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In northeastern Africa, on the Red Sea coast, at the eastern end of the Sahara Desert, just south of Egypt, there is a country that is not the focus of the world's major media, Sudan. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo≦≧

In Africa, most countries are war-torn, and Sudan is no exception.

In particular, the 12th parallel, which crosses the African continent, separates the Muslims living in northern Sudan from the blacks living in the south who practice traditional religions or Christianity. This line is basically a watershed between nomadic and agrarian peoples. The north is the southern tip of the Sahara Desert, which is dominated by nomadic people, and the south is rich in water resources and has good agricultural development.

For thousands of years, there has been a constant conflict between nomads and farming peoples, and in the rainy season, farming peoples will open up to the north and occupy the land of nomads; During the dry season, nomads go south to seize the land of the farming peoples. Because the nomads are more powerful in combat, most of the time, the nomads are dominant.

Before Sudan became independent, the north was relatively open, received British education, and had a high level of education, while the south, most of which were still in the primitive tribal chieftaincy, which led to the dominance of northerners after Sudan's independence. ≦≧

However, the south was in turmoil until 1969, when the civilian government in Sudan was overthrown by a military coup, and the 39-year-old Ga'afa El Nimairi came to power, easing relations with the south, and through negotiations, in 72 years, the south achieved a certain degree of autonomy, but the good times only lasted for a few years. 1978 year. The discovery of oil fields in the south, this black gold that can bring great profits. Once again, the contradictions between the North and the South have been increased. The Southern Autonomous Government demanded the establishment of oil refineries in the south, but Nimeili built the refineries in the north. It is also necessary to build a pipeline to the Red Sea to export crude oil directly. Later, Nimairi simply redrew the north-south border, transferring the oil fields of the south and the rich agricultural areas of the Upper Nile province to the north. Then, Nimairy's 10-year-old Southern Self-Government was abolished, and the South was re-divided into three provinces. The pre-1972 political landscape has been restored.

Immediately, there was another large-scale armed confrontation in Sudan, this time with the support of Libyan Gaddafi.

Very unfortunate. The South has chosen the wrong target. ≦≧

Since Gaddafi supported the southern regime, Nimairi naturally unceremoniously opposed Libya and publicly condemned Gaddafi. And now, the United States sees Gaddafi as an evil force, and naturally unceremoniously supports Nimairy's regime. The United States provided more than $1.5 billion in military aid to Nimairy.

Nimairy, who had come to power by coup d'état, had defeated more than a dozen coups during his time in power, so he naturally dared to be ruthless and began a large-scale military operation against the south. It's going relatively well.

However, Nimairi was a good hand at fighting wars, but he was not good at economic construction. Nimeiri knew that the Sultan needed to increase his own food production, and that the improvement of agriculture required mechanized agricultural production, and he failed to do so, but he borrowed a lot of foreign debt. By the early 80s. Sudan's external debt is already $12 billion, more than it can afford to pay.

The leak coincided with overnight rains, and just last year and the year before, Sudan suffered two consecutive years of drought. And in order to maintain Sudan's international image, Nimeiri did not take the drought seriously, which is also common in backward African regions. As a result of ≦≧, 250,000 people died from the famine and 1.75 million people were affected, and the population had lost faith in Nimairy.

At the dawn of '85, Sudan had become a country with shortages, inflation, and currency devaluation.

"In such a country, there will inevitably be a just military coup d'état to change the fate of the Sudanese people." Qusay said.

No one doubts President Qusay's words, and countless incidents have proven that President Qusay has amazing judgment.

Only Qusay himself knows, and he is so sure because he knows that in April of this year, when Nimeiri visited the United States, the head of the army, Defense Minister Abdelrahman Hassan Suvaldahab, would carry out a military coup to remove Nimairi from the presidency, and at the same time, in view of the deteriorating situation, the military would take over power and "will remain in power for the time being."

