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Chapter 139 The Prelude to War! (First Update!)

Sadr's words caused Khalid and the others present to sigh.

But there was nothing they could do; power was stronger than people, and when you're under someone's roof, you have no choice but to bow your head.

If Iraq, like Saudi Arabia, possessed ballistic missiles and that legendary nuclear weapon, the Americans wouldn't be able to act so arrogantly here.

After reading the contents of the letter, Khalid turned to Sadr and asked with a serious expression:
"So, your father handed over command of this operation to you?"

This question also caused the people nearby to quietly stop what they were doing and prick up their ears.

In addition to daily operations, the health of an organization also depends on the handover of power between the old and new leaders.

Grand Ayatollah L.S. Dal is the soul of the Sadr organization.

But he had grown old, and the old man's daily routine consisted of preaching to the young people of the THAAD organization, telling them what they should and should not do.

Sadr is the successor of the Great Ayatollah L. Sadr.

He is also a key figure in Sadr's organization.

But time waits for no man, and Sadr is growing old, although his children have become involved in the affairs of Sadr's organization.

However, they have not fully matured to the point where they can stand on their own.

In other words, the Lion King has grown old, and the cubs have not yet fully grown up.

Once the Lion King is completely dead, the pride will face only one option: extinction.

Applying this to the Sadr organization, if Sadr Jr. cannot completely take over power from Sadr, then what awaits them is the disintegration of the Sadr organization and its eventual complete demise.

Sadr was well aware of the current situation. He turned around, his gaze sweeping over Khalid, past Mohammed, and then landing on Hamidi and the others.

These people were all his capable assistants.

This also laid the foundation for his later control of the THAAD organization.

Now, he needs to show these people his stance, and also his father's stance.

Under the watchful eyes of Khalid and the others, young Sadr nodded slightly: "Yes."

"For this mission, my father only gave me one sentence: 'Success is the only option; failure is not an option.'"

"Of course, I am mainly responsible for the Iraq region; other places are handled by more specialized personnel."

After hearing what Sadr said, the people next to him visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

Given the current state of the Arab population, trying to integrate them into a unified effort to execute a plan is practically a joke.

That was a losing proposition.

But if it's just Iraq...

They don't even know how they can lose.

Khalid was the first to move. He slowly approached Sadr, head bowed, right hand placed on his chest in a gesture of allegiance.

"My beloved leader, now, please give your orders."

With him setting an example, Muhammad and the others also came to Sadr and, imitating Khalid's actions, pledged their allegiance to him.

Their actions pleased Sadr greatly.

He turned and walked towards the map, pointing his finger to the red circle drawn in the center.

The center of that circle is a city.

And the name of this city is Basra.

With a tap of his finger, Sader calmly said, "Now that the plan is set to begin, I'll give you the instructions for the operation."

"Zais, that is, the Justice League guys, they decided to take on the 1st Marine Division, 1st Brigade in Basra."

"In other words, the Americans should have been unable to attack while they were attacking."

"According to our preliminary estimates, the American people will be unable to take action for about 6 to 10 hours."

"These 10 hours are our opportunity."

His finger slid slowly toward the southwest of Basra, along Highway 88, which runs alongside the small town of Zubair, as he spoke.

"The main grain depots of those four companies are all located in the industrial area southwest of Basra."

"Don't they like to hoard food?"

“Let’s go and kill all their men, then open their warehouses and let others take their grain.”

"Remember, our focus is on killing people, not food."

"Therefore, when launching an attack, we should try to avoid burning the food."

"Of course, if it really can't be avoided, then there's no need to worry too much about it."

"After dealing with the warehouse guards, we must get away as soon as possible, but at the same time, we must leave an elite squad to keep watch around the warehouse to prevent the warehouse guards from retaliating against the people who came to transport the grain."

“I believe that after this period of publicity, when the people of Basra hear that there is free food in the southwest, they will definitely be happy to go there.”

As he spoke, he picked up a few more small red flags and planted them around Basra:
"Make a note of the places where the red flags are planted."

