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Who ordered the bombing of the Chinese embassy? The "culprit" behind the scenes was assassinated ten years later!
In 1999, after the bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia, the Chinese people were indignant and took to the streets one after another, and anti-US demonstrations broke out.
For a time, many college students in Beijing held up protest letters in front of the US Embassy, accusing the barbaric act of NATO's missile attack on the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia.
Even Chinese hackers have begun to attack U.S. networks on a large scale, planting Chinese flags on the official website of the U.S. government.
However, just when the Chinese people were angry about the "national humiliation," certain arrogant US media were criticizing the "weakness" of then US President Clinton, saying that he was actually writing a "review" to the Chinese ambassador to the United States.
Clinton writes "review"
This has to be said that the so-called "accidental bombing" of the United States has occurred.
Can you believe it? In the late 90s, the United States, which had already used its advanced satellite positioning system, "accidentally" bombed the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia with five ground-penetrating bombs one after another, resulting in the unfortunate death of three Chinese journalists and the injury of many embassy staff.
However, in the face of China's solemn condemnation and demand for an apology, the US Government has always held an attitude of being vague, refusing to be responsible, and refusing to admit it, biting to death that it was not deliberately bombing the Chinese Embassy, but also claiming that it was because they accidentally used the old map that had not been updated, which led to the "accidental bombing."
Such an excuse is obviously untenable.
But for the United States, which has always been used to being hegemonic, how can they have the tradition of apologizing and admitting their mistakes to anyone?
There has never been.
And we, China, have to swallow our anger for this? Let the United States treat us like a soft persimmon?
Obviously also impossible.
As a result, Li Zhaoxing, the mainland's ambassador to the United States, was appointed by the Central Committee to go to the White House to confront Clinton, demanding that Clinton himself must apologize to China and make a profound confession to China!
From the very beginning, Li Zhaoxing's request to meet with Clinton was deliberately shirked by the US Secretary of State.
Not only that, some arrogant American media even questioned Li Zhaoxing, why the US government has already said that it was a mistake, but the Chinese government still wants to continue to hold him accountable.
In this regard, Li Zhaoxing asked rhetorically on the spot:
"You say you're using outdated maps, is that convincing? What's more, the three missiles were bombed to the embassy from different angles, in other words, you said that they were bombed by mistake, do you believe it? The United States has always claimed to be a human rights defender, but after the bombing of Chinese citizens, you have not made any reassuring actions or remarks, nor have you dealt with the perpetrators. ”
These heart-wrenching words undoubtedly demonstrate Li Zhaoxing's firm defense of the dignity of the Chinese people and his adherence to fairness and justice.
Therefore, in the end, Li Zhaoxing still withstood the heavy pressure and directly made it clear to the White House: If the United States refuses to apologize, then the Sino-US relations that have been managed with great difficulty may be destroyed at any time, and at that time, China and the United States will not have good fruits to eat.
Hearing this, Clinton also had to pay attention to it, because after all, the United States still has a huge market worth more than one billion yuan in China, and if it really pushes China to a dead end, their American interests may also be harmed.
What's more, now not only China is denouncing the United States, but almost the entire people of the world are solemnly condemning the United States, and the tremendous pressure of public opinion has forced the United States to make some concessions and agree that Li Zhaoxing will directly meet President Clinton at the White House, but will not hold any press conference.
As soon as they met, Clinton naturally asked Li Zhaoxing to convey his apologies and condolences to the Yugoslav Embassy and the families of the victims.
Obviously, this is just a verbal "conveyance", which is inevitably too insincere, so Li Zhaoxing also directly and without hesitation proposed:
"The Chinese pay attention to black and white, so please ask Mr. President to write down the apology."
The real culprit was killed ten years later
When Clinton heard this, his face immediately changed, but who expected Li Zhaoxing to directly hand over the paper and pen, which immediately made Clinton's face look embarrassed.
As far as Clinton is concerned, he is obviously unwilling to sign this letter, after all, he is the president of the world's largest country, how can he easily apologize to a country that is inferior to himself, so how can he have the face of a great American empire? How else is he worthy of being the president of the American Empire?
So, what was it that made Clinton bow his proud head and agree to write that "review"?
Just because Li Zhaoxing said: "Mr. President, I guarantee in my personal name, and this matter will never be made public." ”
Hearing this, Clinton took the pen and paper with confidence and wrote a letter of apology in earnest.
Of course, it is absolutely impossible for this matter not to be made public, and soon the news reached the ears of the major media, and Clinton should be ridiculed in the United States.
Of course, it is not enough to simply apologize and admit mistakes, and the United States should be fully responsible for the compensation of the three embassy victims and the Chinese government.
As China and the United States reached a consensus, a detailed compensation plan was also released, that is, the United States will compensate the three victims for a total of $4.5 million, and the Chinese embassy will be compensated for the loss of $28 million alone.
However, on the side of the U.S. government, someone had to be responsible for this, so soon, William Brown, the intelligence officer in charge of the map marking at the time. Bennett, who praised the other six relevant staff members, was identified by the US government as the culprits in the bombing of the embassy of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia! Dismissal was carried out.
