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Chapter 31 The New Center

It refers to the existence of two opposing force centers composed of groups of equal strength within a specific relationship. Other forces are more or less attached to these two force centers. This system is called a bipolar system.

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As the New Year bells sounded, Baghdad experienced the test of blood and fire. Saddam Houssein once again showed his iron-blooded means and strong control of the country. All the rebels who dared to resist him were suppressed bloodily. The commander of the division, Talebi and the secretary of the Presidential Palace, Abid Abiata, were involved in the rebellion, and they, as well as their relatives and entourages, were all secretly executed.

Baghdad was still filled with blood in the morning, and panicked citizens gathered at nearby mosques to listen to the imams chanting scriptures, as if this could help them avoid disasters that fell on their heads at any time. The tanks and armed soldiers patrolling the streets brought uneasy to people's hearts, but the order in Baghdad was very peaceful throughout the whole day, without any riots or abnormalities.

However, all this cannot be concealed by the blow that President Saddam suffered in this rebellion. This blow was not only reflected in the doubts of his prestige, but also in his loyal hands. The brother-in-law, former Defense Minister Adnan Helala, refused to cooperate with the rebels and was "gloriously martyred". Even President Saddam's eldest son Uday Hassansein also had a "heroic struggle and unfortunately sacrificed heroically" with the rebels. President Saddam and the Iraqi government held a grand funeral for them in Baghdad.

At the funeral, foreign observers keenly noticed that in this grand funeral where almost all Iraqi political and military leaders came to attend, they did not see the commander of the Southern Military Region, Couse Abdullah, which attracted many speculations, especially the diplomats of the Soviet Union, the United States and France. The media described Couse's absence with an excited and good attitude: "This new master of the South expressed his contempt for President Saddam's power in a silent and absent manner." Michael Richardson, a special correspondent of the New York Times, wrote maliciously in his own news.

In the afterglow of the funeral, Saddam instructed the security department to start a major purge of all political forces in Baghdad. Iraq's military and personnel arrangements also made major adjustments. Akrasim, the commander of the Medina Division, who performed well in suppressing the rebellion, was promoted to commander of the Baghdad Military Region, and former leader of the security department, Izart Sibavi, was promoted to the senior leadership of the Baghdad Socialist Party, and became the third leader of the party.

Saddam's hard-core supporter in the army, Saadi Tuma Abbas finally replaced the dead Adnan Helala and became the new Minister of Defense. But his power has been greatly reduced. Not to mention that several southern provinces and regions and powerful southern troops refused to obey his orders, even the commanders of the northern military regions had the power to directly state to His Excellency the President. To put it, he was just a decoration. But Saadi Tuma Abbas was still very happy, after all, the Minister of Defense was the highest position in a soldier's career that can be achieved in his life.

Saddam in the presidential palace looked stern. He knew very well how Udai died. It was impossible for him to be shot into a sieve at close range by dozens of pistols and bullets.

Although Saddam was very dissatisfied with Uday, he always believed that Uday would not die and that others should not execute the death penalty against Uday, which made him very angry. But he knew that there was only one person in Iraq who dared to do this - that is Kuse Abdullah.

Saddam began to examine this son carefully for the first time, and he found that he was very unfamiliar with him. The young man with a low figure, silent and firm figure was no longer the little devil in his eyes. He was vicious, vicious, clean, ruthless, and unknowingly, he had the capital and ability to fight against him.

Saddam began to observe this young man from the perspective of an opponent rather than a father and son. After carefully reading the information sent by the intelligence department, he found out that Kusé Abdullah was a rare political and military genius. During the past international and domestic storms, Kusé almost made a wrong choice. After each storm, countless people fell, but he became stronger and stronger. The troops with backward equipment and low morale came to his hands and turned into an invincible and invincible invincible army.

Saddam felt that he had ignored Kusai too much. For a long time, due to his debt to Udai, he loved Udai too much and wanted to train him to become the future successor of the Iraqi regime. But he did not expect that a more suitable successor than Udai rose by his side. But he ignored it. Until Kusai was strong enough to fight for power for him, his collision with Udai was completely exploded. Perhaps, the murder of Kusai and Udai was fundamentally the result of his negligence! Saddam began to examine his faults for the first time.

But now is not the time to review, Uday was murdered. Kusé is challenging his position in Iraq and must make some moves... Saddam said to himself.

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Another center of power in Iraq, the South, Basra...

