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Gaddafi!In Qusay's mind, there came to mind that star-like face, that messy hair that never seemed to be washed, and that eloquent speaker who always used body language to strengthen what he said. Come with the rebellious one who expresses desire.

Gaddafi, in the history of later generations, is also a very controversial figure, and the world's evaluation of him is mixed.In the eyes of some people, he is "the great savior", "national hero", "revolutionary leader", "middle eastern strongman"; Doctrine supporters", "tyrants".But now, he is definitely a god-like existence in the hearts of the Syrian people.

Omar Muammar Gaddafi was born in June 1942 in an ordinary Berber herdsman family in Sirte in the Fezzan Desert region of southern Libya, belonging to the Gadhafa tribe of the Berbers. On September 6, 1969, Gaddafi led the "Zìyóu Officer Organization", overthrew the Idris dynasty, and established the Libyan Arab Republic. On March 9, 1, it was renamed the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, and served as the chairman of the Revolutionary Command Committee and concurrently Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and promoted to Colonel.Since then, Gaddafi has been in power for 1977 years.

Gaddafi is a legendary figure whose actions are often elusive.This is because he grew up in the desert and lived an unrestrained nomadic life. The leader of a country has a bohemian character, and Qusay even looked forward to seeing this strange man in Africa as soon as possible.

Chapter 834 Gaddafi's Hug

Libya is a country located in North Africa, and one of the few wealthy countries in Africa. It is located on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea and borders Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niriel, Algeria and Tunisia.Except for the coastal areas and southern mountainous areas, most of them are deserts.Moreover, Allah gave the bottom of this land the same treasure as the Middle East, oil.Therefore, here is not only an important strategic location, but also a major oil-producing country in the world, and the distance to Europe is still very close. Therefore, Villa is an important trading partner of European countries.

However, Colonel Gaddafi, the leader of Libya, is a legendary figure who is very anti-Western. In the history of later generations, he and President Saddam Hussein were called the Arab duo. The declining dynasties relied on oil to develop their own economy, and because of the resource of oil, they were spied on by foreign forces. In the end, they were directly attacked by foreign forces and defeated by the forces of the opposition party supported by them. Only the later generations of Gaddafi The death was even worse, and he didn't even have the chance to accept the trial openly and then be executed. After being discovered, he was shot and killed by an unknown soldier. The final situation of a generation of heroes was very miserable.

History clearly shows such a point of view, whether justice or evil depends on how strong one's own strength is, the principle that the winner is king and the loser is bandit is an indestructible truth no matter where you go.

No matter what the future generations will be, the current Colonel Gaddafi is still the supreme leader of the rebellious and eccentric Libya. (His eccentricity can be seen from this point. He doesn't like to call himself President Gaddafi or Chairman Gaddafi. He likes to call himself Colonel Gaddafi. To improve oneself, in the ancient times of the great eastern country, I remember that there was such an emperor who didn’t like to call himself an emperor, but instead called himself a general. He led his troops out once, and then claimed to have won the battle, and then mentioned his official position , In the end, the official position could no longer be promoted, so he had to usurp his own position and become the emperor.) For Qusay, it is very unrealistic and unrealistic to directly challenge the western developed countries and the existing world structure. Reasonable, but, when the developed countries in the West, especially the United States, are too busy or disdainful to take care of themselves, extensively developing friendly relations with Asian, African and Latin American countries, especially the Muslim-Muslim world, is of great significance to the development of Iraq. Strategically speaking, from the current point of view, Iraq has established a firm foothold in the Middle East. It has formed an alliance with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan and other countries, and has subdued Iran and Syria, which were originally at odds with Iraq. Looking at the entire Middle East, there is only one nail in Israel that has not been pulled out, and this nail, now under the ravages of Qusay, has lost the arrogance of later generations, and is in conflict with the master, and has enough in Iraq. After challenging the capital of the United States, this nail will eventually be pulled out.

