"If only Ashbern died, it would be really big news for us. Although this news is also bad news.
But what¡¯s even worse is that Ashborn did not die in their autonomous state, but in an area controlled by the Malian government.
And it was an assassination. "Colonel Neil's face became even more ugly.
"The leader of the Tuareg Liberation Movement was assassinated and died in an area controlled by Malian government forces." Lin Rui touched his forehead, "This is really bad news. I understand why those people above you want to An urgent meeting has been held.
I¡¯m afraid this is the biggest crisis for them. Opposition leaders were assassinated in areas controlled by government forces.
Even if there¡¯s nothing going on here, it¡¯s enough to arouse people¡¯s imagination. I'm afraid they are under tremendous pressure now, right? "Lin Rui sighed.
Colonel Neal sighed, "Who says it's not the case? As soon as the assassination of Ashbourne happened, we received phone inquiries from many countries. These included European and American countries, as well as those from Africa.
On the surface, they were just asking politely about what happened, but in fact, they all suspected that it was us.
¡°It¡¯s no wonder, Alcibald and we are old rivals. His titles of Soul of Tuarego and Blue Scimitar were obtained through many battles with us.
Now that the scimitar has been broken, everyone suspects that we are causing trouble secretly.
After all, armed coups are not uncommon in Africa. Not to mention assassinating opposition leaders. "
"Colonel, your military rank is not high, right?" Lin Rui looked at him and asked.
"What do you mean?" Colonel Neal looked at him strangely, "You know that I have the rank of colonel, and you still ask me?"
"I mean, Colonel, although you have a great future, you haven't entered the inner circle of Malian senior officials yet, have you?
The circle I am talking about, of course, refers to the circle at the highest level. Lin Rui glanced at him and asked.
"Me? The highest level? Mr. Rick, you really think too highly of me. Based on my family background and background, I'm afraid I won't be able to enter that circle in another ten years." Colonel Neal gave a bitter smile.
But then he looked at Lin Rui doubtfully, "Mr. Rick, what do you mean by that?"
¡°What I mean is, Colonel, you are not in the highest-level decision-making circle. So I¡¯m afraid you don¡¯t know what the higher-ups think.
?Perhaps the crisis you think is the hope in the eyes of your senior leaders? You don¡¯t know what the people above think. So why should you worry about them?
¡°Perhaps you are worrying about Ashbern¡¯s death, while the big guys above you are popping champagne to celebrate. After all, their old enemy who had been against them for decades was dead. Lin Rui smiled indifferently.
"This is impossible. Although my military rank and position are not high, it is precisely because of this that my eyes and brain are quite useful.
I don¡¯t have much family background, but I have become a colonel in my thirties. This is simply impossible for ordinary people.
What do I rely on? It depends on your mind and eyesight. The eyes are for seeing and the mind is for analyzing. So I know exactly what the above idea is. "Colonel Neil looked a little helpless, "There is no way around this. If I don't keep in line with the above, how can I get to where I am today? "
"Oh?" Lin Rui glanced at him and said, "Do you know what the above means? Are you sure that your bosses don't want Axiburn to die?"
"I'm sure." Colonel Neal said very firmly, "Of course if it were ten years ago, everyone above would have wanted Axiburn to die.
But now the situation is different. The conflict between us and the Tuareg has come to an end for the time being. Moreover, Ashborn can also very well restrain the Tuaregs under his command.
In this case, we certainly don¡¯t want anything to happen to him. After all, he is more useful to us if he is alive. And if he dies, I'm afraid it will bring a series of troubles.
This is what the above actually means. In the past few years, our personal attitude towards Touare has been mainly tolerant. Try not to stir up conflict. "
"If these are really the intentions of the Malian high-level officials, then how come this Ashbourne suddenly appeared in an area controlled by the Malian government forces? How could he be assassinated there?" Lin Rui asked rhetorically. "By the way, where was he assassinated?"
"Right in Bamako." Colonel Neal sighed. "In a small hotel in Bamako."
¡°The armed oppositionbsp; He is dead, and he was killed on your territory. So you are panicking now. "Lin Rui replied, "I'm not wrong, right? "
"Yes. That's basically the situation. We originally wanted to stabilize the domestic situation, so we blocked the news.
Sending a message to other countries is also to tell our allies and express our attitude to them. This matter really has nothing to do with us. "
"Those who have done bad things will never admit that they have done bad things. So in fact, it is useless no matter how you express your attitude, everyone only believes in their own judgment.
If you come to me at the first time, I will advise you to completely block the news. He even went so far as to destroy the corpse and eliminate all traces without stopping. Erase all traces of Ashbourne's presence in Bamako.
You have the power of the country, so it is not difficult for you to do this. As long as there is no evidence, no one can say that you did this. "Lin Rui shook his head.
The expression on the fat black man¡¯s face visibly froze, and he could only say with some embarrassment, ¡°We didn¡¯t think of this at the first time. And we think the news may have been revealed.
I never thought it would end like this. Now many countries suspect that we killed Ahiburn.
Several countries have condemned this act. Some even openly stated that this kind of assassination of political opponents is terrorism. "
"So, you want to ask me for a solution?" Lin Rui asked.
"Yes, we want to ask, how should we deal with this matter?" the Malian president asked.
"If you want to ask me, I still insist on not admitting it. Even if the news has leaked out, you can still tell lies with your eyes open.
First, erase all the evidence related to Yaxin Byrne and him. Then find a death row prisoner, take him to that small hotel room and shoot him.
Forge all the identity information of this death row prisoner. Change his name to Ashberon too. As long as he is a person from your country, isn't it just a matter of your words to change his identity information?
??The last piece of news was announced, saying that the killed Ahibone and the leader of the Tuareg liberation movement were not the same person.
Then the identity information of the deceased and the photos of the assassination were released. And claimed that this was an assassination attempt by a terrorist organization. He then promised that the Malian police would make every effort to investigate the case. "
Lin Rui talked so eloquently that all the senior officials present were stunned.
¡°But what if those Tuareg insist that we assassinated Ahiburn?¡± a black officer asked.
"They insist that you killed Ahibourne. Then you also insist that their Ahibourne is suffering from Alzheimer's disease because of his age, and may have been lost in some desert. Let them find it on their own.
¡°You are said to be engaged in assassination, where is the evidence? Not the murderer, not the murder weapon, not the victim. Is this an assassination or a slander? Lin Rui spread his hands, "As for other countries, you can explain it better."
Because as long as there is a seemingly reasonable excuse, they will choose to believe it. After all, they will not turn against the current Malian government just because of a leader of the opposition armed forces.
¡°Everyone knows everything about this kind of national diplomacy. In fact, you know better than me. "
"If there is no evidence, Mr. Rick, your current method is indeed a good method. But the problem is that we have evidence in the other party's hands." Mr. President was a little helpless.
"What evidence?" Lin Rui looked at him in surprise.
"Actually, we know that Ashborn came to Bamako this time. To be more precise, he was invited by us.
Two months ago, we sent them a very formal invitation letter, asking them to come and discuss some things. So in fact, Ashborn was invited.
But we don¡¯t know how he ended up in that small hotel, let alone why he was assassinated inexplicably.
But what is obviously disadvantageous to us now is that the Tuareg people have evidence that we invited Ashbern.
As long as this is true, no matter how shameless we are, denying it is useless.
The man was invited by us, but he died on our territory. If the corpses are destroyed and all traces are destroyed, we will be even more unclear. "The black official from before said helplessly.