Chapter 644 - Organization of the Arab Cooperation Pact
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Sanctions refer to coercive actions taken against a country. There are basically two forms of sanctions in the modern sense www.biquge.infoβ¦β§ one is coercive measures imposed by individual countries or groups of countries, and the other is coercive measures organized and implemented by international organizations (mainly the United Nations). The basic forms of sanctions are: embargoes; severing diplomatic relations and people-to-people exchanges; Reduction or suspension of loans, trade and aid, etc.
At present, because it was during the Cold War, because the two camps of the United States and the Soviet Union were pitted against each other, and the acts that endangered the peace or the actual aggression that existed were basically the United States and the Soviet Union and their proxies, sanctions resolutions were rarely passed. For example, from 1972 to the present, the United States has used more than 30 vetoes on UN resolutions on sanctions against Israel. From the founding of the United Nations until now, there have been only two economic sanctions resolutions adopted by the Security Council: Rhodesia in 1966 and South Africa in 1977, because these two countries do not belong to any camp.
Therefore, if the United States wants to pass a resolution at the United Nations to impose sanctions on Iraq, it is simply impossible, and the Soviet Union resolutely voted against it, you must know that Iraq has already proposed Israel, which was completely bombed by itself, and has taken all the responsibility, and the Soviet Union naturally wants to protect Iraq's position in the United Nations, and this is necessary. β¦β§
Although it could not be adopted at the United Nations, within NATO, a final resolution on sanctions against Iraq was being formed.
The capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh.
"Your Excellency Qusay, this Iraqi attack went very smoothly and greatly boosted the morale of our Arabs." Prince Sultan first said: "We have taken out Israel's nuclear bases, so that we are not afraid of Israel's nuclear deterrence that we may face in the future." β
"Yes," said Prince Fahd of Kuwait, "this time Iraq's missiles have hit the Jews, and all of us Arabs are feeling angry." It's more enjoyable than '73! β
Qusay modestly said: "The success of our attack is also the result of the joint cooperation of all Arab countries, and it is the common glory of all Arab countries." β
This time, a core meeting in Riyadh, with the participation of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan, was held to discuss what happened after this military operation. β¦β§
Because, the United States has already begun to prepare sanctions against Iraq!
"This time we carried out a righteous attack on Israel, but. It has been brutally intervened by the United States and other Western countries, which are planning to impose sanctions on Iraq. The Saudi king said with some concern: "We absolutely cannot allow Western countries to interfere in our affairs in the Middle East in this way." In particular, the unjustified sanctions imposed on Iraq. β
With the King's words, the issue entered a critical stage.
"Yes, at the UN, the United States offered to impose sanctions against Iraq, but. did not pass, and subsequently, the United States, united with Western countries, prepared unilateral sanctions against Iraq, which may include arms sales projects, industrial projects. Economic projects could even include the freezing of Iraqi funds in the United States and other Western countries. Qusay said.
For US sanctions, Qusay is too clear. In later generations, this is how Iraq weakened. β¦β§
But now, it's different, because, Iraq has brothers from the entire Arab world together!
"We will not allow the United States to impose sanctions on Iraq. We in the Arab world as a whole are brothers. We will use our own weapons against possible sanctions from the West. Prince Sultan said.
In the Middle East, as long as the Arab world unites, it is completely possible to deal a heavy blow to the West, because they have their own powerful weapon: oil!
Oil is the lifeblood of industry and the blood of a country, and it is these treasures buried in the land of the Middle East.
It is not the first time in the Middle East to use oil, reduce production, and raise prices, to deal with the Western world, and it is definitely not the last, because the Western world has never treated the Middle East and Israel fairly!
"Israel itself has created nuclear weapons, Western countries have not imposed sanctions, we have struck Israel's nuclear facilities, but we have to suffer sanctions, this world, there is no reason to talk about it. β¦β§" Qusay still had a smile on his face when he said this, and he didn't show any anger: "We Arab countries, if we want to no longer be bullied by the Western world in this world, we will not accept their oppression again and again, in addition to using oil as a weapon, we have a more important task, we must unite, unite closely!" β
In the last words, Qusay spoke very forcefully and calmly, at this time, he was like a wise old man, and the people around him were waiting for his words.