"These points are our safe houses. After a successful attack, we will immediately evacuate, recuperate in the safe houses, and then quickly move away from Basra."

He laid out his plan in detail, and the people around him couldn't help but breathe heavily after hearing it.

Something big is about to happen!
Something big is about to happen!
Once his heavy breathing had calmed down a little, Sadr raised his right hand high, then slammed it down again:
"set off!"

There is a straight road connecting Najaf to Basra, with a total distance of about 340 kilometers.

At Sadr's command, the elite troops of Sadr's organization, led by Mohammed and others, dispersed into small groups and headed towards Basra as a group.

Meanwhile, Iraq moves south, onto the Arabian Peninsula.

Saudi Agriculture Minister Abdullah bin is signing a document.

A publicly released document soliciting bids for food procurement from around the world.

He wrote his name on the document in a beautiful cursive script, then picked up the document and blew on the signature area.

After he finished playing the flute, he handed the document to the secretary next to him.
“Take it, put it on the official website, and then send invitations to the four major grain merchants.”

"They will definitely take the opportunity to raise the price. As long as the price is not too outrageous, you can verbally agree, since the document will be invalid in the end anyway."

The secretary respectfully took the documents, turned around, and quickly left the office.

Shortly after his secretary left, Abdullah bin also left his office.

After standing outside the office door for a while, he turned and walked towards the Yamama Palace, which was not far away.

Yamama Palace is the King's office. For the convenience of the office, except for some departments that must have their own offices, the heads of other departments have basically set up their offices around Yamama Palace.

It didn't take much effort for Abdullah to meet King Saeed at the palace. Besides King Saeed, there were several other people present.

The King's younger brother, Sall, is the head of the investment and development department.

The King's cousin, Defense Minister Moussa.

Of course, we're all brothers.

Upon meeting, Abdullah said softly, "I have signed the document as you instructed, and I have also posted the relevant content of the document on the official website. I have also asked my secretary to invite the four major grain merchants."

“Okay!” Saeed turned around, returned to his seat, picked up the fermented grape juice on the table, and waved it at Abdullah:
"Come and sit down." "Musa has recently discovered some interesting things. Let him tell you about them."

Abdullah walked over naturally, picked up the fermented grape juice on the table, took a sip, and then put the glass of fermented grape juice aside with a frown on his face.

"It tastes a bit bitter; we should add more sugar."

After evaluating the fermented grape juice, he turned his gaze to Musa beside him:

"Mousa, what fun thing have you found this time?"

Musa calmly picked up the fermented grape juice, took a leisurely sip, and then addressed the three impatient men:

"I think I've found the source of the explosives used in the Iraq bombings."

Upon hearing this, the three people beside him immediately sat up straight, their eyes fixed on Musa.

As an Arab, Saudi Arabia treats America as if they were a couple who have been married for seven years.

The Saudis are not good at fighting.

However, several neighboring brother countries are coveting Saudi Arabia.

Therefore, Saudi Arabia needs America to be in charge to deter the ambitions of its neighboring brother countries.

However, they were very unhappy with America's interference.

So when they learned that America had suffered a devastating attack at a military base in Iraq, they excitedly drank a large glass of alcohol on the spot.

But along with the excitement, I was also a little scared.

They were afraid that some reckless local organization might suddenly arrive in Saudi Arabia with a bunch of bombs and then suddenly detonate them.

It is precisely because of this fear that Saudi Arabia has not given up its investigation, even though the Americans have shifted their focus to northern Iraq and Syria.

However, Saudi Arabia's intelligence capabilities are truly worrying.

They searched for a long time but couldn't find a single clue.

Musa now says he has found the target. Finding the target means he can kill the other party and then rest easy.

This is something to be happy about.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Musa put down the cup of fermented grape juice:
"Actually, the explosion was not caused by explosives, but by a special container that was disguised as a gas cylinder and a rice cooker."

