() The "Green Zone" in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, is a heavily guarded area. It can be said that it is a fortress located in the center of Baghdad, the new center of Iraq, the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, the British Embassy in Iraq and
Important institutions such as the Iraqi Parliament are located in the "Green Zone".
The "Green Zone" is surrounded by concrete walls and reinforced checkpoints that can withstand the impact of explosions. The first building in the Green Zone was a complex with a palace and offices. It was built after the former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was overthrown.
Previously, this place had been the center of the Iraqi government.
This place has become a symbol of hatred among Baghdad people, not only because of the fall of Saddam, but also because the Green Zone is under the control of the Americans just like Baghdad in the past. In addition to a small number of private guards, the new government officials
In addition, most of the officials’ security guards are members of the U.S. military.
The "Green Zone" is completely surrounded by a gray concrete anti-blast wall. This wall can prevent "human bombers" and other attackers from attacking. The concrete wall has been built along the right bank of the Tigris River flowing through Baghdad, and then turns towards the land.
and blocked major roads while isolating the "green zone" from surrounding areas.
The Rashid Hotel is the only hotel in the Green Zone. During Saddam's era, foreign news media were arranged here, but now it has become a place to receive American guests. You can also buy cheap carpets in the lobby.
But the restaurant allegedly always serves unappetizing food.
From the Dal Rashid Hotel and the Parliament Building, you must pass through eight security zones. The first level is in charge of Iraqi soldiers. Since there will be car bombs on this level that are difficult to dodge, this area is very dangerous. The other ones are
The safe zone is managed by the military or security personnel of countries such as Georgia and Peru. However, there are frequent searches here. It seems that the Americans in charge of the security of the "Green Zone" do not trust these people.
Looking at the "Green Zone" from a distance, the first thing that catches the eye is the new U.S. Embassy in Iraq. Some people sarcastically say that the Americans took off their camouflage uniforms and put on suits to continue their occupation of Baghdad.
Because the U.S. Embassy in Iraq is the embassy with the largest number of people and the largest building area in the world, a general embassy with more than a hundred staff members is considered too many.
However, the number of people in the embassy in Iraq is nearly 20,000, making it the largest embassy in the world. It is said that even the total number of members of the Iraqi parliament is not as many as the number of people in the U.S. embassy.
The top commander of the US military security forces in Iraq, Major General Petraeus, who is only 40 years old, also serves as the ambassador to Iraq, but he is recognized by Iraq as a figure with more power than the president and prime minister of Iraq.
The President and Prime Minister of Iraq need his approval to travel, but with such great power concentrated in one person, Major General Petraeus does not have an easy time. Of course, his troubles come not from the Iraqi Congress, but from the United States in Iraq.
Contractors, behind these contractors are the interest groups behind the U.S. Congress.
As a Republican, Petraeus must be very careful in this position, because the current president is a Republican, and his position was won by the Republican Party behind him. If he does well, he will be promoted and make a fortune, but if he does poorly, he may not be able to do so for the rest of his life.
On the first day.
However, the young major general was not intimidated by this difficulty. On the first day he took office, he coordinated in all aspects and tried to divide the interests as equally as possible, because he could not think of any way to bias the interests to the contractors of the Republican congressmen. Shang, after all, the president can draw lots from him at any time and then replace him, which would be more gain than loss.
But greedy contractors never care whether you are thinking about them. Today they will ask the US military to deal with other contractors, tomorrow they will ask them to deal with the Chinese, and the day after tomorrow they will ask them to deal with the Russians or Iranians. .
In the end, Petraeus came up with a way to disappear all the contractors and directly inform the people behind them. As for the distribution of benefits, everything was calm in the end.
However, the Chinese gave Petraeus a headache because Longteng International and Yixinzhengfu secretly signed the largest oil contract since the founding of Yixinzhengfu, which made even the contractors who had been appeased hesitate. Well, not only did Iraq have a quarrel, but the U.S. Congress also had a quarrel.
Americans think that the United States has spent so much to conquer Iraq, but in the end it is the Chinese who enjoy the fruits alone. How can they be willing to do so? Isn't this just pulling a tooth out of a tiger's mouth?
But what can Petraeus do? The new president has not made a statement, but many people understand that Iraq's concessions are the new president's show of goodwill to China in order to obtain more assistance from China. Although he appears to have Singing about the China threat.
However, lawmakers on the Republican side asked Petraeus to impose restrictions on Chinese companies. Even if they sign contracts, they cannot live in peace.
