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Iraq has made all the preparations. However, Israel, which has always been tough, remained silent after this incident. On the contrary, it was the United Nations, the United States, which first launched the attack.

"Iraq attacked Israel's nuclear base without the authorization of the United Nations, without declaring war on Israel, and without anything. This is an act that ignores the norms of international law and should be strongly condemned by the entire international community. , Moreover, it will be sanctioned by all member states of the United Nations, and Iraq's behavior is similar to Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II!" The representative of the United States spoke first.

The spearhead of the United States is directed at Iraq. This behavior of Iraq is an act that makes peace-loving people all over the world feel ashamed.

Although the words of the US representative were high-sounding, few people took it seriously. Why didn't the US representative say that when Israel attacked the Iraqi nuclear reactor in the air?Last time, only Iraq built a reactor, and Israel was about to launch an air strike. This time, Israel really carried out a nuclear program, and even carried out underground nuclear explosions. Why didn't the United States mention Israel's responsibility at all?

Later, the representative of Iraq made an excuse: "Our actions in Iraq are completely legal and are to maintain stability and peace in the Middle East. As we all know, Israel is conducting a nuclear program. In Dimona, it is Israel's The research and development and production base of nuclear weapons is the first to destroy and trample on international law. The UN General Assembly has fully passed a resolution asking Israel to abandon its nuclear program, but Israel has been turning a deaf ear to it. This time, we are helping the UN General Assembly to implement the resolution Let Israel's nuclear program go bankrupt and maintain the denuclearization of the Middle East. We in Iraq have done our best. Now, there are still radioactive residues in the sky over Dimona, which is the most real and true example of Israel's nuclear weapons development First-hand evidence, I hope that the representatives of Israel will not insist until now that Israel has no nuclear weapons development plan. Under the ruins, there are already radioactive residues, which are deeply processed from the reactor by Israel , if it is not for making nuclear weapons, what other uses does Israel have?"

The evidence that Iraq possessed this time is indeed sufficient. The materials provided by Iraq have been submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

"Regardless of any reason, one cannot aggressively attack a country like this. This is against international law." The representatives of Israel finally couldn't hold on anymore.

"Yes, a country cannot be actively attacked. Then, three years ago, which country was our country subjected to a long-distance surprise attack? It blew up our civilian nuclear reactor? Two years ago, which country brazenly invaded Lebanon has not retreated despite multiple UN resolutions? A year ago, which country secretly provided weapons to Iran, which was sanctioned by UN resolutions, which resulted in the resignation of its own country’s prime minister?” Iraqi representative Said.

"The issue we are discussing now is the issue of Iraq's attack on Israel." The chairman of the UN General Assembly stopped the debate. If this continues, the scene will get out of control.

At the UN General Assembly, there was a heated discussion on the legality of Iraq's attack on Israel. Arab countries and some countries that are friendly to Arab countries are very much in favor of Iraq's attack, believing that Israel was the first to develop nuclear weapons. Iraq After the attack, there was nothing wrong with Iraq's behavior. It was to maintain peace in the Middle East. Some third world countries agreed with it, while others remained silent.However, some Western countries clearly support Israel. It is wrong for Israel to develop nuclear weapons, but that should be done by the United Nations, and it is not Iraq's turn to intervene. It is wrong to attack other countries at will.

In the end, a vote was cast, with 63 votes in favor, 62 votes against and 41 abstentions, the resolution was not adopted.

At the higher-level UN Security Council meeting, the United States insisted on sanctioning Iraq, but in the final vote, the Soviet Union voted against it without hesitation, and the resolution was not passed.

No resolution was passed at the United Nations. This is the result that the United States can think of. The United Nations is a place where the United States and the Soviet Union compete for hegemony. With the support of the Soviet Union, it is normal that the resolution cannot be passed.

Without the United Nations, the United States can still sanction Iraq. The United States quickly passed a resolution at home, indefinitely suspending all military cooperation projects with Iraq. Moreover, the United States proposed in NATO that all NATO countries impose the same sanctions on Iraq .

Chapter 644 Arab Cooperation Convention Organization

Sanctions are coercive actions taken against a country.Sanctions in the modern sense basically come in two forms: one is coercive measures imposed by individual countries or collectively by countries; the other is coercive measures implemented by international organizations (mainly the United Nations).The basic ways of sanctions are: embargo; interruption of diplomatic relations and personnel exchanges; reduction or suspension of loans, trade and aid.

