When Wang Dong and Luo Qing arrived, Razak, Lyanna and a dozen people gathered in front of the TV.

When he walked over, Wang Dong found that they were senior Sunni government officials, leaders of several political parties of the National Power Alliance, and all of them were close associates of Razak.

On television, it was Karim who made the speech.

It's just that it's a video.

Although in a few hours, Razak will relinquish the power of interim prime minister and will not be able to form a caretaker government for the general election until the parliament is dissolved, Karim dismissed Razak from all positions on the grounds that he was "unconstitutional", which is tantamount to a coup d'état.

You know, Karim has no right to convict Lazak, let alone depose him.

Because of the mobilization of garrisons and the attempt to control Baghdad with the army, Karim did the same thing as a military coup.

Can a deputy prime minister carry out a military coup?

Yes, indeed.

This is Iraq!

In fact, in the whole of Iraq, only Karim is capable of calling out Lazak.

Let's not forget that he is both a deputy prime minister and a minister of defense.

Karim is not an orthodox civilian official, but a general, and it was the Iraqi Defense Forces under his command who recaptured Mosul three years ago.

Unlike Saeed, Karim was on the front line during the assault on Mosul.

After that, Karim returned to Baghdad and sat on the throne of defense minister, and two years ago he was promoted to deputy prime minister, and is Saeed's chosen successor.

Although he left the army, Karim's influence in the army is still unmatched.

As the "hero of the liberation of Mosul", not only are all Shia-controlled forces loyal to Karim, but even the Kurds are afraid of him.

Saeed's appointment of Karim as defense minister has far-reaching intentions.

As far as reality is concerned, Karim is sitting in the position of defense minister, and the Kurds in the north will make a small fuss, and they will definitely not dare to make a big fuss.

You know, in order to eliminate the extremist group, Karim turned Mosul into ruins.

In the long run, a few years later, when Karim sits on the ****, the Kurds will definitely have to put a question mark on the matter of independent statehood.

With Karim's hard-line style, the Kurds will certainly not be allowed to cut off a third of Iraq.

In fact, Saeed's reuse of Karim is also telling those who question him that he is not conniving at the Kurds, but it is not yet time to use force.

The recapture of Mosul resulted in heavy casualties and staggering costs for the Iraqi Defense Forces.

In the short term, the IDF does not have the necessary combat power against the Kurds, and in a few years, it will be different.

In addition, the Iraqi Defense Forces have been preparing for a war against the Kurds.

For three years, under the arrangement of Karim, the main forces of the Iraqi Defense Forces were all sent north of Baghdad and took control of all the strategic towns.

After three years of adjustment, the elite units that suffered heavy losses in Mosul have all returned to combat effectiveness.

In another three years, five years at most, the Iraqi Defense Forces will be able to acquire enough troops and weapons to sweep away the Kurds who declared independence.

However, the deployment of the war against the Kurds poses an extremely serious hidden danger.

Now, that hidden danger has turned into a disaster.

That is, in order to fill the vacancy left by the elite troops moving north, and in order to stabilize the Sunnis, Saeed transferred a brigade from the south to the Baghdad garrison.

The brigade is predominantly Sunni, and only a few high-ranking officers, such as the brigade commander, are Shiites.

You know, the Baghdad garrison has a total of three brigades.

It was this infantry brigade that Razak controlled.

In fact, this predominantly Sunni infantry brigade is the entire capital of Razak.

If there was no infantry brigade, just relying on those guards in the Speaker's residence, even if Razak was bold, he would not dare to attack the Shiites.

Without Razak's trouble, the ruling coalition would certainly be able to elect a new prime minister.

Sayyid certainly did not expect that the move he had used to entrap Sunnis and stabilize the domestic order would become a cancer that would bury his political ideals.

The speech lasted only a few minutes, after which the television signal was cut off.

Karim was able to speak on television, indicating that Iraqi state television was already under the control of the garrison.

What about other key institutions and departments?

At this time, a major officer arrived in a hurry.

Judging by the military rank, he should be the commander of the infantry battalion guarding the Speaker's residence, and he must be a Sunni officer, a close confidant of Razak.

The major officer whispered in Razak's ear, and did not leave, but took a few steps back.

"Guys, the situation is under control, there's nothing to worry about, all the rebels can be eliminated before dawn and normal order can be restored."

With that, Razak nodded at Lyanna.

The female secretary was very clever, and immediately greeted several of the VIPs invited by Razak and took them out.

Is the situation really under control?

Wang Dong is not stupid, he will not believe Lazak's nonsense.

Waiting for the officials and party leaders to go out, Razak asked the major to lead the way.

Wang Dong and Luo Qing didn't ask, and followed behind Lazak.

After going out, Wang Dong also called four operatives who served as bodyguards.

They were all Razak's personal bodyguards, so Lazak had to follow him wherever he went, and even the garrison had no right to stop him.

The group went straight to the basement.

Previously, it was a warehouse, but now it is the headquarters of an infantry battalion.

An integrated communications and command system has been set up, which comes from the US military, and although it is a model from more than 10 years ago, it is still Iraq's advanced equipment.

When the U.S. military left Iraq, it handed over a lot of equipment to the Iraqi Defense Forces.

According to the tradition of the US military, it is better to give it to the local pro-American armed forces than to spend money to transport back these equipment that are about to be obsolete.

The situation is not rosy at all.

The fighting was concentrated on the outskirts, and the "Menini" brigade, the main garrison of this infantry brigade loyal to Razak, was besieged.

The enemy was the "Mohammed" brigade and the "Mosul" brigade, that is, the two garrison brigades loyal to Karim.

Among them, the "Mosul" brigade is an armored brigade, the ace unit of the Iraqi Defense Forces, equipped with hundreds of M1A1 main battle tanks.

Previously, the brigade was deployed in Bagubai, guarding the northern gate of Baghdad.

Even without the "Mohammed" brigade, the "Mosul" brigade would have been able to defeat the "M. M. Nini" brigade.

Not only the advantage of equipment, but also experience.

The "Mosul" brigade, whose name is from Mosul, is the main force for the liberation of Mosul and has extremely rich experience in urban warfare.

Comparatively speaking, the "Menini" brigade, which was transferred from Basra, has always been pampered.

There is no problem in maintaining law and order in peacetime, but if they really want to go to the battlefield to fight, the officers and men of the "Menini" brigade will probably be so frightened that they will pee into their crotch.

Not only is the situation not under control, it is about to spiral out of control.