At this time, Liu Ming did not care about Saddam's thoughts. Uday is dead. As long as he is not a fool, anyone can guess that he is the biggest beneficiary of Uday's death, and many people will doubt him. So what?

Liu Ming left these ideas contempt behind his mind, and he had more important things to do. Although on the first day, the very famous proposal of later generations officially replaced the old system and became the cornerstone of the Internet. However, Liu Ming did not have the energy to consider this change that could change the life of later generations. The first item he worked for was the industrial contract for the construction of the South. This huge capital contract determines the future of industrial construction in the South to a certain extent. It also determines who Liu Ming can become his true ally for a long time in the future.

The French and Americans have had several battles on this contract! Due to Liu Ming's behavior, the French suffered a little loss at the beginning. The arrogant Gauls did not expect that Uncle Sam would mobilize all forces to destroy their business behavior - this was because Liu Ming asked someone to secretly reveal some news in private, telling the French delegation that the Americans used spies to steal French quotations and urgently summoned domestic experts to find the French loopholes.

When they learned that a large contract worth tens of billions of dollars might fly away and fall into the Americans' pockets, they learned that the Americans actually used such despicable and shameless means, from the French president to the corporate employees, Napoleon's descendants were angry. The lion-like blood flowing on the French people, sweeping across Europe finally exploded. The French government urgently met with the US ambassador to France, protested strongly to him and postponed the intelligence cooperation meeting between France and NATO.

The major French groups have also united with an unprecedented patriotic attitude. Many related companies that have been kept secrets have carried out technical cooperation and sharing to improve their products. They want to completely defeat the Americans and obtain the big contract with the best technology, the best prices and the most intimate cooperation. This is no longer a business issue, but a major diplomatic event involving the nation and the country.

When Liu Ming received the Frenchman's new quotation and industrial transfer details, he smiled on his face. The price of technology transfer and equipment introduced was reduced by the first time, and the technical descriptions were almost twice as many materials as the first time. Many products were first-class in the world in Liu Ming's memory at that time, and were not even popular in France and Europe. It seems that the French have really put in hard work.

What surprised Liu Ming even more was that the angry French also organized a group of first-class European experts to criticize and explain the Americans' quotations and technical information in detail, almost completely criticizing the Americans and being embarrassed. This document made Liu Ming laugh. He leaked the information to the Americans through an "industrial spy" and "secretly" contacted the media, preparing to announce his ugly behavior on the charge of fraud in American companies and as inferior as good ones.

The bosses of large American companies who originally thought they were sure to win were waiting for a large amount of contracts and money to fall into their pockets. Suddenly, they heard the news like "Bizzard from the Blue Sky", and were a little dizzy. But after being dazzled, the American bosses gathered together and couldn't help but be shocked, angry and regretful. What was shocked was that this material was definitely made by an expert, and it was pointed at everywhere, and analyzed the tricks and methods of American companies very thoroughly. Once published, the reputation of these American companies for hundreds of years of integrity will be seriously affected. If they return to China, they will not be torn apart by the angry board of directors?

What's angry is that the French are too ruthless. One of them just looked for loopholes in their contracts, did not completely expose their business fraud and traps, and did not involve too much technical specific things. After all, everyone is a peer, and they have to abide by some rules and leave a way out for others. Everyone has to cooperate in the future. But I didn't expect that these French people are so cruel that they will be punished to death, and they will not give up until they label Americans as profiteers. How is that so great?

What Americans regret is that they did not jointly defraud Iraqi rusty buns from the beginning. After all, they are all advanced countries and should work together to deal with the developing countries! Until now, it is already a rage from heaven and people, and they will never agree to the war without beating their subordinates.

Liu Ming announced the first bidding contract. Recently, the first phase of the Vaseji Oilfield in Saudi Arabia was officially won by the famous French Total Oil Elf Oil Company, and was jointly invested and constructed by the two companies and the Iraqi Southern Government. Total and Elf Oil invested US$400 million and US$200 million respectively. After the completion of the first phase of the project, the oil field will have a daily production capacity of 50,000 barrels of crude oil.

As soon as the contract was announced, all French companies were cheering and cheering. The faces of American corporate bosses were getting old. They secretly planned that the White House and the guys on Capitol Hill would come out to express something, otherwise the Americans would get nothing.

As for what it means? Didn’t you see the French selling the Phantom Fighter to Iraq? We in the United States have nothing else, and the arms and journalists are not worse than any other country!
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