Chapter 584 Seizing Power

Qusay, the commander of the Republican Guard? Before Taha could react, Rashid shouted, "Someone come!"

Qusay became the commander of the Republican Guard, so what would the original commander Rashid do? At this moment, Rashid knew that he was in danger. In this case, he might as well make trouble on the spot! Moreover, he had already arranged it, and the people outside were all his!

Following Rashid's order, a team of armed soldiers rushed in from outside, holding AKM rifles in their hands and with indifferent expressions.

"Uday and Qusay are trying to undermine the high-level command system. Take them away immediately." Rashid said, "Adnan, Watban, Barzan, these people are accomplices. For the future of our Republic of Iraq, take these people out and shoot them!"

Rashid decided to rebel despite the presence of Soviet personnel on the scene. The more decisively this was done, the better.

After all, Andre was just an outsider, and no matter who was in power in Iraq, as long as they could continue to cooperate with the Soviet Union, or even be a puppet of the Soviet Union, that was enough. Rashid had already considered this in his mind.

Outside, his people have already controlled everything. As long as these relatives of Saddam are killed, the rest of the people will follow him obediently. Taha is too weak and dares not to fart now. It would be better to kill him too and become president himself!

After the founding of Iraq, conspiracies and rebellions have emerged one after another. One may be in power today but be killed by rebels tomorrow. This situation is too common. Only during the years when Saddam was in power did Iraq's political situation stabilize. But now, Rashid is doing this again without mercy.

Just as he was thinking about it, Rashid suddenly felt something was wrong. Why didn't his subordinates take action?

"Kamal, let's do it?" Rashid said.

"Yes." The commander named Kamal stood up, raised his assault rifle, raised the butt, and smashed it hard at Rashid.

This blow caused Rashid's head to crack and blood to flow out. In a flash, Rashid realized that it was obvious that all his men were loyal to Uday! Otherwise, how did Uday and others get in?

Damn it!

"Drag him out and shoot him." Uday's words were calm, but extremely cruel.

A trail of blood was left on the ground. Rashid was dragged out, and the minds of the rest of the people were blank.

Taha's legs trembled involuntarily. He and Rashid had already agreed to launch an attack here and support him to come to power. But now, Rashid has been killed, what about him?

"Taha, you are the vice chairman of our Renaissance Party and our predecessor. We two brothers still need your support." Uday continued to say to Taha.

Taha was stunned. Is he going to let him go?

Saddam is the chairman of the Baath Party, and Taha is the vice chairman and the second-in-command of the party. Now, Uday took the initiative to show his goodwill to Taha, and Taha immediately responded: "Of course, without President Saddam, there would be no powerful Iraq as we have now. On behalf of all members of the Baath Party, I would like to express my firm support for President Uday to be the new chairman of our Baath Party."

After seeing Taha's statement, Adnan finally breathed a sigh of relief. This farce was finally over, and this attempted coup was able to be controlled thanks to the support of General Andre behind the scenes!

Is there any need to say this? Although Uday has a sinister personality and is very similar to President Saddam, he is only an 18-year-old youth after all! If no one was instigating him from behind, would Uday come here and ask everyone to support him as president?

Just when these people on his side were arguing in the headquarters, General Andrei went out. No one paid attention. Baghdad was very dangerous and could be bombed by stealth aircraft at any time. General Andrei might want to go back to Uzbekistan. Who would have known that he actually went to find the two brothers Uday and Qusay!

Moreover, this move was a very clever one. Before Saddam's death, he had expressed the idea of ​​letting his son inherit his career. Although Iraq is a republic, it is now obvious that the country belongs to Saddam. Saddam's idea was not opposed by others.

And now, bringing out Uday and Qusay can make others obey, especially when President Saddam's body is still warm, obeying the leadership of Saddam's son and avenging Saddam, this statement can get enough recognition!

Moreover, that idiot Rashid thought that he could control the Republican Guard by controlling a few senior officials. After Saddam's son appeared, the Republican Guard from Saddam's hometown of Tikrit immediately obeyed Uday and Qusay, supporting Uday as president and Qusay as their commander. Even Kamel, whom Rashid trusted the most, betrayed Rashid without hesitation.

In a country like Iraq where rebellions are constantly occurring, only people from the same ethnic group and hometown are the most reliable!

Killing Rashid is to establish authority for everyone. At the same time, respecting Taha is also a wise move. After all, Taha is the second-in-command of the Baath Party. If Taha is killed, it will lead to the disintegration of the Baath Party. Now we should win over Taha first, and once he is in a stable position, Taha will surely not escape the fate of death.

Although Uday was still young, Adnan knew the anger in Uday's heart. Like his father, he would never tolerate the existence of anyone who threatened his power!

However, Uday is still too young to be president!

"Uncle, I am still young. If I want to defeat the hateful Americans, I still need the support of you and everyone here," Uday said.

Adnan woke up from his deep thoughts and immediately said, "President Uday, we will do our best to avenge President Saddam. We must fight this battle unswervingly!"

Originally, Adnan had no intention of compromising. Now, the situation on the battlefield was most favorable to his side. The American army was beaten to a pulp, and his vanguard was about to rush to Riyadh!

The Americans are going to drop a nuclear bomb on the Iraqis? This is just a nuclear deterrent! Do they really dare to do it?

"The problem we are facing now is mainly the threat of American nuclear bombs," said Watban, who is the Minister of Internal Security. Together with Barzan, they are Saddam's half-brothers. Now that the situation has been settled, they all support Uday.

"General Andre, you are our Iraqi people's best friend. What do you think about the current threat of US nuclear bombs?" Uday asked Andre.