"We will succeed in this operation, and we will take out Israel's nuclear facilities, which is the result of the unity and cooperation of our countries, and we, the Arab countries of the Middle East, want to have an absolute voice, then we can only stand in this world if we are twisted together. This action has proved this point, we not only want to form a consensus on oil exports and use price increases and production cuts to deal with the West, but more importantly, we want to carry out more extensive cooperation in the economic, military, scientific and technological fields, and we are united to be a large organization with influence in the world. β¦β§β
At this time, Qusay has finally put forward his long-standing vision: to bring the Arab countries closer together, not only in the event of an emergency, but also to carry out a coordinated oil production cut and embargo, but also to cooperate broadly in many areas.
In later generations, after the end of the Cold War, the United States was the sole hegemon, and none of the European countries could sit on an equal footing with the United States in terms of strength, while Europe, for its own interests, cooperated with each other to form a large organization like the European Union.
Now, the countries of the Middle East should also form a closer organization to allow cooperation with each other to be carried out in a wider range of aspects, not only oil, but also military, economic, and scientific and technological aspects.
In fact, before this, the parties already had a certain connection in the military, for example, Saudi Arabia ordered fighters and tanks from Iraq, which was a very important beginning.
"Sir Qusay, what do you mean?" The Saudi king asked.
"The reason why the United States and Western countries are able to impose sanctions on us is because of their economic strength and industrial strength, as well as their strong military strength, or rather, the strength of their comprehensive strength, our Middle East region, which is rich in oil resources, but we now have nothing but oil, we need to have nothing but oil, we want to have a say in the world, we need to develop our strength, our countries need to cooperate with each other economically, form alliances militarily, develop together in industry, and deepen our ties with each other, Let us be Arab countries as a whole that shares weal and woe. Qusay said.
At present, the Arab States already have an important cooperation organization, the League of Arab States, which was adopted in March 1945 by representatives of seven Arab countries, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen, held in Cairo with the aim of strengthening close cooperation among the member States, safeguarding the independence and sovereignty of the Arab States, and coordinating their activities. Originally, Egypt was the unquestioned leader of the Arab League, but the peace talks between Egypt and Israel made them withdraw from the Arab League.
Now, Qusay is saying that he wants to create an organization that is even more closely connected than the Arab League.
Prince Sultan's eyes lit up, and he said, "How can we cooperate with each other militarily?" β
"We can't interfere with the independent defense of other countries, but, in the current situation, we need to unite in order to jointly fight our enemies, Israel, we first have to communicate information, we in Iraq, have implemented the C3I system, which is a system that can quickly transmit intelligence and command operations, our countries can first try to establish intelligence exchange between us, for example, there is an Israeli aircraft invading Jordan's airspace, Jordan can transmit intelligence to us Iraq and Saudi Arabia in real time, Our two countries have received information from Jordan that they can urgently take off fighter planes to help Jordan fight the Israeli invasion, and of course, Jordan can also choose to deal with it on its own. We are interconnected in terms of intelligence, and each country makes its own decisions in decision-making and handling. β
"And what about us economically?" Prince Fahd asked.
"Between us, the most important thing is not the military, but the economy, a country, only when the economy is strong, is the ultimate strength, we now want to change the single oil economy, we have to vigorously develop our science and technology, improve our economic capacity in other aspects, such as global trade, such as all kinds of light and heavy industrial products, the oil under our feet, will not be extracted to our children and grandchildren, we have to leave them some other viability, we especially want to invest in high-tech product projects, for example, if you all agree, I propose that our countries unite to form an Arab space corporation that will be responsible for the launch of our own Arab launch vehicles. β
Qusay's tone was not small, and he came up and said, what are Arab countries doing when they invest in high technology? Engage in launch vehicles! Moreover, the idea put forward by Qusay is also very purposeful, because Israel began to develop the Comet rocket in 1982 and the Israel Space Agency was formally established in 1983.
"Moreover, I propose that we, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Jordan, be the first members of this cooperation organization, which we call the Arab Cooperation Pact." Qusay said.