American Scandal King

Chapter 273: Bilateral Brutality
Uday's shooting made Saddam dare not stay, and he had to leave the village again and go to other areas.

The convoy set off again, moving forward.

Not long after walking, I suddenly heard a sound like frying beans from behind.

Clark, Ian and others looked back and heard gunshots coming from the village.

Soon, several Republican Guard soldiers came out of the village, got in their cars and drove away.

Clark was stunned: "What happened?"

Ian's face turned pale: "They killed everyone in the village."

what?
Everyone was shocked.

These are Iraqis. How could Saddam come here to massacre the village?
Brydeson was also shocked: "Why would he do this?"

Ian has figured it out.

He shook his head slightly. "Saddam's sons killed the villagers. The villagers must hate them. They might reveal their whereabouts to the US military, so the best thing to do is to kill them all. We can even frame the US military."

"Oh my God!" Clark exclaimed.

Van Nistelrooy faithfully filmed all of this.

There were several Iraqi girls in the car who were traveling with them. They also had tears in their eyes when they saw this scene.

Ian shook his head slightly.

None of them are good!
Ian considers himself a bastard and a villain, but he still has a bottom line.

Facing these guys, Saddam, Uday, and those American soldiers who also killed innocent people, Ian felt that he was just a harmless little lamb!

………………

Iraq's terrain is mostly flat, with desolate deserts and barren villages.

Ian followed the team to one place after another along the way, and witnessed Saddam's brutality, arrogance, cowardice and other contradictory sides.

He can bribe villagers with money; he can kill innocent people to avoid revealing his whereabouts; he doesn't trust anyone, but needs those people to work for him; he is conceited and believes that he will definitely win; he is cowardly and does not have the courage to face any head-on confrontation.

He was so conflicted that he could only vent his inner anger through his brutality on his companions.

As his companions decreased, his qualifications for brutality became weaker and weaker.

This made him extra sensitive.

Today, another incident occurred in the escape convoy.

Saddam personally shot and killed one of his own officers because he suspected him of plotting rebellion.

This made Ian feel pity.

The officer had a good relationship with him.

During their half-month escape, they moved around a lot and the number of people accompanying them decreased rapidly.

From the initial team of more than a thousand people, there are now only more than three hundred people around Saddam.

All Ian could do was to repeatedly use hypnosis to brainwash Saddam and make him believe in himself... He also gradually realized that hypnosis was not just a temporary effect.

A lie told a thousand times will become the truth. Repeated use of hypnosis on the same lie can also make the effect last longer.

In a sense, hypnosis can achieve long-term brainwashing of individuals, but the price is much higher.

Saddam called Ian again today.

Under Ian's repeated brainwashing and hypnosis, he finally made a decision: "You go to Baghdad now and talk to the US military, but your people must stay here."

Ian wasn't surprised by this. He nodded and said, "Okay. Just give me some contact information."

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4 month 29 day.

Ian drove a jeep away from the convoy and headed towards Baghdad.

He was alone on this trip, and in his bag was only a hard drive containing all the filming content during this period.

Iraq during the war was desolate and barren. Along the way, you could see Iraqi refugees everywhere from time to time.

For safety reasons, Ian wrapped a cloth around his head, but that couldn't hide the allure of the jeep.

As he walked along, someone would shoot him in the back from time to time.

Fortunately, the invisible giant played a role, and Ian was basically fine. He just drove away quickly.

Invisible Giant: So it’s not that I’m useless, it’s that you don’t know how to use it!
After driving for a day, Ian arrived at a checkpoint.

There were several American soldiers guarding the checkpoint, and not far away were some heavy machine guns and a tank.

Several American soldiers blocked his way.

Without waiting for the other party to speak, Ian pulled down his headscarf and said, "I'm Ian Karl. Do you need to see my passport?"

The American soldier was obviously confused.

He looked at Ian in surprise: "Ian Carl?" Ian smiled: "It seems you have read my news."

The soldier's face was filled with horror: "Why are you here?"

Ian spread his hands and said, "I'm a reporter, why else could it be?"

All the American soldiers were stunned and gathered around, their expressions as if they were looking at a giant panda.