At the same time, Qusay’s vision has long been limited not only to the Middle East, but to the east. He has extended to the eastern powers. Through capital injection, he has participated in the development of various military products. , and also maintained a very friendly cooperative relationship. The performance is slightly lower than that of the F-16, but the price is less than one-third of the J-[-]'s improved super-seven fighter jets. Due to the impact of the US embargo, there has been a situation of out-of-stock, but now, relying on the friendly relationship accumulated between the two sides, the US has already resumed the supply of avionics and other equipment that Iraq has not been able to produce so far. The Seventh Fighter has turned on its full horsepower and started production.

Pakistan also plays a very important role in Qusay's strategy, because from Iraq, through Iran and Pakistan, you can directly reach the eastern power by land. In this way, in the future, if you have an enemy with the United States, you will be blocked at sea Transportation can still maintain normal exchanges with the eastern powers. Iraq’s oil exports to the eastern powers, and the cheap agricultural and sideline products, industrial raw materials, and energy in the eastern powers can be supplied normally without being affected, providing necessary supplies for the stable development of Iraq. conditions of.

To the west, Iraq needs to show its influence in Africa. Due to historical relations, most of the African countries after dúlì do not have a good impression of the Western world, while the north is mainly the Arab world, which has a close relationship with the Middle East. Now, Qusay has begun The first pawn was laid, controlling Sudan, an important oil production and exporting country in the future, and also controlling the passage of the Red Sea. Whether it is political, economic, or military interests, it is huge.

In North Africa, another important country is Libya!This country also has rich oil resources, and it is also the Arab world. Therefore, Qusay has already regarded Libya as his next goal. Welcome to this Arab brother. Of course, a very good way to bring the relationship closer is to sell weapons to Libya!

Use arms sales to firmly bind Libya around Iraq. Libya is also a country along the Mediterranean Sea. It is very important to maintain a good relationship with Libya.

Thinking of the colonel who once shook hands with Americans wearing gloves, and the colonel who welcomed the visiting British Prime Minister Blair into the tent and exposed his bare feet in front of Blair, Qusay even began to look forward to it. People with a strong personality are very easy to deal with as long as they identify their weaknesses.

Gaddafi sat on the plane and looked out the window with some anxiety. The blue sky and white clouds seemed to be so soft, and his mood gradually relaxed.

Gaddafi doesn't like flying, and even making cars is not his favorite. His favorite means of transportation is riding a camel.

However, if you really ride a camel, it may take a month or two to reach Iraq. Similarly, even if you take a car, you have to pass through Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia to get there. Therefore, Gaddafi’s only way is to Could be by plane.

Although Gaddafi's visit to Iraq this time seems to be a whim, in fact, it has been a question he has considered for a long time.Prior to this, Libya also supported Iran in terms of the Iran-Iraq War, but it was not as obvious as Syria, and it did not have the status of a major power in the Middle East to fight for, so it was not very obvious.Now that Iran has fallen, Syria has become an ally with Iraq. Gaddafi is not a person who does not understand the general trend. He knows that in the Arab world, the rise of Iraq means an unstoppable trend. Then, the development of Libya and Iraq A good relationship becomes very important.

Of course, the more direct reason is that Gaddafi saw a piece of news about a tall and powerful chariot equipped by the Iraqi troops in Syria. Those eight-wheeled monsters are very suitable for driving in the desert. In particular, when Gaddafi learned that this kind of chariot was completely a Desert Leopard wheeled infantry fighting vehicle independently developed and produced by Iraq, Gaddafi finally made up his mind to visit Iraq and order a batch of these kind of chariot.

Because, up to now, this kind of chariot has only been equipped with the Iraqi army, and has never been exported. Gaddafi feels that only when he personally dispatches it will it be possible for the other party to export it. Iraq under the leadership of that young man Gaddafi has only heard about it, and he has made great achievements, and he really wants to go there to see it.

Gaddafi had a premonition that the import of weapons would go very smoothly this time. However, he did not expect that when he left, he signed a contract worth billions of dollars, making Libya the third country after Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Three major clients of Iraqi arms exports. (Pakistan is regarded as a cooperation project) After getting off the plane, Gaddafi's eyes lit up. Although he didn't see the legendary Middle Eastern God of War, he met his old acquaintance, the number two figure in Iraq, Taha Yassin , He came to pick up the plane, which shows that Iraq attaches great importance to his visit.

