't know that all of this was being deceived by the serious man in front of him.

Kamal is very satisfied. It seems that Baldler has completely believed his words, so that's fine. In two days, the person who helped him win power will be the new Minister of Defense, and he will follow his rebels. People, you have to give the other party enough benefits.

At that time, even if Baldler found something wrong and wanted to give up, he would have nowhere to go, because those junior officers would absolutely obey Kamal's orders.

So far, Kamal's coup has gone very smoothly. He has contacted the secretaries of two high-level officials in the Palace of the Republic, the Deputy Minister of Petroleum, and several veterans of the Baath Party. Sometimes, when he comes to power, he will also get a certain amount of support.

Kamal didn't know, a pair of eyes were staring at him in the dark.

"The target met with a person again today, the deputy captain of the President's private armed special guard, Lieutenant Colonel Baldler." In a low house, a person reported to the person sitting in front.

vice captain?Hassar, who has been in charge of monitoring, raised his head, his heart is clear, the situation is very clear now, the target has won the support of this special guard, and he hopes to use this guard to launch a coup, doesn't the target know, Have the small captains of the guard he found already pledged their allegiance to President Qusay?Only this stupid deputy captain was finally met by the target, which meant that the day of the target's action was coming soon.

You have to go through a secret channel and report to President Qusay immediately!

Chapter 687 Night in Baghdad

McFarlane acted very quickly. After accepting the task of President Reagan, he organized his negotiating team and started boarding the plane to Iraq.

In fact, McFarlane had many options for his first stop. For example, he could go to Israel or Saudi Arabia, but he chose to go to Iraq, because McFarlane knew that now, the entire Middle East The source of the storm is in Iraq. As long as Iraq is persuaded to agree to the idea of ​​peace talks, then half of the mission of his trip will be accomplished.Able to take on these major events, MacFarlane is a successful diplomat.

Of course, there is another reason. McFarlane has a good impression of the Iraqi side because of the rescue of his own hostages last time. He believes that it is very easy to open a breakthrough from here.

However, Casey was taken aback when he learned that McFarlane had gone to Iraq for the first stop, but at this time, the diplomatic team with an important mission had already boarded the plane, so he could only look forward to the arrival of this important mission in Iraq. This storm will not affect this team of our own.

When the plane landed at Baghdad International Airport, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon local time.

Looking at the familiar scene outside the cabin, McFarlane had a kind feeling in his heart. If it wasn't for the Iraqis, he might still be living an ape-like life in a certain cave in Iran!

After getting off the plane, someone from the airport was already there to greet him. McFarlane was on the plane and looked through almost all the current documents in Iraq. He knew those people, and the head of them was the Iraqi foreign minister, Tariq. He stepped into a high position by Qusay's side, and was Qusay's right-hand man.

"Your visit is very welcome." Tariq said, seeing the American team represented by McFarlane getting off the plane, and then stretched out his right hand.

Originally, when they learned that the United States was going to send a diplomatic team to do peace talks between the two sides, Baghdad discussed it for a long time. For all cooperation with Iraq and imposing sanctions on Iraq, then Iraq should give the other party some color this time, for example, only send an ordinary secretary to greet them, and let them hang in the Baghdad International Hotel for a few days.

However, Tariq objected, because this is a diplomatic matter. If Iraq wants to become a big country in the Middle East, then, in these respects, it must not be too stingy. That is not the style of a big country. In diplomacy, even if The two countries are about to declare war, and the diplomats are very kind, not to mention, they are here for peace.

The two sides couldn't stop arguing. In the end, they asked for instructions from President Qusay, who had already gone to Amman. President Qusay made the decision to let Tariq go to meet him. Moreover, Tariq was in charge of the full power affairs and explained the bottom line of the Iraqi negotiation.

As far as the United States is concerned, it is okay to end this war decently. However, how to calculate the problem of this war and how Israel will compensate the Arab countries for their losses must be made clear. Thinking of the high cost of the missiles launched The price made Qu Sai feel a little heartbroken.