At this point, the bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia came to an end.
Although it seems to have been properly resolved, in fact, it has become a scar condensed in the heart of every Chinese, always inspiring Chinese to forge ahead.
However, what no one expected was that ten years later, William, who was originally convicted of the bombing of the Chinese Embassy. Bennett, who was mysteriously killed!
It happened in the early morning of March 22, 2009, when William. Bennett was walking in the park with his wife when a car sped by.
With a few gunshots coming out of the car window, William. Bennett fell to the ground and died instantly.
However, just as the police arrived at the scene to cordon off the park and investigate the case, the CIA and the FBI suddenly intervened in the case forcefully, and both sent agents to demand that the police hand over all the information related to the case.
Not only that, but even the deceased's home was sealed off by the CIA and the FBI, and no one had the right to enter without the permission of the leaders of the two bureaus.
With such a high degree of attention but secrecy, it is not difficult to see that William. Behind Bennett's death, there are all kinds of secrets that no one knows.
As we all know, killing people and killing people is a common trick of the US government, and as long as the United States is not accustomed to it, or is worried that it will leak its secrets, it will usually directly get rid of it.
Therefore, all kinds of conspiracy theories went crazy for a while.
Many American netizens have speculated that it may be because Bennett knows too many secrets, so the CIA decided to kill him.
There are also many American netizens who can't help but associate him with the bombing of the Chinese Embassy that year, thinking that maybe the reason why he was killed was because he was pushed out as a scapegoat by the U.S. government back then, and later maybe it was because the U.S. government was worried that Bennett would expose this secret, so it chose to kill him.
But there are also some American netizens with clear brain circuits, who actually think that it is Bennett who was assassinated by us in China in order to avenge the bombing of the embassy.
This reason is obviously whimsical, because first of all, we in China do not disdain to engage in assassination and revenge, and even if we want to take revenge, it is impossible to use such a superficial and naïve way to kill a person as a retaliation, but will try to surpass the United States by all means, so that the United States will no longer dare to arbitrarily manipulate China.
Second, if China can really do it, and can casually kill a high-ranking American official in the United States, then what is the use of the United States, the world's number one power, sitting still? It's better to come and sit for us, so obviously, the cause of Bennett's death has nothing to do with our China.
The truth is buried
Of course, the US official responded quickly to the speculations of American netizens, first of all, the CIA said that Bennett withdrew from the CIA as early as 2000.
As for whether the CIA, which withdrew because of the bombing of the Chinese embassy, a spokesman for the CIA said that he refused to answer this question, which shows some clues that want to cover up.
However, the FBI slapped the CIA in the face in a blink of an eye, saying that after they intervened in the investigation, they found that although Bennett had apparently quit the CIA in 2000, in fact he was still a "contract employee" of the CIA until his death, mainly responsible for training troops in Iraq.
So there are also rumors that perhaps it was because Bennett was involved in the Middle East situation, in which the conflict of interests was too complicated, that ultimately killed him.
All in all, whatever the truth, William. Bennett's death has become an unsolvable mystery.
But what is clear is that the real culprit of the bombing of the Chinese embassy may still be at large.
So the question is, since it could not have been a "mistakenly bombing," why did the United States deliberately bomb the embassy on the mainland?
There has been a lot of speculation about this issue.
As a matter of fact, just five months after the incident, Britain's "Observer" and "Politico" published articles claiming that the US bombing of the Chinese embassy was not only deliberate, but also premeditated.
Their reason was that the Chinese Embassy at that time had actually become the "radio center" of the Yugoslav army, transmitting communications to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, so it was bombed by the United States.
However, such a statement is obviously not tenable enough, because the "radio relay center" is not a particularly valuable base, and there is no need for the United States to do such a thing with the risk of losing money and not making money and completely offending China.
Seeing that there were many doubts, the curious British media continued to dig up fierce information, and not long after, they broke the news that the United States bombed the Chinese embassy was actually a beheading operation, because Milosevic, then president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, was hiding in the Chinese embassy at that time.
However, such a statement was personally denied by Pan Zhanlin, the Chinese ambassador to Yugoslavia, so it is not very credible.
One of the most plausible and widely circulated speculations is that China was secretly studying the wreckage of an American F-117 fighter jet in the basement of the embassy.
Because not long before the incident, China had assisted the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in shooting down an F-117.
So some people speculate that after the downing, China put the wreckage of the F-117 in the basement of the embassy for military experts to study.
When the United States found that the wreckage was actually in the Chinese Embassy, the United States was quite afraid that China would master the core military technology of the F-117, so it launched an attack on the Chinese Embassy desperately.
The five ground-penetrating bombs that came specifically for the basement seemed to be a stark piece of evidence.
However, the mainland's diplomacy has also denied the possibility of such a scenario, so it is no longer known whether the facts are true or false.
But what is certain is that with the lesson of blood and tears this time, we Chinese have also worked hard to become strong, sharpened our knives, and finally successfully caught up with each other, and officially broke hands with the United States on the international stage.