Chapter 1061

With the death of Liberian tyrant Doe, has clarity returned to the country’s politics?

Obviously impossible.

Since then, Liberia has not ushered in peaceful development. Different factions in this disaster-ridden land have fought with each other for power and their own purposes. The seven-year civil war has caused a total of 150,000 deaths and 850,000 refugees, completely Devastated the Liberian economy.

People’s lives have become even more miserable.

In 1996, Liberia’s GDP dropped to US$132 million. Charles Taylor, who had overthrown Doe, was forced to resign in 2003 after seven years as president… On

October 1, 2003, the United Nations peacekeeping force took over Liberia, set out to disarm all parties to the civil war.

On August 18, 2003, the Bula government and various political parties and associations jointly signed the”Accra Peace Agreement” and formed a national transitional government in mid-October.

Charles Jude Bryant was elected chairman of the National Transitional Government and was sworn in on October 14.

On December 27, 2017, George Weah defeated the candidate of the Congress for Democratic Change and the Unity Party and the current Vice President of Liberia, Joseph Boakai, and became the new president of Liberia.

Yes, you read that right, the current president of Liberia is a former famous football star.

George Weah started his football career in Liberia when he was 14 years old.

In 1987, Weah moved to Cameroon’s Yaounde Perak Football Club.

In 1988, Weah landed in the European League and joined French Ligue 1 Monaco. He later played for Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan, Chelsea, Manchester City and Marseille.

In 2001, Weah moved to Al Jazira in the United Arab Emirates.

Weah has won two Serie A championships, one Ligue 1 championship, and one FA Cup in his career. In 1995, he won two personal honors: the Ballon d’Or and the World Footballer of the Year.

In 2003, Weah announced his retirement.

In 2017, the football star became the 25th president of Liberia.

And in 2018, this year, George Weah was in big trouble.

I wonder if all humans are forgetful.

Once violently overturned the”violent¨｀ ¨｀ The Liberians who had conquered Doe, because they were dissatisfied with their current poor life, began to brew another riot.

And the leader they elected was the nephew of the former tyrant Doe, Makarila Doe.

They killed him One Doe found another Doe.

The war broke out again.

George Weah had a huge head and was very scared.

He had lived in the civilized world of Europa for many years and did not like the barbarism and cruelty of this country at all. Especially when this barbarity is likely to be directed at him, he decided to ask for help.

He originally wanted to ask the African”overlord” Egypt for help, but Egypt was too far away.

Then he wanted to ask Mali, a large country in West Africa, for help. He said,”My own family is still in civil strife and I can’t control you.”

Finally, he thought of Guinea, a small West African country that has developed rapidly in the past decade.

“Liberia asked us to send troops to help suppress the rebellion in the country?”

Martin looked surprised.

Then his eyes lit up.

Like Guinea, although Liberia is the least developed country in the world, it is very rich in mineral resources.

The local iron ore reserves are large, as well as rich in diamonds, gold, and aluminum. Mineral deposits include alumina, copper, lead, manganese, zinc, nickel, barite and kyanite, and the country is well suited to growing rice and cassava, having been a rice exporter before the civil war.

“granary”+””Rich in mineral deposits” = must be taken

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2018, September 12.

Conakry Air Force Base, Guinea.

The delta wing has a full-motion horizontal tail with a 23-degree downward deflection, a 12-degree upward deflection of the folding outer wing section of the main wing, an inlet with a boundary layer isolation plate, and a variable sweep wing layout… The one parked on the runway is exactly the one from Guinea. The fighter jet introduced by the United States-F4 Phantom.

Sitting in the large bubble cockpit, Karag Ritz”lyed” on the flight seat and carefully checked all the instruments.

Carragher Ritz is the pilot of this”F4 Phantom”.

This former captain of the Iraqi Air Force is now a major of the Guinea Air Force and the commander of the 165th Fighter Squadron.

Although the Phantom fighter jet is compared to the most advanced F16, it is like the gap between a tractor and a Mercedes-Benz and BMW, but Carragher Ritz is still very satisfied with his car.

At least it is much easier to control than the Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter I flew back then. The electronic system of the Soviet fighter is much behind that of the American fighter, and many places require manual control by the driver.

In air combat, one second of neglect often results in the destruction of the aircraft and the loss of lives.

During Saddam’s era, Iraq was once the leading air force in the Middle East, with hundreds of fighter aircraft, and even independently developed and equipped special aircraft such as large airborne early warning aircraft.

However, there is a reason why Iraq did not introduce American fighters (at that time, Iraq was equipped with a large number of Soviet-made MiG-29 and Chinese-made J-7M fighters). Although the American fighters at that time had the best performance, they were also the most complex in structure. , the highest maintenance cost, but this is not important.

Irak was not short of money at that time.

Importantly, the harsh climate environment in the Middle East, especially the huge sandstorms, is not friendly to such sophisticated American fighter jets.

In 1998, the United States signed an agreement with Iraq to provide Iraq with 36 F-16 fighter jets.

In 2002, Iraq Balad Air Force Base finally received its first F-16 fighter jet. A total of 34 were subsequently provided, and 2 were lost during training in the United States.

The United States provides Iraq with F-16IQ fighter jets, whose prototype is the US military’s F-16C/DBlock52 fighter jet, including 30 single-seat fighters and 4 two-seat combat trainers, forming the 9th Fighter Squadron of the Iraqi Air Force.

F-The 16IQ fighter inherits many features of the F-16C/DBlock52 fighter. Conformal fuel tanks can be installed above the wings. The two-seat version also has a raised square spine structure to accommodate new electronic equipment. The pilot is equipped with a joint helmet display system..

But the Americans tampered with the aircraft and provided only a emasculated version of the aircraft.

They canceled the (good money) (good money) over-the-horizon combat capability of these fighter jets, causing them to lose the ability to launch AIM-120 active radar-guided medium-range air-to-air missiles, and the short-range missiles delivered to the Iraqi Air Force The air-to-air missile is also an older AIM-9M, and its air combat capability is not even as good as the Soviet MiG-29 fighter jets equipped by the Iraqi Air Force in the past.

In terms of ground attack capabilities, the United States mainly provides MK82 unguided guided air bombs to Iraq. The number of air-to-surface missiles and laser-guided bombs is very limited.

The United States’ actions obviously do not want Iraq’s air force to pose a threat to Israel, which they support.

However, after entering Iraq, the advanced American fighter jets were not adapted to the climate. Due to the year-round windy and sandy climate, only 7 of the 34 fighter jets were able to fly after a year, and they even needed to remove spare parts from other aircraft to maintain airworthiness.

This is also the reason why Iraq later began to purchase Chinese and Polar Bear fighter jets.

(Brothers, please take care of me. Please give me some comments, flowers, collections, and rewards. Thank you.) Zaza.