As the current top commander of the U.S. military in Iraq, Petraeus also serves as the Director of Intelligence in Iraq for the Defense Intelligence Agency, so he can see the movements of the Chinese every day and strives to keep them under control. If necessary, he can destroy all the oil fields invested by the Chinese in Iraq in a few hours.
Of course, he didn't have to do this. At least the new president didn't want to fall out with China now, so he needed to exercise restraint. But when he received the top order from the Defense Intelligence Agency, asking him to perform a mission codenamed "Kill" , Petraeus knew trouble was coming.
He was told in the briefing that he could use all the intelligence capabilities of the US military in Iraq, and if a target emerged, he could do so at any cost.
Petraeus immediately found the key figure in this, Amat. As a senior official of the new Iraqi government, Amat was a headache for him. It was he who facilitated the order between the Iraqi government and the Chinese. So Petraeus knows him very well.
But Amat's deceitfulness is well known to everyone. Petraeus spent a lot of effort to find his weakness. If the CIA agent hadn't told him that Amat valued his family the most, Petraeus would probably have Wushui didn't believe it, but in the end he proved the CIA agent's intelligence, and Aimaiti, a cunning guy, succumbed to his desk.
Everything went well with the plan. The Chinese showed up on time and cleverly bypassed the defensive circle he set up in the Green Zone, successfully taking Amati away. At that time, Petraeus was shocked. If he hadn't been in Amati all the time, Even though Ti had a satellite locator on his body, he couldn't possibly know how Aimaiti slipped out.
But he did not bother to elaborate, because the Chinese took the bait, and Petraeus quickly ordered an attack on these Chinese, leaving only one alive for intelligence agents to torture.
But he soon discovered that these Chinese thieves were just like the rats in the underground of Baghdad. After seven days and seven nights, these Chinese did not lose any fighting force.
Petraeus was stunned at the time, because he had never seen any country's soldiers remain intact in such an attack, but soon he got what he wanted. These Chinese soldiers finally asked their soldiers The country sent a request for help. After it was intercepted by people from the intelligence agency, Petraeus finally breathed a sigh of relief. These Chinese people finally died.
Now he only needed to weave a net and wait for his real target to take the bait. However, he soon discovered that the previous Chinese people disappeared. They found all the satellite feedback devices installed in the weapons, and also found Aimaiti. The feedback device on his body, and the photos sent back by the drone told him that the last satellite feedback device was installed on a wild wolf by the Chinese.
So he is faced with two decisions. One is to ignore these Chinese and wait for his real target to take the bait. The other is to annihilate these Chinese with all his strength and wait for the Chinese to take the bait. However, both decisions will face a risk. These The Chinese may notify their headquarters and cancel the rescue.
This incident gave Petraeus a headache. In the end, he could only use a constant and ever-changing approach to conduct regional signal shielding in the area where the Chinese disappeared, and let the Iraqi security forces and Blackwater mercenaries The people tried their best to investigate the yellow-skinned faces, and if they were found, they would be killed directly.
But after more than twenty hours, there are still no clues. It is as if the Chinese have really disappeared. They did not take Amat to Iran, nor did they stay where they were.
He had no choice but to report all this, and of course he was scolded by the supervisor of the mission, who finally asked him to do his best to capture the first target.
Petraeus asked strangely at the time whether the Chinese would send reinforcements if they got the intelligence.
But the task manager's answer was simple: "He will. The more trapped he is, the more he will get into it, because he is arrogant and thinks that no one can kill him, so you only need to put Aimaiti's family out of control." Come out, and then lay a trap to catch the first target and the Chinese who disappeared."
Although Petraeus was very confused about this explanation, the first target would really be so conceited, and those Chinese who disappeared would really be able to fight back. He felt that no stupid commander would take such a risk, because he treated his subordinates I am very confident that no one can escape from the US military.
But he suddenly thought of those Chinese people who disappeared from under his eyes, and finally put aside his contempt.
"Maybe they will really come back," Petraeus said to himself.
He then convened a meeting with all senior US military personnel in Iraq, and finally left the two top leaders of Hellfire mercenaries and Blackwater in Iraq. He elaborated on his plan and said: "I need you. Select the most capable personnel, deploy them in this small town outside Baghdad, and let out the news that Amat's family is in your hands, and it will be like a blackmail by a terrorist organization, you know."
The leaders of the two mercenaries looked at each other and nodded at the same time.