"The Justice League, which is the armed group that split off from the THAAD organization."

"Two days ago, they tested this device in the desert southwest of Najaf."

"Based on the information provided by my informant."

"This unique device can significantly improve the explosive performance of explosives."

"It is precisely because of this that everyone is frantically searching for large quantities of explosives."

"But we just can't find it no matter what we do."

"The last time America's camp was attacked, the plan was very meticulous, so I suspect that it was the work of some force we don't know about."

After Musa finished speaking, he picked up the fermented grape juice and took a sip. While drinking the grape juice, he noticed that the expressions and body movements of his three brothers around him were very stiff.

It was as if I had heard something incredible.

After a long, stiff silence, Sayyid finally put down the cup of fermented grape juice and asked Musa with a serious expression:

"You mean, someone was so bored that they turned a container that could enhance the explosive power into a gas cylinder and a rice cooker."

"Then the Justice League members took these gas canisters and rice cookers and blew up the Americans."

Saeed asked the question very seriously, but the expression on his face clearly showed his doubt.

His expression was practically screaming, "Do I look like an idiot to you?"

Seeing Saeed's expression, Musa also awkwardly touched his nose and tried to explain:
“This information was provided by my informant. I asked him to get some of it for me, but he said he couldn’t.”

"So I said from the beginning that I think I've found it."

"Tch!" Said waved his hand, his face full of disdain as he gestured for Musa to sit down.

After everyone sat down, he stood with his hands behind his back, facing away from the three people, and began to give instructions:
"Abdullah, you and Sall will fly to Egypt later."

"Once you get to Egypt, you don't need to do any of that messy stuff; just keep an eye on the Egyptian president."

“Just tell him directly: if he wants money, then he should listen to me; if he doesn’t want money, then he doesn’t have to listen.”

"Moussa, your job is to put our equipment out in the open."

"Tell our friends that we are human beings, we are not fools."

"Now, the meeting is adjourned."

Abdullah and Sal were on their way to Egypt, so they moved quickly and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Musa was a little slow.

He had just stood up when Said stopped him again: "Let's dig deeper into that news you just mentioned."

"Don't let anyone know."

Saeed's expression was very solemn. Seeing this, Musa did not speak, but simply nodded silently.

Half an hour later, the Saudi Ministry of Agriculture posted a tender notice on its official website.

Due to the impact of the Turkish Straits, in order to ensure sufficient food supply, it is now necessary to purchase 200 million tons of wheat, 100 million tons of rice, 250 million tons of corn, and 10 tons of barley.

The announcement of this tender immediately sent major grain exporting countries and large grain traders around the world into a frenzy.

As a country on the Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia does not have a high rate of food self-sufficiency.

Despite the frenzied development of agriculture in recent years, it has only increased to 50%.

The remaining 50% still needs to be imported.

Moreover, Saudi Arabia has a small population, and the country's total food consumption is just over ten million tons.

Excluding meat, dairy products, and barley and corn used for animal husbandry, the total consumption of staple grains is around 500 million tons.

But now, the new year has just begun, and they have already purchased 300 million tons of staple grains and 250 million tons of corn for livestock.

What do they want to do?
No, did they hear something?
All countries are speculating about what news Saudi Arabia has heard, and the different directions of speculation lead to different conclusions.

However, what was consistent was that the major grain-exporting countries all raised the prices of their exported grain within just two hours.

Several major grain exporting countries raised their prices, and the four major grain traders, acting as intermediaries, reluctantly issued announcements, doubling their prices on top of those of the major grain exporting countries.

They had just raised their prices when the UAE and Egypt also issued grain tender notices.

Compared to Saudi Arabia, the UAE's tender notices specify slightly less demand for food, but not by much.

The combined consumption of staple grains and feed is over 300 million tons.

Finally, there's Egypt.

Egypt has a larger population than Saudi Arabia, but because the vast majority of its population lives above the poverty line, Egypt's food purchases are actually less than Saudi Arabia's.

But it's enough.

(End of this chapter)