"Colonel, welcome to Iraq." As Taha said, he was about to shake hands with Gaddafi.

Libya is also an Arab country, and the languages ​​of both sides are common Arabic.

Unexpectedly, Gaddafi stretched out his hand, as if to shake hands with him, but suddenly took another step forward temporarily, and a pair of powerful hands hugged Taha.

"By Allah, I finally saw my Arab brothers again." Gaddafi said, no one could tell if there was a teasing expression in the eyes under the sunglasses at this time.

Taha, who was suddenly attacked, smiled helplessly in his heart, and had no choice but to step forward and hug Gaddafi, and patted the other side's back vigorously, as if the two were old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years .As the breeze blew, Gaddafi's long hair gently scratched Taha's face, making it itchy.

Fortunately, this scene ended soon, Taha let go of Gaddafi, and there was already a beautiful scenery in front of him.

Several heroic female bodyguards in camouflage military uniforms and headscarves appeared in front of Taha. They were Gaddafi's personal bodyguards.

These bodyguards are all beautiful, strong, heroic and dazzling, and they stand by Gaddafi's side every step of the way, loyally protecting his safety.

Looking at Colonel Gaddafi, who was very personable in every gesture, Taha said, "Colonel, our president welcomes you at the Palace of the Republic."

Chapter 835 Libyan Arms Sales Project

Seeing that after Gaddafi got into the car, two female bodyguards also got into the car, and the rest got into the car next to him, Taha really envied this guy who was not yet 40 years old.

Taha knew that Colonel Gaddafi advocated women's liberation, and that women's status in Arab countries should be improved, instead of always wearing a veil and not being able to talk to men casually. This is the same as President Qusay's proposal.However, Gaddafi did it more quickly and in a very different way. Instead of making women equal to men in other positions, he first established it in the military. In 1978, Gaddafi approved the establishment of the Tripoli Women's Military Academy. In September 1981, Gaddafi personally attended the graduation ceremony of the first batch of graduates. Since then, Gaddafi's guards began to use female bodyguards. Afterwards, this phenomenon became more and more common. Now, all of Colonel Gaddafi's bodyguards are women, which has become a beautiful sight.

When President Saddam Hussein was in power, Qusay liked to go to the airport to greet those important people, such as Arafat, Gorbachev and others, but now, Qusay has become the president, so Qusay’s Due to his identity, he can no longer go to the airport to greet him in person, and it is already a great face to the other party to be able to meet the visitor on the same day.

After the convoy arrived at the Palace of the Republic, Gaddafi's female bodyguard got out of the car first to protect Gaddafi's safety. Then, Gaddafi got out of the car slowly, and accompanied by Taha, entered the Palace of the Republic.

"Colonel Gaddafi is welcome to Iraq," Qusay said in a spacious conference room.

Looking at the female bodyguards behind Gaddafi who kept walking every step of the way, Qusay really wanted to ask, is he still afraid of being assassinated in Iraq?Iraq will naturally protect his safety, especially here, those bodyguards are really useless, of course, this may be Gaddafi's signature.

"I'm very happy to be here. Under the leadership of President Qusay, Iraq has become stronger and stronger. It is a role model for us Arab countries!" Gaddafi said.

Listening to Gaddafi's words, Qusay knew that this was an expression of his own attitude. They also recognized Iraq's status as an Arab power, even surpassing Egypt?

There are still necessary greetings among state leaders. After talking about the friendship between the Arab countries and the international situation for more than an hour, Gaddafi felt that it was almost time, and finally started his intention: "President Qusay , your country's military industry has developed very fast, and has surpassed Egypt to become the number one industrial country in the Arab world."

"Yes, in the Arab world, if we want to change the current situation, we must start with the establishment of industry. We not only rely on oil, but also rely on industry. A country can only be a promising country if its industry is developed. country," Qusay said.