At present, because it is the Cold War period, and because the two camps of the United States and the Soviet Union are confronting each other, any acts that endanger peace or actual aggression are basically the United States and the Soviet Union and their proxies, so sanctions resolutions are rarely passed.The United Nations does not have much role at all. For example, from 1972 to the present, the United States has used more than 30 vetoes on the United Nations resolutions on sanctioning Israel.From the founding of the United Nations to the present, 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, it is absolutely impossible for the United States to pass a resolution at the United Nations to sanction Iraq. The Soviet Union resolutely voted against it. You must know that Iraq has already proposed that Israel is completely bombed by itself, and has taken all the responsibility. Naturally, the Soviet Union wanted to protect Iraq's status in the United Nations, which was a must.

Although it cannot be passed in the United Nations, within NATO, a sanction against Iraq is being finalized.

Saudi capital, Riyadh.

"Your Excellency Qusay, the Iraqi attack went very smoothly this time, and it has greatly strengthened the fighting spirit of our Arabs." Prince Sultan said first: "We have killed the Israeli nuclear base, so that we will not be afraid of possible future attacks." With the nuclear deterrence of sè series."

"Yes," Prince Fahd of Kuwait also said: "This time, the Iraqi missiles beat the shit out of the Jews. All of us Arabs feel elated. It's more enjoyable than in 73!"

Qusay said modestly: "The success of our attack this time is also the result of the cooperation of all Arab countries, and it is the common glory of all Arab countries."

This time, a caucus meeting in Riyadh, attended by Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan, to discuss what to do after this military operation.

Because the United States has already begun to prepare for sanctions against Iraq!

"This time we carried out a just attack on Israel, but it was brutally intervened by Western countries led by the United States. They are planning to impose sanctions on Iraq." The King of Saudi Arabia said with some concern: "We must not allow any Such interference by Western countries in our Middle East affairs, especially unreasonable sanctions against Iraq."

With the king's words, the issue entered a critical stage.

"Yes, at the United Nations, the United States proposed to impose sanctions on Iraq, but it was not approved. Then, the United States united with Western countries to prepare for unilateral sanctions against Iraq. The sanctions may include arms sales projects, industrial projects, Economic projects, and even freezing Iraqi funds in the United States and other Western countries,” Qusay said.

Regarding the sanctions imposed by the United States, Qusay is very clear. In later generations, Iraq will be weakened like this.

But now, it is different, because Iraq has brothers from the entire Arab world together!

"We will not allow the United States to impose sanctions on Iraq. We, the entire Arab world, are brothers. We will use our own weapons to fight against possible sanctions from the West," Prince Sultan said.

In the Middle East, as long as the Arab world unites, it can definitely deal a heavy blow to the West, because they have their own powerful weapon: oil!

Petroleum is the lifeblood of industry and the blood of a country. In the land of the Middle East, these treasures are buried.

It is not the first time in the Middle East to use oil to deal with the Western world by reducing production and raising prices, and it will definitely not be the last time, because the Western world has never treated the Middle East fairly. The problem with the color column!

"Israel manufactured its own nuclear weapons, and Western countries did not impose sanctions. We attacked Israel's nuclear facilities, but we will be sanctioned. There is no reason in this world." When Qusay said this, There is still a smile on his face, and there is no sign of anger: "We Arab countries want to no longer be bullied by the Western world in this world, and we will not accept their bullying again and again. In addition to using oil as a weapon, there is a more important task, we must unite, unite closely!"

In the last words, Qu Sai spoke very forcefully and calmly. At this moment, he seemed like a wise old man, and the people around him were all waiting for his words.

"Our operation will be successful this time, killing the nuclear facilities of Israel. This is the result of the solidarity and cooperation of our countries. If we Arab countries in the Middle East want to gain an absolute right to speak, then we can only twist together This action proves it. We not only need to reach an agreement on oil exports, and deal with the West by raising prices and reducing production. More importantly, we need to be economical, military , technology and more extensive cooperation, we unite to become a large organization with influence in the world."

At this moment, Qusay finally put forward his long-standing idea: let the Arab countries unite more closely, not only in case of emergency, to carry out a coordinated oil production cut and embargo, but also, they should Carry out extensive cooperation in more fields.

In later generations, when the Cold War ended, the United States would dominate alone, and European countries could not be on an equal footing with the United States in terms of strength. Europe, for its own benefit, cooperated with each other to form an organization as large as the European Union.

And now, countries in the Middle East should also form a closer organization so that cooperation among them can be carried out in a wider range of aspects, not only oil, but also military, economic and technological aspects.

In fact, prior to this, all parties had already had certain connections in the military. For example, Saudi Arabia ordered fighter planes and tanks from Iraq, which was a very important start.

"Your Excellency Qusay, what do you mean?" the King of Saud asked.

"The reason why the United States and Western countries can impose sanctions on us is because of their economic strength, industrial strength, and military strength, or in other words, their comprehensive strength. We in the Middle East have rich oil resources, but we Now there is nothing but oil. If 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 military alliances, and develop together industrially. Deepen our ties so that we, the Arab countries, become a united body that shares weal and woe," Qusay said.