Ian Carr!
The big boss of the Karl Group, a billionaire with a net worth of tens of billions, actually went to Iraq to make news?
Ian casually took out a few US dollar bills from the bag next to him and handed them over: "Can you let me through?"

The soldier glanced greedily at the bag beside him.

According to normal logic, he should have taken all the other person's money.

But this is Ian Carr!

America’s super boss, America’s hero!
He took the money and nodded, "Of course sir!"

Ian smiled slightly and drove away.

Two days later, Ian arrived in Baghdad.

The cities here did not suffer much damage, people can still go out on the streets, and life goes on.

There were just a lot more American soldiers on the streets, patrolling in armored vehicles and tanks, and helicopters flying in the sky.

When those people saw that the driver was an American, they didn't pay much attention to him. Occasionally, someone would recognize Ian Carr and exclaim, "Fuck, why does that guy look like Ian Carr to me?"

Then there was a chorus of ridicule: "What are you thinking? Why is Ian Carr coming to Baghdad?"

Ian's visit to Iraq was kept secret, and even his close friends only knew that Ian was doing a big news story.

Murdoch knew that Ian intended to come to Baghdad, but he didn't know the exact time or his specific goal.

Because of this, Ian Carr essentially disappeared in the United States during this period, but because the time was not long, no one paid attention to it.

Communications in Baghdad have been restored, and Ian immediately contacted the reporter from Carl Media here.

Half an hour later, he arrived at a run-down hotel.

Several young men hurried over and saw Ian. The one leading them was his secretary Ida, and another one was actually Dill Chandler.

Surprise appeared in their eyes: "Boss!"

Ian got out of the car, walked over and said, "Dill, why are you here?"

Dill Chandler looked at him speechlessly. "I only found out you went to Baghdad three days ago! This is crazy! How could you do this? You came to Baghdad before the war started?"

In fact, due to the communication blockade during this period, even Ida and others who knew the situation were very anxious. Unfortunately, Ian insisted that his whereabouts could only be revealed to a few senior executives five days after the fall of Baghdad.

When Dill Chandler got the news, he was immediately shocked and decided to come to Baghdad.

Ian walked into the hotel surrounded by the crowd, smiling as he walked, "I'm fine, don't worry. Well done, Dill, you actually had the courage to come here."

Dill Chandler said helplessly: "Baghdad is under the control of the US military. It is not courageous for me to come here now. You are the real courage. How is the situation over there?"

Ian casually handed the plate to Dill Chandler: "Take a look yourself. By the way, Dill, contact Jay Garner and Paul Bremer and tell them I want to meet them..."

Just as he finished speaking, there was a sudden loud roar from outside.

Ian turned around suddenly and saw a helicopter in the sky in the distance crazily firing at the street below.

"What's going on?" Ian asked.

Secretary Ida said, "It's a common occurrence. The military says there are still some remaining insurgents in Baghdad, and they're shooting at anyone they see who looks like them."

Ian's face was filled with anger: "I'm not asking what happened? I'm asking why you didn't film it in time?"

Ida shut up.

Dill Chandler said hurriedly: "We have reporters outside, they should be filming all this!"

Ian sighed.

Saddam was killing innocent people indiscriminately, and so was the US military.

WikiLeaks once released such a clip.

American helicopter gunships fired from the air at pedestrians on the streets simply because they suspected they were insurgents.

After the shooting ended, a car happened to pass by.

They were an Iraqi uncle and nephew who were passing by. After seeing someone being shot, they tried to take them to the hospital in their car.

Then, the helicopter continued to shoot at the two brave rescuers on the ground, killing them in a pool of blood.

They saw everything, they knew those two men were innocent, and then they joked and pulled the trigger.

Killing people can cause a stress response, but it can also be addictive!
The helicopter in the sky stopped spewing ammunition. With the help of X-ray vision, Ian saw seven or eight people lying on the street.

Are they rebels?
Ian didn't know, but he knew what he needed to do was more than just an interview with Saddam.

Taking a long breath, he said, "Don't contact Jay Garner and the others for now."

(End of this chapter)