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Chapter 247 The Final Madness

The hijacking of the Empire State Building in New York, after other completed terrorist attacks, has risen to a very high level.

Because this large-scale terrorist attack has spread all over the world within a period of time, except for the largest terrorist attack in the world after 9/11, and its damage and influence will be several times that of 9/11. Dozens of times.

Therefore, when the US government is still facing these terrorists who have not yet eliminated the danger, it has maintained the highest degree of attention.Time, four or five hours have passed, and all the hostages on the Empire State Building have been rescued.

Those people on the top floor were also rescued. In the entire building, apart from the army, only 46 terrorists remained.

Just when the US military was preparing to start negotiations, it was hoped that these people could walk into the interrogation room alive and dig out all the information they were interested in.However, this negotiation has not yet begun, and the actions of these terrorists made everyone stunned.

They threw all their weapons out of the observation deck, including their pistols and communication devices, and released the electronic terminals of the Empire State Building.Forty-six terrorists stood straight in front of the viewing platform, and it seemed that suddenly they had completely given up resistance.

At this time, the top US military already knew that a large amount of explosives had been placed on the 86th floor observation deck. They thought it was a bargaining chip for these people, but they didn't mention it.This unexpected approach made the top US military feel extremely awkward.

The President’s Office has already called to urge the President’s huge press conference to begin. I hope the military can hand in a better question and answer.

After seeing the forty-six terrorists who had thrown all their weapons down and standing on the observation deck one by one, the US military leaders discussed it for a while.They all plan to take these people down and send bomb disposal experts to the observation deck to remove the bombs.

The helicopter once again steadily docked on the observation deck. The army below seemed to start to evacuate, and a simple passageway had been set up between the 85th and 86th floors of the Empire State Building.In just a short minute, a large number of soldiers poured in, and all their weapons were directed at the 46 unshakable terrorists.

"You seem to be very nervous! And from your eyes, I also see deep anger. You hate us very much! This is a kind of resentment from the heart, very deep, very deep." The glasses man looked at the general. They gathered around.And the heavily armed American soldier, his face unchanged, slowly spoke.

"Your sins will naturally receive the punishment they deserve." The colonel leading the team said.

"Have you ever been to our Arab world?" The spectacle man seemed to have the nature of chatting. He glanced at the experts who were beginning to disarm the bomb, and said, "Where is my hometown."

"What if I went, what if I didn't?" said the American colonel.

"My hometown is very backward. There is an old Chinese saying that we are guilty of crimes. We have abundant resources, but we don't have the ability to protect them. Therefore, our things have become other people's things. Today, We just want to come over and tell the robbers. Their actions are doomed to tragedy. Don’t underestimate anyone, just a seed can explode infinite potential when it germinates. We are just a small group of people, and standing Behind us are the billions of people in the Arab world." It should have been impassioned words, but in the mouth of the man with glasses, it was as calm as ever, "Our sins are only a drop in the ocean compared to the suffering you imposed on us."

At the end of the talk, the man with glasses finally showed a smile on his face and asked, "May I ask. Have you all withdrawn from this building?"

"What do you mean?" the colonel frowned and asked.

"You'll see it later." The spectacle man didn't say anything, he just looked at the way he turned his head and glanced at the world, then took off his spectacles, and threw it downstairs.Immediately afterwards, he walked slowly to the helicopter on the side, and let the American soldiers put handcuffs and handcuffs on him.

On the viewing platform, after watching all the terrorists have been taken away, the colonel waved his hand directly: "Leave the bomb disposal team, and the others will immediately exit the building."

Hearing the words of the man with glasses, he had a bad feeling in his heart.

On the other side, the helicopter slowly left the observation deck, just less than three hundred meters away from the Empire State Building. Without warning, there was a loud noise. The Empire State Building in New York, a symbol with a history of 70 years Sexual building, the upper half tilts gently.However, the matter is far from over. Below, violent explosions occurred on multiple floors.

Half an hour later, the dust and smoke still filled here.Nothing can be seen in the surrounding streets. Few of the US troops that were on guard underneath can get out.

Outside the ruins of the White House, Obama, who was preparing to board the press conference, staggered after receiving the news.

Last time, 9/11 was undoubtedly of great historical significance for the United States, as well as for the world.To a certain extent and from a certain angle, it can be said that it has changed the United States, and has changed the world through a series of major actions taken by the United States.