At present, the Arab countries already have an important cooperative organization, the League of Arab States, which was held in Cairo in March 1945 by representatives of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen. , adopted the Treaty of the League of Arab States, the purpose of which is to strengthen close cooperation among member states, safeguard the dúlì and sovereignty of the Arab countries, and coordinate each other's activities.Originally, Egypt was the undoubted leader of the Arab League, but the peace talks between Egypt and Israel made them withdraw from the Arab League.

Now, by saying this, Qusay intends to establish an organization that is more closely connected than the Arab League.

Prince Sultan's eyes lit up, and he said, "How do we cooperate with each other in the military?"

"We cannot interfere in the independent national defense of other countries. However, in the current situation, we need to unite to fight against our enemies. As shown above, we must first communicate with each other in information. We in Iraq have already realized C3I System, this is a system that can quickly transmit intelligence and command operations. Our countries can first try to establish intelligence exchanges between us. For example, if an Israeli plane invades Jordan’s airspace, Jordan can pass the information to Iraq in real time. And Saudi Arabia, our two countries received information from Jordan, and we can scramble to take off fighter jets to help Jordan fight against the Israeli invasion. Of course, Jordan can also choose to deal with it on its own. We are interconnected in intelligence, and in decision-making and processing It is up to each country to decide on its own.”

"And what about us financially?" Prince Fahd asked.

"The most important thing between us is not the military, but the economy. A country can only be powerful if its economy is strong. Now we want to change the single oil economy. We need to vigorously develop our technology and improve our other industries. In terms of economic capacity, such as global trade, such as various light and heavy industrial products, the oil under our feet will not be exploited by our children and grandchildren. We must leave them some other survivability, and we especially need to invest in high-tech product projects. For example, if everyone agrees, I propose that our countries unite to form an Arab space company to be responsible for our own Arab launch vehicle launch mission."

Qusay's tone was very serious, and he said at the beginning, what are the Arab countries investing in high technology?Engage in launch vehicles!Moreover, the idea put forward by Qusay is also very purposeful, because Israel began to develop a comet rocket in 1982, and the Israel Space Agency was officially established in 1983. Israel is using the pretext of developing launch vehicles To engage in ballistic missiles, the Arab countries also want to develop carrier rockets, based on the Dongfeng-3 missile.

"Moreover, I propose that we, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Jordan, be the first members of this cooperation organization. Our organization is called the Arab Cooperation Convention Organization." Qusay said.

Chapter 645 A Powerless Sanction

On July 1984, 7, on this day, Reagan defeated his challenger, Mundell, and won the chance to be re-elected as president. The United States ushered in the next Reagan era.

On this day, the ups and downs of the Middle East, consisting of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan, established a new organization called the Arab Cooperation Pact Organization, and they announced that they would carry out a series of economic and military cooperation. At this stage, they will carry out joint military air defense systems and joint funding, and establish an Arab space company to develop their own launch vehicles.

On this day, the United States also announced that it will impose a series of sanctions on Iraq, which attacked Israel some time ago, including terminating all weapons projects, and NATO member states are also prohibited from exporting various weapons and high-tech products to Iraq .

In the face of the coming NATO sanctions, countries in the Middle East have shown a very strong reaction. After the United States released the news, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other major oil-producing countries announced another reduction in oil production. All countries that impose sanctions on Iraq, they will Suspension of oil exports to these countries.

In fact, among the cooperation projects between Iraq and Western countries, the United States is the main one. Iraq's F-20 fighter jets are the product of the main honeymoon period with the United States, followed by France, but France is not a NATO country. On the surface, this sanction is approved, but in fact, it will not impose any restrictions. On the contrary, taking advantage of the opportunity that the United States does not allow Western countries to export weapons to Iraq, France just seizes a larger market share and becomes Iraq's main arms supplier. business.

The cooperation between Germany, the United Kingdom and other countries with Iraq has to be terminated for the time being. However, before that, Iraq has already stocked up enough spare parts for Germany's fire control system, and the production of T-72 can continue until next year.

As for the United Kingdom, the two sets of equipment for the Hunting Precautionary Aircraft have arrived in Shanghai and are ready to be installed on two Y-[-] aircraft. The United Kingdom implemented the sanctions against the United States relatively quickly and withdrew its technicians. However, at this time, Iraqi The professional technicians have already thoroughly grasped all the technologies of the hunting fan pre-alarm, and all kinds of technical materials are relatively complete, so the modification of these two pre-alarms is still in progress.

NATO can impose sanctions on Iraq, but the home-grown British company Ousheng Electronics will not be affected in any way. Therefore, the bridge between Qusay and Western advanced technology still exists.