Volume 6 Chapter 669 It's Not Simple
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"Damn it! Hell, how can they do this! "On a light truck sprayed with the logo of an electrical appliance store, the head of the CIA Somalia, James? Lee slapped the steering wheel hard and cursed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
He was scolding no one else, but the Somali political axe, and to be more precise, he was scolding the special forces of the five countries who actually wiped out a group of pirates under the guise of a 'joint anti-terrorism exercise'.
Don't these damn special forces know that this gang of pirates is backed by the United States?
James, who was scolding, was suddenly startled by this thought in his mind.
Somali pirates have been screened and shared by intelligence services of various countries, and four large pirate gangs of more than 100 people have been identified, seven medium-sized pirate gangs of 50 to 100 people, and the rest are scattered pirates. These scattered pirates are sometimes fishermen, and when they are short of money, they pick up guns and are pirates. In Somalia, the civil war has created a lot of poor people and caused the Somalia to be proliferated with guns. In the past two years, although the number of civilians with guns has decreased greatly as a result of the crackdown and seizure of political axes, the pirate gangs all have guns. The main reason is that many pirates can 'break through' the unguarded maritime frontier and deal with arms dealers at any time.
And for a pirate with a 'deep background' like Abdi, the source of guns is more stable and safe.
James suddenly felt that the extermination of Abdi and his gang by the troops of the five-nation exercise this time was probably not just a gesture made by the Somali political axe under the pressure of public opinion from the outside world.
Perhaps the Somali political axe already knew that there was someone behind Abdi's support, so he would take Abdi and his gang to attack!
Parking the light truck on the side of the road, James's mind was running quickly, but the final result was very close to his guess, as a senior intelligence officer, James now believes that this time the Somali political axe used the slogan of 'exercise', but secretly eliminated Abdi was not an accident, but a target!
And what about the other four countries that played a major role in this? Do you also know that the United States is behind the support of Abdi and his gang? Or is it the Somali political axe himself who knows Abdi's background, but 'borrowed a knife to kill'?
In any case, James knows one thing, that is, Abdi's men have been eliminated, and the United States has lost another important pawn.
Abdi's presence is not only an excuse for the US political axe to intervene in East Africa, but also an important pawn to suppress the prestige of the Somali political axe. And, at some point, it is also the 'mission' of Abdi and his gang to create some obstacles for certain countries.
But now this chess piece has lost its usefulness, and although Abdi escaped to Ethiopia with his help, he has no men, and Abdi, a greedy and murderous pirate leader, has lost its usefulness. In the plan, Abdi will encounter an 'accident' in a small city in Ethiopia. The United States absolutely cannot allow those anti-American forces in the international community to have some leverage.
Thinking about the dilemma facing intelligence work in Somalia today, James also feels a headache. At this time, he finally understood what his predecessor, the Hayden intelligence officer who had been recalled to China, had said before leaving: In Somalia, unless the United States is determined, it is better to shift the focus of work.
A plausible remark, James didn't understand the meaning at first. And he had just been praised by his superiors, and when he was transferred from Afghanistan to Somalia, when he was officially in high spirits, James never thought that he would encounter a 'Waterloo' in Somalia.
But at this moment, James had a deeper understanding of his ex's situation before parting. Unless the US political axe intends to take action, the intelligence services will not be able to accomplish the goals set by their superiors: infiltrating, instigating rebellion, co-opting, creating civil strife, and destroying the regime, with the small network of connections that have developed in Somalia over the past decade.
Could it be that he, a senior intelligence officer who has been commended by his superiors, has really been reduced to the same level as ordinary agents, full-time spying on intelligence?
I started the car again and returned to the electrical appliance store in a depressed mood. James, who had just returned to the office, received another task from China: Xingchen Company had mastered the manufacturing process of a new alloy, and asked him to find out the specific data of the production plant and alloy of this new alloy.
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The city of Baidoa, the former lair of the Rahanwen Resistance Army. This important western town was not ignored by the political axe because it was once the 'headquarters of the enemy', but was valued by the military because of its geographical location away from the coast. Today, in the city of Baidoa, not only the 4th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Capital Military Region is stationed, but also the first comprehensive military academy in Somalia will be set up here.
With three months of construction, the 200-acre military academy already has a profile. The main building is a five-storey school building, which is now the third floor.
Li Mo and Shi stood on a hillside not far from the academy, watching the busy figures of the construction workers on the construction site and talking.
Seeing that Shi was very satisfied with his current work, Li Mo finally put his mind at ease.
"Stone, I intend to set up a naval academy in the city of Kismayo to train non-commissioned officers and sailors."