Before the United States, enjoying the dividends brought about by the end of the Cold War, the "knowledge economy" continued to grow along the "information highway" for eight years, and its fiscal deficit turned from a deficit to a surplus. Its comprehensive strength was at its peak for a while.After that, the United States began to withstand a series of major challenges such as the Afghanistan War, the Iraq War, the financial crisis, and the great changes in the Middle East including the Libya War, and all these events did not occur one after another, but each other to varying degrees. Related, intertwined, and superimposed, simultaneously and continuously hitting the American hegemony from different angles.

If the 11th incident severely dampened the confidence of the United States in maintaining national security, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have tested the US's superior military capabilities, then the financial crisis has impacted US economic hegemony, and the great changes in the Middle East are testing the US's ability to control diplomacy.Under the constant impact of this series of major tests, the defects and weaknesses of the United States itself have been fully revealed or even aggravated, and various contradictions and problems have become prominent or exaggerated, although this is not enough to show that the United States will decline and give up. The dominance of international affairs and the entire international system can show that the United States is facing difficulties at home and abroad. Its comprehensive strength and influence have declined compared with its own state ten years ago, and the gap with other major powers is also somewhat lower than that of ten years ago Decrease.

In a nutshell, the United States is now facing a major problem of how to change, adjust, and revitalize.However, at such a stall, a terrorist attack on a scale far greater than 9/11 broke out on the land of the United States.In the past twelve years, the United States has achieved great results in counter-terrorism, which is true no matter who it is.

As an extreme work of international terrorism, the 9/11 incident that year had an unprecedented impact on the United States was first manifested in national security.After the incident, the Bush administration upholds the belief of "protecting the United States at all costs", holding high the banner of counter-terrorism, making counter-terrorism the primary goal of the national security strategy, internally, reviewing and reforming national intelligence agencies, and comprehensively strengthening and integrating intelligence forces. , Through the "Intelligence Organization Reform Act", the establishment of the national intelligence director position and the national anti-terrorism intelligence center in charge of 15 intelligence agencies nationwide.Set up the Department of Homeland Security, with more than 20 departments, and let military agencies such as the Coast Guard participate in homeland defense.Implementing a series of anti-terrorism legislation and anti-terrorism mechanisms and terror prevention construction, strengthening entry and exit, transportation, and aircraft management, all these measures are to resolutely prevent terrorists from making terrorist attacks on American soil.

Externally, the United States used anti-terrorism to delineate the war against terrorism on a global scale. It soon launched the war in Afghanistan and overthrew the Taliban regime. After that, it did not continue its full effort to eliminate al-Qaeda and rebuild Afghanistan. Instead, it turned its power to launch the Iraq war and post-war reconstruction. , And at the same time strengthen financial and intelligence anti-terrorism cooperation with countries around the world.

After ten years of hard work, the United States has made relatively obvious achievements in counter-terrorism. It not only prevented large-scale terrorist attacks on its homeland, but also overthrew the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and the Saddam regime in Iraq, and finally killed bin Laden in May 11 .But the price paid by the United States is also relatively high.The military budget has almost doubled in the past ten years, and the 12-year defense budget (excluding war costs) has reached 553 billion US dollars.Anti-terrorism costs continue to rise, and the one-time anti-terrorism special funding allocation after the 9/11 incident reached as high as 25 billion US dollars.The establishment of the Department of Homeland Security and its operation for ten years cost more than $1 trillion.As of 10 years, the annual intelligence budget has reached 75 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of more than 20 times over a decade ago.In addition to the costs of the Afghanistan War and the Iraq War, the United States spent more than US$3.7 trillion on counter-terrorism in a decade, with nearly 40,000 casualties.At the same time, a large number of security agencies and related security industries developed during the ten-year anti-terrorism process have become an important factor affecting the domestic political operation of the United States as an emerging interest group.According to a 10-year survey, the huge security bureaucracy established by the United States for ten years against terrorism includes 1,200 government agencies, 1,900 private companies, and 854,000 employees who have undergone loyalty checks.

With such a huge anti-terrorism network, every penny is piled up with money, in such a situation.Such a large-scale attack unexpectedly broke out, a country's Peugeot was lost in an instant, and even the headquarters of the security and intelligence departments were fatally hit.

In this situation, as the President of the United States, he is already very good at not vomiting blood.

"Call the military right away, what's the matter? How do they do it!" Obama slowed down a bit and said sharply.

The secretary hurried away, but in less than a minute, he ran over again, and said sadly, "All dead?"

"What do you mean?"

"Those terrorists were implanted with powerful bombs. When they were sent to the New York Army branch for interrogation, they detonated them. At present, the Army branch has collapsed and the death toll is unclear."