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Chapter 114 Do You Think of Me as President Sa?
Haitang saw that Wei Jixiang looked unhappy, so she asked, "Jixiang, what happened?"
Wei Jixiang looked at Haitang with a strange expression: "The United States has seized the company's cargo ship, saying that there are lethal weapons on the cargo ship. Do I look like President Sa?"
Yes, this is not the first time that the United States has done this. The last time it was against Ilok, it used this reason.
The Ilok War began on March 2003, 3 and lasted for more than seven years until August 20, when the US combat troops withdrew from Ilok. The war was divided into the initial stage, stalemate stage, turning point stage and final stage. The most intense period was the first 2010 days, and the stalemate stage was also very short, and it soon entered the final stage. On April 8, 7, the United States announced that the main military operations had ended and the coalition forces "had controlled the entire territory of Ilok". On December 42, 2003, the US troops withdrew completely.
On one side was the United States, which had the sun never set, and the United States, Denmark, and Poland also participated. The United States was the main force, and on the other side were Saddam and the Iraqi army. The number of troops participating in the war was 19.2 from the United States, 45 from Iraq, and 65 from the Saddam government. In terms of war damage, 4497 people died, were injured or sick in the United States, 179 people died, and 3598 were injured or sick in the United States. 7600 people died in the Iraqi army, and more than 4 were injured. The economic cost was 7630 billion US dollars from the United States. The most direct result of the war was the capture of Saddam.
The cause of the war was that the US Secretary of State Powell took a bottle of "white powder" and swore that Ilok had weapons of mass destruction. These weapons were very unsafe and only by finding and destroying them could the safety of the people of Ilok be guaranteed. For this reason, a military strike was launched against Ilok without the permission of the United Nations. However, until now, no weapons of mass destruction have been found, and Powell's bottle of "white powder" has become a joke, and many politicians have ridiculed it as "washing powder." Using a fictitious excuse for war to attack the other side has set a very bad precedent in the international community.
The Ilok Republican Guard was the most elite ground force in Iraq during Saddam's time. This force performed brilliantly in the Iran-Iraq War. After the Gulf War, Ilok suffered long-term sanctions and arms embargoes, but the guard's equipment was still the best. Before the Ilok War, the head of Ilok's propaganda department, Sahaf, called the Republican Guard "the strongest force in the Middle East."
The Ilok Republican Guard has a total of 7 divisions with a total strength of about 14. It is jointly commanded by Saddam's son Qusay and Ilok Chief of Staff Ibrahim Sattar Mohammed al-Tikriti. However, the US army soon arrived at the city, and the Republican Guard had almost no resistance. Qusay had already fled.
Before the war, President Bush of the United States gave Saddam a seven-day deadline to accept the destruction of weapons of mass destruction and open his official residence for inspection by inspectors. Saddam resolutely refused. He claimed that Ilok had the ability to destroy the invading enemy. However, the result was shocking. When Saddam was caught from the cellar, he was a completely different person from before the war. Everything was over.
The war has had an impact on Iraq. The political situation has not been stable until now, and Iraq's international influence is no longer as great as it was during Saddam's time. As for the impact on the United States, the war has made the United States stronger and more influential in the Middle East.
Isn't it an overreaction to directly use this system on your own company's cargo ships now?
The "Yellow River" container ship owned by Bao's Ocean Shipping Company departed from Tianjin New Port as planned, calling at Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Jakarta, carrying more than 700 containers, and sailed along a fixed route to Dubai, Saudi Arabia's Dammam, and Kuwait. It is expected to unload in Dubai.
This ship was the cargo ship that Wei Jixiang had just purchased and registered with the Bao family. A cocktail party was held in Hong Kong when it was delivered. This should no longer be a secret.
The cargo on board was mostly stationery, small hardware, mechanical parts and fuel needed in the Middle East. It was expected that after the 45-day voyage, the 38 crew members would be able to return home. However, an unexpected change made the voyage extra long.
The crew members did not know that on July 7, the US Embassy in China suddenly announced that the US had received accurate intelligence that the freighter "Yellow River" was carrying thiodiglycol and thionyl chloride and was heading to the Iranian port of Abbas as planned. The US side demanded that the freighter immediately stop this behavior.
Thiodiglycol and thionyl chloride are two chemicals that are generally used in the industrial field. Thiodiglycol is mainly used to make preservatives, pesticides and textile dyes, and can also be used as a raw material for ballpoint pen oil. Thionyl chloride is mostly used in organic compounds, dyes, pesticides and medicine. However, a few countries also use these two substances to make chemical weapons such as mustard gas.
The captain and the person in charge of Bao's company had to explain that this was not the case. In order to shut up the United States, the company asked the crew of the Yellow River to carefully check the cargo.
The United States refused to give in, and on August 8 and August 1, it arrogantly demanded that the captain take emergency measures or notify the Yellow River to return. Otherwise, the United States would take action. Faced with groundless accusations, the captain certainly would not listen.
However, during the negotiation, the United States had already taken action. Starting from August 8, the crew of the Yellow River found two American warships, one on the left and one on the right, following the freighter two nautical miles away. At the same time, several helicopters approached for reconnaissance. The Yellow River's navigation was seriously disrupted.
On August 8, the Yellow River arrived at the Gulf of Oman and was expected to arrive at Dubai Port the next day to unload its cargo. On August 2, at about 8:3 a.m. local time, a U.S. military helicopter appeared above the Yellow River, hovering at a very low altitude to take photos and asking for all information about the Yellow River's cargo and destination via radio. The Yellow River answered all of its questions.
At noon that day, three American cruisers and five helicopters were already tracking the Yellow River closely, as if they were facing a formidable enemy. Then the Yellow River received a notice from the group, stopped moving forward, and was forced to drop anchor in the deep sea area east of the Strait of Hormuz.
The crew only knew that they were negotiating with the United States. The United States ignored the group's defense and demanded to board the ship to inspect the cargo of the Yellow River, but was rejected by the head of the group.
On August 8, the group informed the United States of the results of the cargo inspection of the Yellow River, which showed that there were no chemical raw materials. However, the United States did not believe it at all. The Yellow River was stranded in the high seas, unable to obtain fresh water, oil and other supplies, and the crew's lives soon became a problem.
The Bao Group was really out of options, so they informed Wei Jixiang of the fate of the Yellow River.
Wei Jixiang was so angry that he laughed. Wasn't the lesson enough? Did he have to be beaten to know the pain?