"Your country's army is equipped with a new type of wheeled combat vehicle. In the process of helping Syria to stabilize the domestic order, that kind of tank arrived in Syria as soon as possible by air. We in Libya are also very interested." Gaddafi said.

Hearing Gaddafi's words, Qusay knew that this Arab brother really came to give him money.

Qu Sai frowned: "We only successfully developed that kind of infantry fighting vehicle at the end of last year. It was finalized and equipped with troops. In order to transform our motorized infantry division into a mechanized infantry division, we need a large number of infantry fighting vehicles." Desert Leopard infantry fighting vehicle, now, our factory has been producing at full capacity, but it still can’t meet our needs, the last time King Fahd and I asked, I didn’t agree.”

Qusay wants to equip this kind of infantry fighting vehicle in large quantities. However, opening up the market is definitely a step that Qusay will carry out in the future. The main components such as the engine and gearbox are completely the same as those for civilian use. Therefore, in terms of production capacity It won't be a big problem. The most is to slow down the production of trucks. Anyway, Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks are high-end products, and the demand is not as large as that of Steyr heavy trucks.

As for King Fahd's request, Qusay said it casually. The Gaddafi brothers would never go to King Fahd for proof of Qusay's words, would they?

Although Libya is also an Arab brother, there are still differences between Saudi Arabia and other countries. In particular, Libya has rich oil resources and is very rich in the country. Therefore, he wants this kind of infantry fighting vehicle. Then, Iraq's asking price, It can't be too low, otherwise, I will lose face!

Libya took the initiative to order this kind of infantry fighting vehicle, which shows that the infantry fighting vehicle developed by Iraq fully meets the needs of actual combat and has a large foreign trade market. As for Saudi Arabia and other countries, it is because of the current Qusay There is really no plan to export it.

"We, Libya, and Iraq are both Arab brothers. We should help each other. In the past few times, whether it was the actions of reducing or increasing oil production advocated by Iraq, we firmly supported them, because, in my opinion, President Qusay, you are a friend worthy of our association with Syria," Gaddafi said.

Gaddafi, a Bedouin who was born in the desert, attaches great importance to the word friendship. He opposes the West and the United States mainly because of his support for the Palestinian brothers, and for the African countries that asked him for assistance. The country, he has always been generous.

Therefore, what Gaddafi said, Libya's support for Iraq is enough. Libya also suffered a certain loss from the last oil production increase. This situation needs Iraq to pay back.

"Yes, we are Arab brothers, so even if we in Iraq don't have equipment, we will meet your needs first." Qusay said: "As long as Libya needs this kind of infantry fighting vehicle, we can sell it at cost price. For the Arab brothers."

Hearing Qusay's answer, Gaddafi was finally satisfied. After all, Libya can be regarded as a country that supports Iraq, and Iraq should reciprocate Libya.

"We in Libya need to order [-] vehicles in advance. If it is suitable, our final order quantity will be around [-] vehicles." Gaddafi said.

One thousand cars!This is exactly the number of BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles equipped by later generations of Libya. Now, Iraq has taken all the business from the Soviet Union.

"Okay, then we will first export to you 50 Desert Leopard basic infantry fighting vehicles at a price of 50 US dollars each." Qusay said.[-] vehicles, each at [-] US dollars, this is a project worth [-] million US dollars, and it is considered a big business.

"I am very grateful to my Arab brothers," Gaddafi said: "Most of our Syria is a desert area, there are no mountains, and the use of tracked infantry battlefields is a bit wasteful. Wheeled infantry fighting vehicles are our good choice. .”

"In addition to infantry fighting vehicles, you actually need to update other weapons and equipment. Colonel, I have to make a comment. You only pay attention to the construction of the army, and you ignore the air force and navy!" Qusay said.

Hearing Qusay's words, Taha's heart tightened. Qusay was ten years younger than Gaddafi. Gaddafi would not be angry if he educated Gaddafi in such a critical tone.Even Sadat of Egypt once euphemistically hinted that Gaddafi's character is a bit weird.