A hint of surprise flashed on Shishi's face, and after thinking about it, he nodded, "We need a naval academy, this is inland, which is not conducive to the regular training of naval cadets." ”
At present, the Air Force has a training base in Dingsol, which is considered an Air Force junior college, which is a military academy with a comprehensive surname, which trains low-level officers for the army, and can also train middle and senior officers by itself when they have the ability in the future.
"Boss, who are you going to put in charge of the Naval Academy?" Stone then asked. The establishment of a military academy is different from an ordinary civilian school, which is easy to find as long as there is money. For Somalia, the only way to recruit qualified teachers from military academies is to recruit them from outside. This involves issues such as confidentiality.
"I'm going to let Colonel Gedi serve as a concurrently for a while, and then I'll talk about it when it's suitable." Li Mo has a candidate in mind, that is, Colonel Gedi, acting commander of the navy. He was the only Somali known to whom he had received modern naval training.
There was a look of truth on the stone's face, he himself was from the army, and it was not suitable to be the dean of the military academy, and the result of being the dean of a more professional naval academy could only be worse. In order to be able to match his current position, Shi spent a lot of time studying military education every day during this time, but fortunately, he was also one of the people who had been developed by Li Mo's spiritual power. People in their thirties are not weaker than those young people in learning.
After talking with Shi Shi about the Military Academy for a while, Li Mo finally said what he wanted to do today. Yesterday, I received a report from Luo Xiang about the conflict between the training troops and the local tribes. Although this matter has been resolved, it has made Li Mo see a problem that he has overlooked.
Relatively speaking, the tribal problem in Somalia is not yet apparent. Because the majority of the population of Somalia is Somalis. Ethnic contradictions are not the main one in Somalia.
The clans and tribes belonging to the same race, although they also have conflicts with each other, do not reach the point of large-scale conflict at any time. This is mainly due to Somalia's proximity to the Middle East and its early acceptance of Arab influences, which are more 'civilized' in terms of religion and culture than the ethnic groups of landlocked Africa.
But in a sense, Somalia is still heavily influenced by the tribal ruling class. Just like some of the 'stories' that Li Mo heard when he first came to Somalia. The two armies were originally in a state of war, and their comrades-in-arms belonged to the same camp, but because of the sudden outbreak of conflict in their tribes, they immediately returned to the tribe with guns and fought with those who were previously comrades-in-arms.
When Somalia was unified, why didn't tribal conflicts break out? This was due to the fact that there were too many armed forces representing the interests of the tribes at that time, and people like Yusuf, who had a high level of influence among the major tribes in Somalia, were suppressed.
Later restrictions on tribal arming were also the result of compromise between the parties. Because of the civil war in Somalia, the interests of the tribes have been deeply affected. In this way, it is possible to end the civil war and move towards reunification within the framework of peace.
In a sense, the weakening of Somali tribal power by the Somali Barre and more than a decade of civil war is obvious, which is the main reason why Li Mo was able to enter Somalia without being rejected on a large scale.
The civil war has been devastating and devastated in Somalia, but it has also upset the balance of centuries of tribal rule, shattering many tribes and bringing with them countless displaced refugees who have lost their homes and are the main force that make up today's Defence Forces.
Because most of the Wehrmacht soldiers no longer had a strong tribal support behind them, Li Mo was able to control the army as an outsider.
For the army, Li Mo is not very worried, he intends to train the Wehrmacht into professional soldiers. This group of refugee soldiers will be the main force of the Wehrmacht for a long time, and they will not worry that the tentacles of the tribe will infiltrate the army and bring hidden dangers.
However, in terms of political axes, especially local political axes, most of them are still secretly controlled by local influential tribes. This gave the tribe time and opportunity to recuperate. When the wounds of the civil war are repaired, will the power desires of these tribal chiefs increase? Li Mo is very sure.
How to eliminate the influence of the tribe and let Somalia truly enter the 'open boil', Li Mo couldn't find a clue for a while. This is very similar to the clan forces in China, especially in the countryside. However, the power of African tribes is far greater than that of rural clans.
Li Mo is even more worried that those tribal chiefs who have no national honor and consciousness will be used by foreign forces, and the harm caused to Somalia will not be a little bit or two.
Therefore, Li Mo planned to find someone to discuss how to limit the development of the tribe and reduce the influence of the tribe. In the absence of a thought and preparation for this matter, Li Mo did not intend to discuss it with someone like Yu Sufu, who also represented the interests of the tribe.
At first, Shi felt that the boss was a little worried, but with Li Mo's analysis, Shi Shi's expression became solemn.
The clan power in China is only the clan power of the 'feudal era', while the tribes in Africa belong to the clan that is directly inherited from the 'primitive era', and although they absorbed some Arab civilization and religious culture during this period, their degree of 'stubbornness' is very high. It's not easy to solve.
(To be continued)