Chapter 455 Organizational Legalization

Coming out of the presidential palace, Colonel Hussein subconsciously looked up at the sky and found that the sky was extremely bright. What he said to President Yusuf made him completely put the shadow that had always existed in a corner of his heart under the blue sky.

Behind a window on the second floor of the presidential palace, a pair of strangely shining eyes watched Hussein leave in a jeep. After a long time, You Sufu withdrew his eyes and stared at the weapons procurement plan brought by Hussein on the table.

In this weapons procurement plan, the Somali Defense Forces will purchase 50,000 AK-47 automatic rifles and matching ammunition from Li Mo's Star Organization. Other conventional weapons such as light and heavy machine guns, grenades, rocket launchers, etc. At the end of the procurement plan, there is also a note: in order to defend the integrity of the country and recover the lost land, as well as to counterattack any enemy who takes military action against Somalia. The Somali Defence Force is in urgent need of modernization. According to the investigation of the General Staff of the Somali National Defense Force, the Lion King Infantry Fighting Vehicle is an excellent and affordable weapon, which is very suitable for the current upgrade of the Somali Defense Forces.

Then there is an attached data of the surname energy of the Lion King infantry fighting vehicle, and finally a unit price specially thickened in red: $700,000 per vehicle.

Even if You Sufu is not very clear about the price of infantry fighting vehicles in the international arms market, he knows that if this 'Lion King' infantry fighting vehicle really has the same surname in the data, the unit price of $700,000 is really very cheap, as Hussein said.

Before the United Nations lifted the arms embargo on Somalia, it was basically impossible for Somalia to purchase weapons and equipment in other countries. Even the United States will not openly violate the resolutions made by the United Nations Security Council.

And, most importantly: Somalia has no money now! Even if a country sells it to you, it's useless to have no money to pay.

But Hussein clearly assured that as long as the Somali Defense Forces purchased the Lion King infantry fighting vehicle from the Chinese-Somaliman named Li Mo, it could pay without cash. The businessman was willing to use the right to mine mineral resources to cover the cost of purchasing weapons and equipment.

Yusuf was very excited to be able to purchase a batch of armored weapons at such a 'low' price. Although he gave up control of the army, it does not mean that he can sit back and watch the forces of the Palamin Cook Army dominant in the Somali Defense Forces. In the long run, he solved his political problems, and it was impossible for him to control the army again.

Why is Paraming's army more powerful than other parties? It is because the Palamin Cook Army has the only armored force in Somalia. If the other Somali national defense forces are equipped with infantry fighting vehicles, it will not only improve the national defense strength, but also narrow the strength gap with the Palamin cooking army. At that time, it is not impossible to completely control the National Defense Force.

But Yusuf was so hesitant because of the previously proposed "subsidy" plan to weaken the party forces that did not have the support of large tribes. And his main goal is to cook the army. Now it seems that with the Paramin Cooking Army supported by the Chinese-Somali businessmen, millions of 'subsidy' can't pry their roots at all. And because of this, Hussein threw out a weapons procurement plan. Didn't he guess his intention and fight back against his president in this way?

You Yu Sufu asked Paramin to pay millions of 'subsidy'? No problem. I asked the Somali Defense Forces to purchase tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars of weapons and equipment from me. Let's see who emptied who in the end!

At the thought of this, President Yusuf felt very aggrieved. Why is it that every time I encounter something related to Paramin's cooking army, in the end, others always bear the obligations and responsibilities, but the benefits make Paramin's cooking army get it? Does Paramin's cooking army really have God's blessing?

At Monday's defense meeting, Chief of Staff Hussein once again said the weapons procurement plan. It has caused a great response among the nine members of the National Defense Commission.

No matter who it is, the first reaction in my mind is that this is a good thing. For these people who started from the army, nothing pays more attention to them than the armed army. Several members have always been envious of the armored forces controlled by the Palamin cooking army, and now all the national defense forces are likely to be equipped with this powerful weapon. Several committee members agreed on the spot.

For them, although mineral resources are important, mineral resources are also for selling money. Naturally, the money sold is also to purchase more advanced weapons to arm the army. Now you can directly exchange those mineral resources for weapons, which saves everyone a lot of trouble. Why don't you agree?

