#精品长文创作季#
President Anwar Sadat was deprived of the scene
The Mystery of the Assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (5)
The CIA immediately recommended that several of Sadat's homes be equipped with detectors and other alarms to prevent outsiders from entering.
The United States cannot do without Sadat.
Al Masri also took a number of steps: he arranged for the president to alternate between several residences so that others could not be seen, and kept the president out of Cairo as little as possible. If he had to leave, either by helicopter or in an armored car, he advised the president to refrain from attending public events......
Half a year has passed, and the president is safe.
Although he rarely participates in public events, the president is indispensable to attend the grand military parade on October 6. Masri prayed to himself that nothing would happen on this day.
At half past nine, he drove to Cairo to meet the president.
He wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to take a nap, but his mind was so chaotic that he couldn't sleep. He was always a little unsure. What's going on? Isn't there a good place for today's public order work? No? He pondered......
Everything works fine. A month ago, with the cooperation of the Army General Staff, he selected the units to be reviewed, and personally investigated the background of each soldier, and resolutely eliminated the slightest doubt. Yesterday, he sent people to the unit to inspect the soldiers' weapons and make sure that every soldier on parade was holding empty guns. He also made a stipulation that the army's parade should be at least 30 meters away from the review stand. The arrangement is so meticulous that it seems that there will be no negligence.
President Anwar Sadat inspects his troops
But he was still a little unsteady in his heart.
Maybe it's because of his career, when the car drove into Cairo, for some reason the scene of watching the video at the president's official residence that day suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and the voice sounded in his ears:
"Hashasin!
He fought a cold war.
At half past ten, all preparations for the parade were ready.
The trapezoidal review stand was full of people. Today, almost all of Egypt's leading figures gather here. In addition to the military and political dignitaries of the Egyptian government, there are envoys, experts and journalists from various countries in Egypt, as well as their dependents. People were in a good mood and chatting enthusiastically.
The troops were waiting in line outside the square. Looking from afar, thousands of troops and horses were pressed by black, but they were silent. This silence alone is enough to show an invincible force.
At eleven o'clock, the parade began. President Sadat appeared.
The crowd rejoiced.
Accompanied by Vice President Hosni Mubarak and Defense Minister Al-Ghazar, Sadat walked to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with a wreath in his hand. He placed a wreath in front of the tombstone, stood upright, and saluted. His hand hadn't been lowered for a long time, and anyone standing nearby could see something shiny in his eyes.
The scene of Sadat's assassination
After two minutes, Sadat turned around and walked towards the review stand. The people cheered him. He smiled reservedly and bowed his head.
Today he wears a gray-blue military uniform, and various medals and medals on his chest jingle. The ribbon draped diagonally around the body is adorned with many stars.
Sadat was very fond of wearing military uniforms. He was born into a military family and has been obsessed with military career since he was a child. He once told others that when he was a child, whenever he saw the stars in the sky, he dreamed of plucking a few of them and setting them on his collar to become a majestic general.
His purpose was undoubtedly achieved. Now he is at the pinnacle of power and honor.
He walked, and he walked many times on this three-way dirt road under his feet. When he first walked down this road, his head was so high, his waist was so straight, and his leather boots made a rhythmic sound that shook the hearts of everyone present.
Now he is on this path again. Contrary to the previous times, today his steps were a little heavy, and his body was slightly hunched. When he waved to the people, he was not as powerful as usual. If you look closely, you can detect a faint tiredness on his face.
Is he tired? He is tired.
From the October War to the present, he has done a lot for Egypt and the world. Almost everything has to be a global shock.
The body of President Anwar Sadat
The scene of President Anwar Sadat's assassination
Forty years ago, when he was arrested by the Farouk dynasty as a prominent member of Nasser's "Free Officers' Organization", he said in prison: "Whoever does not change his mind first cannot make any reforms in the real world, and he cannot make any progress." ”
He took that as his motto and did just that.
He was a great believer in Nasser, and he loved and revered him so sincerely. When he was a deputy, he obeyed all of Nasser's claims and did not say half a "no", so he was now called "Colonel Promise" by some people. It is said that at every meeting, whenever he made a new suggestion, Nasser would routinely slap him on the forehead with the palm of his hand and tell him to stop talking, but because he slapped him too much, a large black mole formed on his forehead. As a result, he also developed a strong character of being taciturn and enduring humiliation. When he came to power, he found that some of the policies of his mentor Nasser were not feasible, so he resolutely changed them. He rejected Nasser's model of dictatorship, based on the advice of Soviet advisers, and rebuilt the rule of law, transforming Egypt from a police state into a republic with more freedom and democracy for its people.