"It's a great honor to be in this beautiful country again this time," said McFarlane, who also speaks fluent Arabic. "Please pass on my warmest regards to the President of your country and condolences on the death of President Saddam Hussein."

McFarlane spoke with sincerity, and it was the best opening line he could come up with.

"Thank you." Tariq said: "The despicable behavior of Israel this time has made all of us Arabs angry. We have done what we should do for the peace of the Middle East and the denuclearization of the Middle East. , but incurs an insolent blow, which is the most despicable act of an aggressor."

Well, McFarlane feels a bit overwhelmed. The opening remarks just now were a failure. Now, seeing what Tariq said, everyone's eyes are staring at this place, as if McFarlane said something wrong, and he will be exposed. You can't beat him up, McFarlane knows the cause and effect of this incident, and he also knows that he must now take the next sentence satisfactorily, neither can he say that all of this is the fault of Israel. There is no benefit to the peace talks, and it cannot be said that Iraq's attack was the first, so that it will anger everyone present.

As soon as he got off the plane, he gave himself a warning. McFarlane turned his head and said: "What is happening now is a tragedy on the land of the Middle East. All of this should never have happened. These tragedies happened, so we came here in good faith, hoping to bring peace here."

Not to mention whose reason it is, but to say that the purpose of my coming is to promote the peace talks between the two sides. The other party is the Minister of Foreign Affairs. What I said just now is only diplomatic language. I hope he will not ask any more questions.

Sure enough, Tariq also said: "We Arabs are all peace-loving. We hope that peace can be restored here so that all our people can live in a life without air strikes and wars."

After the two parties shook hands warmly, McFarlane's delegation boarded the car that came to meet them.

Since it was already late, formal negotiations would begin the next day.

McFarlane stayed in the Baghdad International Hotel, looking at the already dark night sky outside, counting the brilliant stars in the sky, and even suffered from insomnia.

He didn't know that on this night, there were many people who stayed up all night just like him.

On the surface, Ali's armored force has already marched to the western border, ready to be thrown into the battle against Israel at any time. His armored force is one of the most effective armored forces in Iraq.

However, on this night, their entire army stopped advancing. In the Ramadi area, they began to turn around and began to return to the east, and they had to reach Kazima in northern Iraq before dawn. Because of this, and hid in a small town there, waiting for Baghdad's order at any time to enter the city of Baghdad.

"Our intelligence agencies have found out that there are more than 30 people in Baghdad who are closely connected with the Kamal brothers. Some of them are nobles with prominent backgrounds in Baghdad, and some are not reused in the new government. The previous zhèngfǔ officials, and some of our current zhèngfǔ personnel, among them the highest positions are the two prime minister secretaries, both of whom are from the same hometown of the Kamal brothers, and the biggest reliance of the Kamal brothers now is the president Private Security Armed Special Guard, this force was formed by the Kamal brothers. Although they have left this army, they still have a great influence on this army. Now, there are five captains in the army , the relationship with Kamal is too close, and the vice-captain of this team was received by Kamal during the day today, and the two sides had a secret talk for an hour." Defense Minister Adnan, who was in charge, received the news.

Before Qusay left, he had discussed with Adnan and others that in Iraq, there would be a rebel force trying to create chaos. After the report, there was still some hesitation.

He didn't expect that it was the Kamal brothers who wanted to overthrow Qusay's rule and gain power in Iraq.

Adnan-Halala is the brother of Qusay's biological mother Sajidah-Halala, that is to say, he is Qusay's uncle, and at the same time, he is also Qusay's two sisters, Rahed and Rah Na's uncle and the husband of the two nieces, Hussein Kamal and Saddam Kamal's uncle.

At previous family gatherings, the two Kamal brothers expressed their desire to re-enter the army and help Qusay share some of the burden.However, Qusay did not agree, and just let them take the official positions of Minister of Sports and Minister of Information without real government power. For these two people who have never been to a military academy and have no command ability, this is actually the same. It's a good position, but the ambitions of these two people are not directly proportional to their abilities. Now, they actually want to rebel!