by Margherita Furlan
March 1, 2019
"Iran is the main
threat in the Middle East, and confronting the Islamic Republic is the key to
achieving peace in the entire region". As American Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo pronounced these words in Poland, on February 13, Iran was hit by a
kamikaze attack: 42 Pasdaran dead in the Southeastern provinces of Sistan and
Baluchistan. The attack was claimed by the Sunni jihadist group Jaish al-Adl,
who decided to hit while the country celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Islamic
Revolution. The event was met by the almost total silence of our own media.
"It is no coincidence if Iran was hit by terror on the day the Warsaw
circus begins'' - tweeted Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif -
''especially when supporters of the same terrorists are applauding from the
streets of Warsaw.''
To Zarif, the presence
of the former mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, did not go unnoticed, and
was protested by the Mojahedin-e Khalqs in the streets of the Polish capital,
during the "Conference for the Stabilization of the Middle East", organised
by the United States. Its stated purpose was to create a united front against
Iran. American Vice President Mike Pence was present, as were Secretary of
State Mike Pompeo, and Jared Kushner, senior advisor for Middle Eastern affairs
and son-in-law of the tenant of the White House. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came as
interim Minister of Defense and Foreign Affairs. At this summit, which
assembled more than 50 countries, there were delegations led by Ministers from
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, Oman, Yemen, Jordan,
while Egypt and Tunisia sent deputy ministers. Leaving the absentees aside,
Tehran can count on the support or neutrality of Algeria, Libya, Sudan,
Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, and Qatar, as well as that of Turkey, a non-Arab
Sunni power.
Coinciding with the
Polish summit, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was in Sochi with his
counterparts from Iran and Russia, Hassan Rohani and Vladimir Putin, who
gathered there for a new meeting of the Astana trio concerning Syria. On the
other hand, after the defeat of Daesh in Syria, the United States and Israel do
not accept the influence of the Shia red crescent and Russia, which now extends
from the heart of Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean. Could it be that the Warsaw
Summit is aimed not only at Iran but also against Putin's Russia and China?
Let's work in order, and
return for a moment to Warsaw. It is no coincidence that the United States
chose this location - in the North and at the same time in the East - to talk
about the Middle East. Washington has indeed promised Warsaw that it will
increase the number of troops from "Fort Trump" to counter the
announced danger of a Russian invasion (in reality announced only by NATO's
powerful communication apparatus). There is one condition - the Polish
government must cancel the contracts it has already signed with the Chinese
company Huawei for the development of the 5G network. Washington knows that
whoever wins the communications war wins the world. Thus in Warsaw, while
satisfying Bibi's belligerent impulses, it is strengthening NATO along the
border with Russia, which is now surrounded, and protects its now obsolete
hegemony of the Celestial Empire that advances, and once again divides Europe.
East Asia is now the
number one threat to Washington, but the investments that gravitate around the
new Silk Road are rife in Brussels, which, in the midst of an economic and
institutional crisis, is not willing to interrupt trade with Iran. Significant
in Warsaw was the absence of the High Representative for Foreign Policy of the
EU, Federica Mogherini, who is currently working on a new financial mechanism
that circumvents US sanctions against Tehran. However, Italy, although exempt
from US sanctions, has already frozen purchases of Iranian oil (perhaps with
persistent hopes in the oil wells of Libya), and immediately responded to the
US appeal by sending Minister of Foreign Affairs, Enzo Moavero Milanesi to
Warsaw.
Among the European
countries, in addition to Italy, only the UK was present, sending Foreign
Minister Jeremy Hunt, who brought with him the scent of a "hard
Brexit". Other European countries attended, but with lower-profile
delegations. On the other hand, the same Israeli military secret services –
notes the Washington Post, which also highlights a further difference of approach
within the American establishment – revealed on February 13 that Iran "has
not violated the agreement on nuclear power", confirming what was declared
by American intelligence some days before.
It would therefore seem
that this time, the very efficient Israeli intelligence services delayed in
providing information to Netanyahu who tweeted on impulse: "What is
important in this meeting - and it is not secret, because there are many - is
that this is an open meeting with representatives of the main Arab countries,
who are sitting together with Israel to advance the common interest: our war on
Iran." But then someone intervened to calm Bibi's spasmodic frenzy and his
tweet, and so with the same speed with which it was published, it disappeared
into the dark underworld of the world wide web. In his speech in Warsaw, the
Israeli Prime Minister thus limited himself to talking about the need to
"fight Iran", causing, amongst other results, the forthcoming opening
of diplomatic relations by several Arab countries, including Yemen, Oman, and
Bahrain. Jared Kushner's Tcefoah plan, on hold for two years, has gone almost
unnoticed: the once-divisive Palestinian question has become almost irrelevant.
From Warsaw, once known
for the military alliance between the former Soviet bloc countries, the first
steps of the new Arab NATO against Iran would seem to be moving forward. The
plan, known as the Middle East Strategic Alliance (MESA), should focus on the
heavyweights of the Gulf, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The
creation of a regional anti-missile defense shield, which the United States and
the Gulf countries have discussed for years without results, would now be an
achievable goal. Israel is responsible for guiding the plan. What can we expect?
The worst.
Margherita Furlan is an independent journalist, co-founder of pandoratv.it. Focused on exposing the lies and propaganda in
mainstream media news, she deals in particular with the Middle East and NATO.
For more information and media inquiries please go to http://margheritafurlan.com
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