Soviet Union 1991

Update 2

The exchange of intelligence between the Soviet Intelligence Agency and Saddam was not without asking for anything. For example, before the war began, after providing military assistance, the KGB Foreign Intelligence Agency asked Saddam for a person who was neither a senior Iraqi military official nor a government official, but a very ordinary Iraqi civilian who even Baghdad officials found a little strange.

After the Baghdad government found out that this person was indeed just an ordinary scholar in Samarra, they handed over this worthless Libyan citizen to the Soviet Intelligence Agency despite their doubts. When Baghdad intelligence personnel tried to get wind of the handover from the KGB agent, the answer they received was disappointing.

"This prey does not belong to our Soviet Intelligence Agency. He is a person that the Moscow Central Committee specifically requested to see, so we are just following the rules."

"Awad Ibrahim Ali Badri Samarrai, a Sunni, was born in the northern Iraqi city of Samarra. His uncle is a religious scholar and Arabic professor. Apart from this, there is nothing worthy of our attention about this man, General Secretary Yanaev."

Kryuchkov put the information of the Iraqi civilians that Yanaev had specifically designated to be arrested on Yanaev's desk. He really didn't understand why Yanaev would be so interested in such an obscure little character, and even used covert means to send him from Iraq to Moscow.

Yanayev looked at the round-faced man with brown eyes in the photo and said to Kryuchkov, "A person should not be judged by his past, but by the value he can create for the Soviet Union in the future. Have you ever thought about giving Americans a headache in the Middle East? Then this person is the best choice."

"The best choice? Isn't the best choice Saddam?" Kryuchkov widened his eyes. He really couldn't understand what kind of terrible power this short-haired man had that gave Americans a headache. But Yanayev understood what kind of brutal ruler this man could become in the future.

"Saddam is already the afterglow of the sunset, and we don't know if he is still alive after the Baghdad airstrike. Now we need to foster a loyal anti-American agent in Iraq."

Only Yanayev knew that this man would later go by the pseudonym Abu Bakr Baghdadi, the founder of the Iraqi Torn State, the most cruel and notorious terrorist leader. But Yanayev thought more deeply, that is, to make this man a loyal pawn of the Soviet Union in Iraq. The best weapon against the US military.

"Yes, the KGB will train him to be a loyal chess piece from the moment he takes over, and then release him back to Iraq. I believe that I will create incomparable value for us. Compared with Saddam, he will be a more valuable spokesperson for us in Iraq."

"What should we do? Train him to be a loyal KGB agent? Or train him to be a killing machine." Although he had some doubts about Yanaev's words, Kryuchkov respected his choice. After all, Yanaev has told everyone with his success again and again that his choices are often correct.

"It would be a waste of talent to do this. We need to train him to be the spokesperson for Iraq in the Middle East. Since he is a religious person, why not train him to be a red religious person?"

Kryuchkov also considered other influences. "What should we do if a place like Iraq no longer wants to be controlled by us after its chess piece grows stronger?"

"As long as it is still an anti-American regime, we don't need to care. Even if it is a dog, as long as it can be used by us, it is worth supporting. And do you really think that a force that affects the interests of both the United States and the Soviet Union can still exist peacefully in this world?"

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Samarai was invited to the Lubyanka, the headquarters of the KGB. The person who received him here was not the director of the Foreign Intelligence Service, but the chairman of the entire KGB department, Comrade Kryuchkov. Apparently, the KGB also specially provided a translator for this professor who only spoke Arabic. At first, Samarai was a little uneasy, not knowing whether it was good or bad to be targeted by the most brutal intelligence organization in the world.

Obviously, Kryuchkov did not waste words at the beginning, and directly asked him whether he was willing to be loyal to the Soviet intelligence organization. As long as he was willing, he could get dual political and military assistance. The Soviet side had only one request, which was to let him establish anti-US armed forces and not launch military strikes against the US troops stationed in Iraq.

"Why me?"

Samarai's first sentence was exactly the same as what Kryuchkov thought, but the powerful figure in the intelligence department could only give him an ambiguous answer in the end, "Why you? Then let me change the question, why not you?"

"What advantages do I have that are worthy of your intelligence agency? I am just a university professor, and there is nothing worthy of your support." Knowing that he would not die, Samarai finally plucked up the courage to ask Chairman Kryuchkov.

"I can't answer this question for you. Since the top leaders in Moscow have chosen you, you must be worthy of our attention. Now I'm giving you a chance to choose. Are you willing to be loyal to the KGB? Just answer yes or no."

"What if I say no?" Samarai asked tentatively. He wanted to know the bottom line of the Soviet Intelligence Agency so that he would be qualified to bargain with the Soviet government.

"Then you will never leave Lubyanka, I swear." Kryuchkov said it very lightly. Yanayev had already given him an order. If the other party was unwilling to cooperate, he would be killed directly. It is better to lose a chess piece than to let it become a running dog of the Americans.

It seems that if he doesn't agree, he will not be able to leave this office alive. Samarai believes that there is a group of KGB agents waiting to kill him outside the door. There was no other way but to cooperate with the Soviet Union. He nodded and agreed to Kryuchkov, "I am willing, but I want to know what you can give me? You can't promise a blank check."

"We can give you guns and the funds needed to establish an armed faction in the early stage, and you just need to organize an anti-US regime in the chaotic situation in Iraq and fight against the US troops stationed in Iraq. I don't care whether you use sniper rifles or roadside bombs, as long as you can achieve our goal."

"If you can ambitiously establish the backbone of the anti-US regime in Iraq, then the Soviet Union will consider giving you more military assistance. This is our request and condition."

Kryuchkov looked at Samarai who was silent. Obviously, no one could refuse such a generous request. He asked again, "What do you think?"

Samarai returned to Iraq after signing a series of confidentiality agreements with the Soviet Union. According to the Soviet Union's instructions, he would establish his own armed force in the most politically unstable north. And this carefully planned force will become a hidden agent for the Soviet Union to control Iraq in the future.