Mahmoud said without hesitation: "Even if he is not, we still need him to be!"
Saddam glanced at Mahmoud with satisfaction, nodded and said: "Ma will explain it to us and let all the media and newspapers under our control be divided into two groups. Is this incident a conspiracy directed and staged by the Americans? Debate. Please search () for the most complete view! I have already prepared the title of the novel, "The Maine Incident Re-enacted"!"
"Yes! Mr. President." Mahmoud solemnly accepted the order, but stood still.
"Do you have anything else?" Saddam asked in a deep voice.
¡°The Eastern Alliance protested against us, accusing our media of why they deliberately pointed out that the submarine that attacked the USS Stark was manufactured by the Eastern Alliance during such an extraordinary period.¡±
Mahmoud solemnly replied: "Mr. Zhang Chunrui, the Ambassador of the Eastern Alliance to my country, made it clear that if the President fails to appear and explain clearly, all weapons orders purchased by our country from the Eastern Alliance will be stopped, and all economic losses and consequences will be incurred. It¡¯s all borne by our country.¡±
Saddam pondered for a long time and took a few steps back and forth. "You tell Ambassador Zhang for me that this is due to the lack of supervision by our country's propaganda department. I have ordered the dismissal of all positions of the current propaganda minister. In addition, I will give the head of the Eastern Alliance, Mr. Yang Weiping, Call and communicate in person.¡±
"Yes!" Mahmoud turned around and left quickly.
Saddam slowly walked to the world map hanging on the south wall, stared at the location of the Eastern Union on the map for a while, then returned to the desk, picked up the red landline phone microphone, and started dialing.
"Head-in-Chief Yang, I am Saddam Hussein."
"I said, Lao Sa, you are so unethical! Do you know that the official media of the Iraqi government made me very passive now!"
"Yang Yuan, this is a misunderstanding. I have dismissed our country's Propaganda Minister who has failed to supervise the news media from all positions. In addition, I have arranged for all mainstream media and radio stations in our country to specifically clarify that this is an attempt to undermine the two countries. Rumors of friendship!¡±
"There is no point in taking these remedial measures now! Lao Sa, just wait and see. The US government will definitely accuse our Eastern Alliance government, which will inevitably affect the arms trade between our two countries. You can think about it in the future. It¡¯s hard to get more advanced weapons and equipment from me!¡±
Yang Weiping, who is on the other end of the phone, is currently in the head of state's office cabin on Eastern Alliance Air Force One. He is leaning on the sofa in a relatively comfortable sitting position, tilting his head and holding the personal mobile phone placed on his right shoulder with his face, while talking to Sa Dam was talking on the phone while chatting with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher with both hands on the laptop in front of her.
"I believe that with the wisdom of President Yang, there will be a way to deal with the groundless accusations and demands of the Americans. I will now inform President Yang of a fact that we have just investigated. Hamid, the submarine captain who commanded the attack on the Stark ¡¤Major Salah, who studied in the United States from 1975 to 1978. There are multiple proofs that show that Major Hamid Salah has long been instigated by the CIA and betrayed our country, Iraq!"
Hearing what Saddam said, Yang Weiping quickly typed in the QQ dialog box with his hands and five fingers:
¡°Ma¡¯am, I¡¯m on the phone with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Saddam himself said that Major Hamid Salah, the commander of the Iraqi Navy submarine that attacked the USS Stark, had studied in the United States for four years, and now Saddam had multiple Evidence, it is suspected that Major Hamid Salah was instigated by the CIA.
Mrs. Thatcher, who is known as the Iron Lady on QQ, quickly replied: Now that there is no evidence to prove, the trick that Saddam came up with is somewhat useful!
"Lao Sa, let me ask you, are you bored? Why do you think you are going to provoke the US emperor when you have nothing to do? Do you think Iraq is too peaceful now?" Yang Weiping said this with obvious ridicule.
"I think I was being used." Saddam said with a wry smile on the phone: "I originally just wanted to give the Americans a small warning to let them restrain themselves in the Persian Gulf. How could I have thought of it?" The executor carefully selected by the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces is actually an undercover agent. Head Yang, I am in trouble right now!"
"Alas! What should I say to you!"
Yang Weiping sighed and said: "If it weren't for the fact that you are Uday's father, you would have to burn incense if I didn't do anything to you this time. The Iraqi government has fallen into trouble. Regarding the origin of the 'Bullet' class pocket submarine , how are you going to give me an explanation?"
"Didn't your Eastern Alliance cooperate with North Korea to help them build a shipyard specializing in the production of light submarines? I can discuss with Chairman Kim of North Korea to provide free global advertising for the light submarines manufactured by North Korea. I think, goldThe chairman should agree to my proposal. "Saddam said with confidence.
"You mean you want North Korea to take the blame?" Yang Weiping asked, obviously a little surprised: "You think Golden Sun is stupid!"
