Chapter 268: Al Qaeda Announces Responsibility
Listening to the Russian lieutenant general's account, Mavi also understood the general situation. Afghanistan is the cradle of terrorists. Although the Soviet Union in this lifetime did not launch an aggressive war against it.
However, due to the poor management of those in power, terrorists have grown and grown everywhere. The most famous of them is the Taliban armed forces.
It launched a battle code-named "Advance Kabul" between May and June 1995, and quickly controlled nearly 40% of Afghanistan. Taliban took advantage of the victory to launch a full-scale attack on Kabul. On September 26 of the same year, it occupied the state radio, television stations and the Presidential Palace. It controlled more than 90% of Afghanistan's territory.
It also became the interim government of Afghanistan, with an armed force of nearly 100,000 people, hundreds of tanks, and dozens of jet fighters. Its combat effectiveness cannot be said to be not underestimated.
If it were people from the Taliban Provisional Government who shot down the Russian Su-30 fighter jet, they would be in trouble! Russia, a country with absolute zero tolerance for terrorists and terrorist activities. In the face of the kidnapping within the country, the Alpha Special Forces did not hesitate to kill the hostages, but also eliminated the terrorists!
Such an operation is even more ruthless than the Americans! He directly killed the hostages, making the terrorists no longer arrogant... and then wiped out all...
Having said that, the reason why the United States attacked Afghanistan was because of the 9/11 incident, which had a bad impact. The Taliban government refused to hand over the initiator of the incident, Ben Ladan. Otherwise, the Americans would not have launched a war on the Taliban government against terrorism.
At 10:50 am that day, Al Qaeda leader Ben Ladan released a recorded video to the public, claiming that the Russian Su-30 fighter jet was shot down this time, and Al Qaeda was responsible for the responsibility of al Qaeda. In other words, they did it.
Once the news was reported, it caused an uproar around the world! Almost all media in all countries rushed to report on this matter, for fear that they would be one step later than others.
The American ABC Broadcasting Corporation interjected the news on the afternoon news almost at noon that day.
"Latest news! In the early morning of this day, a Russian Su-30 fighter jet was attacked by air defense missiles while passing through the intersection of Afghanistan and Pakistani airspace. The fighter jet has crashed and the whereabouts of the pilot are unknown. Just at 10 am this morning, al-Qaeda announced that it was responsible for the incident..." The female news anchor said to the American people on TV.
With the rush to report on radio news, netizens on the Internet, including military fans in major military forums, are extremely concerned about this matter. After all, this is a very important and major event! Maybe it will trigger a large-scale anti-terrorism war!
"Damn it, al-Qaeda is so awesome, even the Russians dare to catch the plane? Is this a bad rhythm?" An anonymous netizen commented in a comment under the online news.
"It's so good. I thought it was Taliban, but I didn't expect it was done by Al Qaeda. It's awesome! I'll wait for Russia's anger to burst out." Netizens who know Russia's attitude knew at a glance that the Russians would never give up!
Not to mention a Su-30 fighter jet, even if it is broken a little wing, it won’t work. We must settle the score with Al Qaeda.
"Haha! Russia also has today. It deserves to be told that they destroyed two of our passenger planes!" The person who left this comment was naturally the Korean people.
At that time, two civil aviation passenger planes of South Korea Airlines trespassed Soviet airspace due to navigation failures. Then the Soviets directly sent fighter planes to shoot down the passenger planes. They refused to apologize and compensate afterwards, which made the South Korean government so angry that they dared not speak out, so they could only leave it in the end.
Who told them to invade Soviet airspace without authorization? And the most important thing is that South Korea really can't beat the Soviet Union. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been fooling around, and they would have started working long ago...
"Mr. Mavie, the latest news is coming out. It is a terrorist attack conducted by Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. We have sent troops to Afghanistan to ask the Taliban government for people. If they do not hand over Benladan, according to the President's intention, he will overthrow the Afghan Provisional Government and will also dig out the culprit!"
The Russian Air Force Lieutenant General in charge of this matter found Mavi and said to him. Although the Taliban government and al-Qaeda were both terrorist armed forces in Afghanistan, there was still a certain difference.
Al Qaeda’s goal is global, while Taliban’s goal is only Afghanistan. The leaders of the two organizations are different, but they protect each other.
Al Qaeda's military strike against Western powers is not only the first time this year. Last year, in 2000, the USS Kerr, which was refueling in the port of Aden, Yemen, was attacked by Al Qaeda bombs, and the warship was directly blown up to a 12-meter hole.
On August 7, 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, Africa were successively bombed, killing more than 300 people.
The Americans did not pay much attention to these two attacks, and at most they sent CIA to investigate secretly and arrest suspected suspects in secret. They did not rise to the level of a large-scale war on terrorism.
From this point of view, we can see the difference between Americans and Russians. A simple summary is that only when Americans are angry, they send troops to destroy you. As long as Russians are provoked, they will definitely send troops to send troops. This sign must be strangled in the cradle.
Otherwise, it would be the same as the United States in its previous life, and it might be the last 9/11 incident and become the shadow of the Chinese people in this life.
"Lieutenant General, I am very grateful for your army's support, and I also express my highest respect to the President on my behalf." Mawei said to the Lieutenant General of the Russian Air Force with gratitude. With this attitude of the Russian government, he would not suffer any loss.
But if he could, he wanted to go to Afghanistan and meet with the highest leader of the Taliban Provisional Government. Unfortunately, according to his memories of his previous life, doing so was a bit dangerous, almost like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth and falling into the trap.
Al Qaeda is worried that it has not done anything that has caused a sensation in the world like in the previous 9/11. Kidnapping and hijacking, Russia's popular powerful and largest arms dealer, is probably Al Qaeda is willing to do this.
"Mr. Mavie, let's leave the follow-up of the matter to us." The Russian lieutenant general said to Mavie confidently. The Russian Air Force also has a share in this transaction with Pakistan. Moreover, the missing pilot is also a member of their Air Force, and it is impossible for him to leave it alone.
Chapter completed!