The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 308
Sixteemh Friday Senno11 Mar 08, 1991 Firstly, Iran has had a historic rivalry with the Arabs, as a result of which Saudi Arabia and Kuwait had felt compelled to support Iraq in spite of their mutual differences. At no cost could they tolerate Iran coming close to them. Secondly, there is the Shiite-Sunni issue about which Saudi Arabia is very sensitive. Saudi Arabia would never tolerate an increase in Shiite influence. The third issue is that of the Kurds. So far as the enemy's strategy is concerned, Israel is most keen that all three of these issues explode simultaneously. For instance, when the war was about to end, Shiite rebellion was i gn ited in the south of Iraq, as a consequence of which the issue of old Iran-Arab rivalry would automatically have arisen. The Shiite Clergy of Iraq turned lo Iran for help and it looks as if Saudi Arabia exerted pressure upon America lo stop it from becoming a tool for this Jewish conspiracy. Although no such news has come out, yet this is a logical conclusion, otherwise, this matter was not such as to have naturally ended here. It is equally likely that Iran acted wisely since otherwise a seed for future bloody wars would have been sown. Nevertheless, this effort on the part of the enemy is continuing, and if it succeeds, the enemy will attain two important objectives. Firstly, the rivalry and antagonism between Iran and the Arabs will keep increasing. And secondly, the Shiite-Sunni issue will become inflamed. And these two divisions could then result in many other disputes, and even lead to wars. The Kurdish issue, too, has been fanned at the same time. But this issue has not developed further because although the Western nations talk of justice, yet in reality, they have in view their selfish interests. Stirring this issue at this particular moment did not serve their objectives. The reason for this is that the Kurdish issue does not pertain only to Iraq. It concerns four nations i. e the Iraqis, the Iranians, the Turks and the Russians. So if in the name of justice, the Kurds were roused and helped against the Iraqis, they would certainly have to be incited against the Turks as well. Otherwise their duplicitous stand on justice would have been exposed. In any case, rousing the Kurds would have sent a new wave of freedom movement among all the Kurds and difficulties would also have been created for Iran, Turkey and the Soviet Union. So, for the time being, the decree of Allah has put off these problems, but it is most essential that all Muslim nations connected 308