Nasser regarded the Soviets as his benefactor and brought in countless Soviet experts. After Nasser's death, Sadat discovered that those Soviet experts did not really help Egypt become rich and powerful, but did everything possible to infiltrate various key departments to achieve the goal of controlling Egypt. In 1972, he made a categorical decision to expel 12,000 Soviet experts from the country.
President Anwar Sadat's remarks at the review
After the "Six-Day War" in 1967, the entire Arab world was filled with a gloomy mood of defeat, but he was not depressed, worked hard, tried his courage, and finally launched the Fourth Middle East War in October 1973, defeated the Israeli army, and made a name for himself in World War I.
In November 1977, Sadat felt the magnitude of the calamities brought to the people by the war and decided to take "pacifist action." He decided to go to Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, to seek peace with this mortal enemy. When he announced the decision in Parliament, the entire cabinet was stunned and even thought he had said the wrong thing. When they figured out that they had heard correctly, there was an uproar. Someone shouted: "The land of tigers and wolves of Israel, you must not go!"
Sadat smiled faintly: "For the sake of peace, I will go to the ends of the earth." Why, then, is Israel excluded?"
He was unscathed. He went.
In Jerusalem, he went to the Knesset to make an impassioned speech and began a direct dialogue between Egypt and Israel. In 1978, with the participation of the United States, the famous "Camp David Accords" were signed, and the following year, the two countries formally signed a peace treaty. Thirty years of war between Egypt and Israel ended. A new page has been opened in history.
President Anwar Sadat was assassinated
He's done so much. He paid a heavy price, which included trust, honor, friendship, and his energy. Even he himself was tired. During a recent visit to the United States, he told former President Jimmy Carter that he was preparing to retire sometime next year.
He stepped onto the reviewing stand.
Defense Minister Al-Bhazar al-Ghazal gave the first speech, reciting the Koran. President Sadat tilted his head sideways and listened carefully. Then, Gamul announced the start of the parade.
Sadat sat down and took out his pipe to smoke. Now that the troops under review have not yet entered, the atmosphere on the review stand has suddenly become lively.
In addition to Vice President Mubarak and Al-Ghal, the president is surrounded by senior officials such as his personal secretary Hafez, the chief of staff of the armed forces, Bel Nabi, and the chief of staff, Ayryn. They're all talking.
Only Sadat was silent. He smoked his pipe and looked at the sky with a heavy gaze. Béchenabi let out a loud laugh that didn't make him turn his face away.
What was he thinking?
An urgent letter was sent to private secretary Hafez asking him to submit it to the president as soon as possible. He walked up to the president and saw that the president was frowning, his eyes narrowed, and his heart couldn't help but move: the president was not in a good mood. Sadat's expression was always this when he was unhappy.
In the past, the president was always in high spirits at every military parade, but today it is unusual.
After President Sadat, the scene was in shambles
Hafez quietly stepped aside and did not speak to the president. He knows why the president is upset.
These days, the president has encountered several things that have not gone his way.
First, at the beginning of the year, when the Israeli Embassy in Egypt began its activities, some young students from Cairo University organized a demonstration and cried in front of the presidential palace, which was called a "crying demonstration." Recently, when Israel successfully raided Iraq's nuclear facilities, the students once again came to the presidential palace to demand an immediate severance of diplomatic relations with Israel. It is said that this time there were more people crying, and the police intervened, and the two sides clashed, killing and injuring each other.
Second, when the President visited the United States not long ago, the CIA repeatedly reminded him to pay attention to the activities of religious extremists in the country, but he did not take it seriously. It was only when the Israeli intelligence agency "Mossad" provided him with a detailed plan for the assassination of religious extremists that he was brought to his attention. Upon his return, he ordered the hunt for fifteen hundred and thirty-six extremists. He was surprised to find out that many extremists had infiltrated the army. The discovery that he believed in his army was a blow to his consistently strong self-confidence.
Third, some people in the cabinet have some criticism of the president's private life, saying that he is too extravagant, with dozens of villas and more than 100 cars. And Nasser was such a frugal man, why can't the president learn from his predecessor?
This last point was particularly upsetting to Sadat.
Military music was played, and the parade began.
At the forefront were the infantry, who passed the reviewing stand at a neat British pace. They were followed by thousands of tanks and armored vehicles. The torrent of steel is as far as the eye can see. The dust was billowing and the sun was dim.
Today, the vast majority of Egyptians sit in front of their television sets to watch the parade live. The military commentator of the television station said in a proud voice:
"Now, the elite and invincible Egyptian army is beginning to be reviewed by the commander-in-chief. Eight years ago today, it was they who rushed across the canal ......"
Sadat stood up and saluted his men.
The soldiers tilted their heads to the right in unison.
Preview: The mystery of the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (6)
Flag of Egypt