"North Korea has been silent in the international political arena for too long. They need an opportunity for the international community to hear the voice of the North Korea authorities." Saddam replied meaningfully.
"Okay, as long as our Eastern Alliance can distance itself from the Stark incident, I don't care who you find to take the blame. By the way, Lao Sa, who do you think is cheating you?"
"I don't know who he is yet, but I am sure that this guy is a lunatic who intends to restart the war in the United States!" Saddam gritted his teeth and said: "This person should not be from the White House, but he definitely has CIA Background! Otherwise, he would not have been able to control our Iraqi intelligence department!"
¡°I also don¡¯t think this is the work of the White House.¡±
Yang Weiping nodded and said: "The U.S. military's invasion of Grenada two years ago was a blitzkrieg with low cost and high benefits for the U.S. government. Although this war made the U.S. begin to consider using force to implement its foreign policy in its foreign exchanges, There are signs, but I don't think the White House has the courage to try another Vietnam War overseas.
The Persian Gulf is not the Galle Sea, and Iraq¡¯s military strength is not comparable to that of a small island country like Grenada. We all know that the failure of the Vietnam War once plunged the United States into huge domestic and foreign troubles, so that the United States had to take a defensive stance during the Cold War stalemate between the United States and the Soviet Union.
This has made the White House become cautious about the use of force abroad, so that for a long time after the Vietnam War, the United States almost never conducted large-scale military operations abroad. This point was most strongly supported by the war in which I unified Burma. Therefore, I do not think that the US government currently has the risky idea of ??launching a war in the Persian Gulf region. "
¡°It¡¯s true that heroes think alike!¡±
Saddam sincerely praised on his mobile phone: "Head Yang, I also based on the same inference as you, so I thought of teaching the US Navy a small lesson in the Persian Gulf. However, it backfired, and I gave it in vain. This gave an opportunity for a certain warmonger in the United States to kidnap the will of the American people."
"Lao Sa, it seems we have to work together to find this warmonger!"
Yang Weiping's tone turned serious and he said: "Everyone has the responsibility to maintain world peace! We must not let the U.S. government be kidnapped by a group of warmongers with ulterior motives and let the U.S. government go further and further down the wrong path. I suggest We can propose to the United Nations to establish a joint investigation team for the Stark incident to get to the bottom of this evil incident that seriously affects world peace!"
"Head Yang, you are right! I will immediately arrange for someone to submit an application to the United Nations!"
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Although all the mainstream media, TV stations and radio stations in the United States are rushing to report on the "Stark Incident" that just happened, with shouts of beating and killing, no one from the top level of the White House has yet come forward to speak publicly.
In an emergency meeting convened by the White House, Bush Sr. was introducing the latest situation just learned from CIA headquarters to Reagan, Schultz, Weinberg, Kissinger and others attending the meeting.
Bush did not go into too much detail about how the USS Stark guided missile frigate was sunk. The focus of the meeting proposed by Bush Sr. was why the Iraqi Navy's captain, Lieutenant Commander Hamid Salah, did not carry out Saddam's original order.
"Gentlemen, the report submitted by the CIA East Intelligence Station clearly mentioned that Saddam's authorities were indeed planning an attack on the Perry-class guided missile frigate USS Stark, which is affiliated with the Fifth Fleet of the Chinese Navy."
Bush Sr. said slowly with a very solemn expression: "However, the main purpose of this operation planned by the Iraqis is to damage the Stark with a torpedo. Sir, please note that it is to damage! Not to sink it! The main reason why the Iraqis targeted the Stark is that the Perry-class frigate is an old warship that is about to be phased out by our navy. From this, it can be proved that Saddam does not want to declare war on the United States!"
¡°What does this mean?¡± U.S. Navy Commander James Watkins, who was present at the meeting, asked with a cold snort.
"This shows that someone cleverly took advantage of the attack carefully planned by the Iraqis, tampered with Saddam's order, and allowed Major Hamid Salah, who carried out the operation, to injure the Stark. sunk."
Schultz answered with a somewhat ugly face: "This person, or the purpose of this organization, is obviously to provoke a war between us and the Iraqis! Treat everyone in this room as white."??Just as teasing! "
"Even if the Iraqis did not sink the Stark but damaged it, doesn't the United States intend to retaliate against the Iraqis?" James Watkins continued to ask with a gloomy face.
¡°Iraq is not Grenada.¡±
Weinberg looked at Watkins with a smile and said: "The Persian Gulf is not the Galle Sea. It will not be easy to send troops to Iraq to deal with the Vietnamese, because the Soviet Union is much closer to Iraq and Vietnam."
"Did my soldiers die in vain?" Watkins shouted angrily, slamming the table.
"Of course not!"
Reagan expressed his position expressionlessly: "The dignity and pride of the United States must not be trampled on at will! Saddam's government must pay the price for this!"