Have British forces just handed the vital port city of Basra over to Iranian intelligence? According to this op-ed article from Iraq’s Kitabat newspaper, Iran’s Shiite-clients in Iraq have betrayed their nation by chasing out British forces and preventing the “Queen of the Seas” from refurbishing the city’s ports, ships and other infrastructure. Amonst other things, the author asks, ‘don’t the Iranians know that America, which is currently the greatest nation on earth, was born thanks to British intelligence, planning and leadership?
“We were given a golden opportunity these past four years to rebuild the vital city of Basra with British resources. But we failed to capitalize on the chance when Iranian agents attacked Britain’s army.”
By Khadir Taahar
Translated By James Jacobson
December 13, 2007
Iraq – Kitabat – Original Article (Arabic)
In a matter of days we will witness criminality in the open-air, when British forces hand the security dossier of the city of Basra over to the Iranian intelligence services. And right before our very eyes – on television – the Iraqi people will be treated to Iran’s capture of Basra, only without the presence of Iran’s consul in Basra, who actually governs the city!
After failing to occupy it during eight years of war [the Iran-Iraq War ] Iran will obtain Basra and all of its wealth as a gift from the city’s Shiite parties. The henchmen of these Shiite parties are certain to remember the day that the Iranian army desecrated the land of Al-Faw [a major port on the Persian Gulf ] in Basra, how they changed the city’s name to (Al-Zahra), and how they raised the Iranian flag above it, signifying the Persian Empire’s expansionist ambitions in Iraq.
My beloved Basra will be like the part of Germany that was occupied by Stalin [East Germany], who maintained his rule over it while the world remained silent until his control became permanent. This is just the way the Iranian occupation has become a fact in Basra, with the blessing and participation of its client Shiite parties, since everything in Basra is controlled by Iranian intelligence under the supervision of the city’s Iranian consul!
Iraq has lost the opportunity to benefit from the capabilities of Britain, which is considered the Queen of the Seas, when it was possible to exploit Britain’s presence to rebuild Basra’s ports, rehabilitate its ships, and launch a comprehensive reconstruction campaign … Don’t Iran’s agents know that thanks to Britain, Hong Kong became one of the greatest principalities in the world, and that thanks to Britain, Australia, which was a country of red Indians and made up of various backward tribes, rapidly became one of the most advanced countries commercially, industrially and politically – or that the industrial and political greatness was only obtained thanks to the British occupation?!
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