US plan was to divide and destroy Arab world; CIA is behind the creation of IS
Op-ed by Omar Hilmi Al-Ghoul, regular columnist for Al-Hayat Al-Jadida:
“The American-European war against Iraq in the 1990s and the beginning of this century was not [aimed] against Saddam Hussein’s regime, and was not [fought] because the late Iraqi president occupied Kuwait, but because the West as a whole, and the US in particular, had a plan for a Greater Middle East. To achieve their goal, they had to re-divide the existing Arab countries, ripping to shreds the fabric of the nation-state created by the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916, and reshape the region in a way consistent with the American perspective and plan. They drew up scenarios for achieving this goal, and had no choice but to rip the three central countries in the Arab East – Egypt, Syria and Iraq – to shreds. The scenario of embroiling Iraq in the war with Iran, and then the occupation of Kuwait, succeeded. This allowed them to destroy the Baath regime and create sectarian allies, with the aim of tearing apart the unity and fabric of the Iraqi people and country, with the support of the Iranian state – which had national interests in Iraq and the Gulf in general – and, unfortunately, with the support of many of the Arab countries as well, who either turned a blind eye for a moment, or whose policy [makers] were prevented from seeing the implications of the American plan.
The occupation and reconstruction of Iraq’s national infrastructure, building blocks and political regime, which have been going on since 2003, have not ended – a fact which obligated [the US] to initiate the process of tearing the Iraqi state apart along religious, sectarian and ethnic lines, in order to continue [advancing] the other scenarios in the various Arab countries, especially the central ones mentioned above. Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States will not be excluded from this plan.
Despite the failure of the American plan with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, action is still being taken to realize the scheme, and there are dozens of plans ready for its implementation…
In addition, despite the fact that the Western-Israeli media establishment and the Iraq regime have been inflating the role of IS, this is not completely the case – not to deny the existence and weight of that organization, which is the product of the CIA. However, there certainly are fighting forces deeply affiliated with the Iraqi Baath [party], even if they bear Islamic-sounding names.”
“The American-European war against Iraq in the 1990s and the beginning of this century was not [aimed] against Saddam Hussein’s regime, and was not [fought] because the late Iraqi president occupied Kuwait, but because the West as a whole, and the US in particular, had a plan for a Greater Middle East. To achieve their goal, they had to re-divide the existing Arab countries, ripping to shreds the fabric of the nation-state created by the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916, and reshape the region in a way consistent with the American perspective and plan. They drew up scenarios for achieving this goal, and had no choice but to rip the three central countries in the Arab East – Egypt, Syria and Iraq – to shreds. The scenario of embroiling Iraq in the war with Iran, and then the occupation of Kuwait, succeeded. This allowed them to destroy the Baath regime and create sectarian allies, with the aim of tearing apart the unity and fabric of the Iraqi people and country, with the support of the Iranian state – which had national interests in Iraq and the Gulf in general – and, unfortunately, with the support of many of the Arab countries as well, who either turned a blind eye for a moment, or whose policy [makers] were prevented from seeing the implications of the American plan.
The occupation and reconstruction of Iraq’s national infrastructure, building blocks and political regime, which have been going on since 2003, have not ended – a fact which obligated [the US] to initiate the process of tearing the Iraqi state apart along religious, sectarian and ethnic lines, in order to continue [advancing] the other scenarios in the various Arab countries, especially the central ones mentioned above. Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States will not be excluded from this plan.
Despite the failure of the American plan with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, action is still being taken to realize the scheme, and there are dozens of plans ready for its implementation…
In addition, despite the fact that the Western-Israeli media establishment and the Iraq regime have been inflating the role of IS, this is not completely the case – not to deny the existence and weight of that organization, which is the product of the CIA. However, there certainly are fighting forces deeply affiliated with the Iraqi Baath [party], even if they bear Islamic-sounding names.”