Time Travel 04: I Fight the US in the Middle East

This is an unjust war, a war that Colin Powell started with a tube of laundry detergent, with the aim of seizing Iraq's oil resources!

They looted a large amount of Saddam's wealth, but instead of returning it to the Iraqi people, they transported it to the United States!

They also wantonly slaughtered civilians and abused prisoners of war...

Each and every one of these incidents is shocking!

After reading the entire confession, the two exchanged a glance, and then... *whoosh*...

Joe Welding quickly crawled under the bed and searched through the old newspapers. He finally found an issue featuring the U.S. Army's 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, complete with a photo. Colonel Chris's appearance... was correct!

"Damn it, these Americans are going too far!"

"Yes, Colonel Chris seems genuinely repentant; look how badly he's crying..."

"Joe, this videotape is far more important than the truth today. I think we should fly to Europe immediately and release it!"

If Yituo had internet access, it would have been much more convenient to send the file directly!

The Internet only developed in the late 1990s, while Iraq was already under sanctions by the United States and the Western world in the early 1990s. Before the outbreak of the war last year, there were only about 30 Internet cafes in Baghdad.

After the war ended, the entire Yituo was crippled, and the network was interrupted and never recovered!

"it is good."

The two left Baghdad overnight and drove towards the nearby country of Saudi Arabia, where there are no civilian airliners; one can only fly to Europe from nearby countries.

The two men carefully hid the videotape to avoid being discovered by the US military. Fortunately, they did not encounter any accidents along the way. When they boarded the plane in Saudi Arabia, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It was now the early morning of the second day.

The sunlight shone brightly in the courtyard. Azam, who had woken up naturally, heard Mariam's voice outside.

"So congested, so very congested, oh my god..."

Mariam is learning English!

Since we're going to fight the US military, we need to be fluent in English, understand what the US military is saying, and be able to switch to the US military's frequency bands to make calls and create chaos at critical moments!

After witnessing Azam's performance in the Green Zone, Mariam was filled with admiration and decided to learn from him seriously!

However... the pronunciation is not standard.

It seems we need to buy some tape recorders and tapes to start learning from Han Meimei and Li Lei's conversations... But that's still too slow. Should we capture a few prisoners to teach everyone English? Wouldn't that be too dangerous?

"The village chief is here!" Just then, a guerrilla fighter on lookout duty outside shouted.

crunch...

As the door opened, village chief Sheikh rushed in: "Where's Azam?"

"The captain is sleeping..."

"Ahem." Azam stepped out of the room. "Village Chief, why did you come in such a hurry...? What's the matter?"

"Our tribe's chief wants to see you!"

The village of Jufra belongs to the Ju'aifir tribe, which in turn belongs to the Rabi'a tribal alliance, one of the most important ancient tribes in the northern Arabian Peninsula, and together with the Mudar tribe, it is known as one of the two major tribal alliances in northern Arabia.

Now... does the tribal chief want to see me?

Azam frowned. "Village chief, did they say something was wrong?"

"Let's discuss important matters regarding anti-Americanism!" Village Chief Sheikh's face was full of excitement, while Azam's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. If he remembered correctly, it should be...

"What, Azam, you're unwilling? For something as serious as anti-Americanism, our strength alone isn't enough. If we could unite enough forces..."

"Okay, let's meet at the mosque in town this afternoon," Azam said.

"This..." Sheikh, the village chief, said somewhat embarrassedly, "They want to invite you to the Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf to discuss..."

The Ali Mosque in Najaf? Azam was absolutely certain: it was the Mahdi Army looking for him!

Najaf is located on the banks of the Euphrates River in southern Iduna, 160 kilometers from Baghdad. Its status among Muslims is second only to Mecca and Medina, and it is the political center of the Iduna sect!

The famous Sadr family is also located here.

The old chieftain, the highly respected Grand Ayatollah of the Shipa, Muhammad-Bajir-Sadr, founded the Dawa Party. When it came to Muhammad-Saddiq-Sadr, their political goal was to overthrow Saddam!

As a result... of course, he and his brother were killed by Saddam Hussein in 1999, leaving behind only a son in his twenties, Muqtada Sadr.

In 2003, the US military invaded, and Saddam Hussein was finished!

From the West's perspective, this was avenging the young man's family, and they should have welcomed the Americans. But instead... this greenhorn stood in the Najaf mosque and shouted: "Get out of here, you Americans!"

By July 2003, Muqtada al-Sadr had established a private army of over 7 men: the Mahdi Army! He also founded a newspaper to publicly condemn the US occupation of Iraq and to support Hamas and Hezbollah.

Historically, on March 31st of this year, the U.S. military would shut down this newspaper and arrest his senior assistant, which angered the young man!

On April 4, Sadr's supporters marched and demonstrated across the country, which then turned into a struggle. They confronted the US military and even clashed with US troops in southern cities. The fighting was extremely fierce in places like Najaf, Kufa, and Karbala!

Such a person, in theory, is an anti-American fighter, worthy of cooperation, but... looking at what happened later, it becomes clear that this guy is just a political gambler! He did this to create a positive and glorious image for himself.

When he realized this tactic wasn't working, he disbanded the Mahdi Army in 2008 and started doing charity work to make the people think he was a good person. In reality, he was just obeying the Islamic law: candidates cannot have private armed forces.

His party quickly became the largest party in parliament!

The Americans were furious and resentful. They brought democracy and freedom to Iraq to control it, but it was exploited by ambitious people who were even able to seize power in Iraq!

Azam only wanted to thoroughly defeat the Americans and didn't want to have much contact with political gamblers. Compared to the Mahdi Army, he favored the Red Beard more, at least that guy had no way out and had to go all the way down this path.

Whether he believes in the Shinzo or the Sun, Azam doesn't care!

Of course, the Mahdi Army is still an anti-American force, so cooperation is certainly possible.

The problem is that we can't go to Najaf. Going to their territory would naturally make us look inferior. If we want to negotiate, we should do it here!

"Village chief, you know my identity. I'm going so far, and there are so many checkpoints along the way. It would be easy for me to be arrested by the US military," Azam said.

He remembered the benefits the tribe had given him in the past and didn't want to break ties, but... if the tribe thought they could control him this way, they were wrong!

He acquired a lot of wealth, and there will be plenty of weapons and equipment later. Now that he has traveled to this place, he might as well have a good fight against the American army!

"Alright, I'll go talk to the chief..." Sheikh thought it made sense; they couldn't go too far! They'd talk here!