At such a good time, Curcy will never let go of this opportunity. Sudan, ≦≧ at the end of the Red Sea, has too much significance for Iraq. Of course, the most important thing is that Sudan has rich oil resources, although at present, Sudan still has few major oil fields, such as the Hajilij oil field more than 700 kilometers southwest of the capital Khartoum, with crude oil reserves of about 90 million tons, and the recoverable reserves of the unity oil field of about 160 million tons. These production and reserves have not yet been looked at by the world's oil tycoons. But, as Qusay knows, these are just the tip of the iceberg. In later generations, the eastern powers helped develop Sudan's oil resources, which made all Western countries red-eyed, because Sudan's oil reserves, conservatively estimated, will also exceed 180 billion barrels, second only to Saudi Arabia, ranking second in the world. And an even bolder estimate is that Sudan has more oil reserves than Iran and Saudi Arabia combined!

In the future, Iraq will not be able to meddle in these affairs, but now it is a good opportunity for Iraq!

Iraq's oil companies are about to start entering the world, and in addition to challenging BP, Qusay cannot let go of potential stocks.

Moreover, in addition to the huge economic benefits, the location of Sudan, on the Red Sea coast, also has a huge military value, if Iraq co-opts Sudan, has good relations with them, obtains troops in Sudan, and obtains coastal military bases in Sudan, then, Iraq, can face Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea, and even blockade the Red Sea if necessary! To the north, Egypt and Libya can be deterred (or helped), and Sudan on the east coast of Africa is a forward base from which Qusay marches into Africa. ≦≧

"President Qusay, so how can we help the Sudanese people?" Yured asked.

"If you want a military coup, then we have to find a military figure with enough weight," Qusay said: "Sudan's defense minister, Abdul is a man of sufficient weight, you need to send someone to contact him, we in Iraq, are willing to support his just cause, for the sake of the Sudanese people, we will provide them with modern weapons, we will provide them with solidarity, Nimeili is not suitable to govern the Sudanese state at all, he should abdicate." ”

The northern and central parts of Sudan are all Arabs, and as people of the same race, the name of Qusai is a kind of existence for them, and the support of Qusay is even better than that of the United States.

"As a friendly exchange, we will assist the Sudanese people and work together to develop oil in Sudan, help Sudan get rid of poverty, and make their country rich as soon as possible." Qusay said.

Sudan has oil, however, they simply do not manage, and, moreover, they fight with the South, oil occupies a large reason.

"We fully support Sudan's policy towards the south, in addition to providing them with weapons, if they need it, we can also send some armed personnel over to help them train the army, help them strengthen their armed forces, in terms of combat experience, I am afraid that they will have a big gap with us." Qusay said.

Qusay's proposal seems to be all for the Sultan, but Yured knows that if Abdul does agree, then Iraq will have the greatest benefit.

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away." Yured said.

"In April, Nimeili will visit the United States, which is the best opportunity for Abdul to get his hands dirty." Cusai added at the end.

In the blue sky, dotted with white clouds, the sun shines on the land below, two jade belt-like rivers, one cyan and the other white, in a prosperous place in the land of North Africa, converge into a large river, this is the Nile, and the prosperous place at this confluence is the capital of Sudan, Khartoum.

In an African climate known for its heat and dryness, the weather in Khartoum today is very good.

There is no heat wave, no suffocating dust, but Khartoum is not stable.

"President, today, on our streets, there was another demonstration." Mahmoud, a close associate of Nimairi, said.

"No matter how much they protest, it's just a flock of sheep." Nimairi said.

"Perhaps, we can use military means to carry out a crackdown on them." Mahmoud said.

Hearing this, Defense Minister Abdul was worried, because he knew very well that the current army, which is also facing the impact of Sudan's deteriorating economy, has not paid salaries for two months, and if they are allowed to suppress their relatives again, maybe the army will mutiniate immediately.

Although Sudan has experienced many coups d'état, none of them are so dangerous, because, this time there is a problem in the whole country, the army will not be on their side!

"President, now that the people have not lost control, we should not use force, our armed forces are used against the forces of the South, not against our own people." Abdul said.

Seeing that Nimeiri hesitated for a long time and finally gave up the method of using force, Abdul's heart calmed down.

When Abdul dragged his tired body and mind back to his residence, he welcomed a mysterious guest.