As soon as Yusuf saw the reaction of the committee members present, he knew that this matter could not be refused. After all the committee members agreed, he suddenly felt relieved for no reason. It seems to have cut off some kind of concern in my heart. After careful thought, President Yusuf felt that although he had given up control of the army, he had never given up the idea of taking it back. The approval of the proposal of the Chief of Staff of Hussein is tantamount to temporarily cutting off his 'control' of the National Defense Force. You can relax and deal with the affairs in the political axe.

"Mr. President, members, here, I would like to mention one thing." After everyone agreed to the weapons procurement plan, Hussein's face showed satisfaction, but he was not satisfied and continued to say.

"Oh? Chief of Staff, please speak!" President Yusuf glanced at Hussein and nodded. The tone is very polite, as if it is a very close old friend.

"The businessman once asked me to set up an arms manufacturing company to export arms to foreign countries. In order to obtain a license to manufacture and export arms in Somalia, he is willing to provide 5% of the export sales of arms to the Somali Defence Forces for military expenditure every year. I think this matter is of great benefit to the National Defense Force, which is short of military spending, so I put it up for everyone to discuss and see if it should be approved or not? After saying that, Hussein turned his eyes around on the faces of several important committee members to observe everyone's reaction.

"Arms company?" The members present stared at Hussein with wide eyes. Arms companies are only available in those developed countries in their consciousness. They never thought that Somalia would also set up an arms manufacturing company. The munitions produced are also exported abroad.

"Chief of Staff of Hussein, does that businessman really have so much strength? You won't start a company that specializes in exporting AK rifles, will you? A committee member immediately said in a sarcastic tone. Now everyone knows that the arms dealer has a close relationship with Paramin's army. Many people have long been jealous of the 'luck' of the Paramin cooking army. Now when they hear that the arms dealer still wants to export weapons in the name of the Somali state, how much benefit will that bring to the Paramming cooking army? I feel jealous when I think about it. How can you have a good tone?

Hussein glanced at the man and the cold light flashed. This man has been against him again and again. According to the investigation of the Ministry of Intelligence, it was known that this person was a partisan force controlled by an Islamic radical religious organization. It is closely related to the "Shabaab" that was beaten down by the temporary political axe of the Paramin cooking army. It is also because of this that it is full of hostility to the Paramin cooking army.

"This weapons company, which applied for the name of 'Star', is a very powerful weapons manufacturing company. This can be seen from their ability to produce the 'Lion King' infantry fighting vehicles. I think that there is a Somali arms manufacturing company that can occupy a share in the international arms trade, which is also of great benefit to the improvement of Somalia's image. It can change many people's view of Somalia's 'poverty and backwardness. Moreover, the arms trade is basically a large amount, and the National Defense Force can also get it from arms exports every year. 5% of sales are used as military spending, which is a win-win situation. I don't understand why some people will stop this kind of mutually beneficial thing, but I think the committee members here can see clearly the benefits of this matter to Somalia. Moreover, if we strongly support our country's arms industry, the first benefit is our country's national defense. Just like the F-22 produced by Martin to equip the U.S. military, if the domestic arms company receives our strong support and produces advanced weapons, the first equipment is naturally the Somali Defense Forces. And because it is a domestic enterprise, the National Defense Force can get a greater discount in terms of price!" Hussein calmly expressed his views one by one. Finally, he set his eyes on President Yusuf, who was in the first place.

President Yusuf tried his best to look away, but he found that he could not refute Hussein's views. Somalia's industry is almost blank. At this time, someone has to fill this gap. As president, he has no reason to refuse. Besides, as Hussein said, an internationally renowned arms company is also beneficial to the image of his country. Although the 'Star' company is not yet available, they can 'produce' the chariots of several regiments for the Paraming cooking army, which is enough to show that they have a secret weapons production base in the Paraming cooking army control area. Now, all they need is to 'legalize' this secret weapons production base.

"The Chief of Staff's words are very pertinent. I would like to mention that in the future, everyone should not put their words on their former identities. Now we are all senior officials of the Somali National Defense Force. The starting point of all decisions should stand on the overall situation of Somalia. We can't ignore the interests of the country for the sake of small profits!" Yusuf said with a calm face and a serious tone. As the reorganization of the National Defense Force is coming to an end, Yusuf is not afraid that these local powerful factions will make trouble. If you don't have an army in your hand, you can only scratch it at most. Moreover, this time he still supported Paraming's cooking army. The members who represent other forces will not ignore the strength of Paramin's army in the army.

"Since everyone has no opinion, this matter is settled. After the operation of the New Deal, the proposal was approved by the official National Defense Conference. Now I announce that the meeting is coming to an out!"

(to be continued)