بسم الله الرحمن
الرحيم
Answer to
Question
UAE’s Subordination and Positions on Some Hot
Regional Issues
(Translated)
Question: The
position of the UAE seems to have some problems and contradictions, such as:
the big difference between the position of the UAE and the positions of some
English agents, such as its position towards Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi. It is
reported that he has recently been refused to be received in the UAE. Also, the
UAE refused his decision to remove the airport security manager in Aden, and there
has been a tension between the UAE and Tunisia ... At a time when it is
strikingly in agreement with America's agents; it was involved in the Decisive
Storm Operation led by Salman, America's agent, and it is standing strong
beside Khalifa Hafter, America's veteran agent in Libya. And it stands by and
have unlimited support for the Egyptian President Abdal Fattah As-Sisi. What is
the explanation of these collusive positions with America's agents but
different to the British agents?
Answer:
1-
After 1971, the UAE became seven united emirates. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al
Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi, became President of the UAE. After his death in
2004, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, his eldest son, became the President
of the UAE. From its population of 9 million, 11% are indigenous people. Sheikh
Khalifa has increased the UAE's military capabilities by buying weapons from
Western countries and investing heavily in training UAE soldiers. The UAE
received the first of 80 F-16E / F Desert Falcon aircraft under a $ 6.4 billion
contract with the United States. The UAE later acquired Apache helicopters,
F-16 fighter jets, armored vehicles, and a range of rockets and ammunition. And
thus the UAE’s role was ready for political and even military work! The Queen's
visit to the UAE in 2010 was the culmination of this role. "Queen
Elizabeth II of Britain arrived in the UAE yesterday on an official visit,
starting from Abu Dhabi. The British ambassador in Abu Dhabi Dominique Jeremy
told AFP that ‘there is a strong friendship that links the Queen with the
ruling families in the UAE’” While the visit was considered by Abdul Rahman
Al-Matu’i, the UAE ambassador in London, as the culmination of the development
of bilateral relations between the two friendly countries in various fields,
describing the visit as "very important". (Al-Sharq Al-Awsat Newspaper,
25/11/2010)
The UAE exercised its
role well and joined the colonial alliances in the region in the implementation
of the British policy, whether the alliances were English (like it) or
American, in the British way to be the eye of Britain on American policy ...
Thus, the UAE is fighting, despite its loyalty for the British, under the
banner of America and follows it, or follows its agent, like joining the Arab
coalition (rather the American), led by Saudi Arabia’s Salman under the name
“Decisive Storm”. It is the second force after Saudi Arabia, where it
participates with 30 aircrafts ... It projects itself from the allies of
America. The UAE’s Ambassador in Washington, Yusuf Al-‘Itaibah, said: “The UAE
is a calm and powerful Ally to America, and it is nicknamed little Sparta”
(Washington Post, 9/11/2014). It was also cited in the Washington Post on 3/1/2017
from its correspondent at the base of Dhafra in the UAE: (American aircrafts
are launching from the base of Dhafra. Since six weeks, they are on their way
to throw their fire (bombs) on both Syria and Iraq ...) The newspaper added
that "What is not known or little is known about the stationing of about
3,500 US troops at the base of Dhafra, the only military base that owns
"F-22" Fighter jets) ... The newspaper quoted Anthony Zinni, former
commander of US forces in the Middle East saying: "The relationship of the
United States with the Emirates is the strongest relationship with any country
in the Arab World today." Thus, the UAE seems to be a strong ally of
America ... In fact, the UAE plays a special role for the British, and it only
participated in the American wars because of the British and following its way
of publically appearing as supporting America and spoiling things for it behind
the curtain!
2- It is worth mentioning that
since its defeats in eastern Suez, especially in 1956, its devastating losses
in the war of Yemen in 1963, and after the decision to withdraw from the Gulf
militarily in 1968, which was implemented in 1971, Britain no longer bears to
stay as it is. Therefore, it preferred the military withdrawal and changed the
form of the direct colonialism to another form; political, security, and economic
colonialism, as it did in most of its colonies ... Since that time (i.e., its
complete withdrawal from East Suez) Britain cannot stand publically in the face
of America, so its policies regarding America were dominated by a sort of
endorsements in public but ruining things for them in secret and distributing
roles for its agents. So, some appear as if they are allies of America and its
allies and get to know the planned American schemes in those circles, and other
agents show the truth that they are loyal to Britain and its agents.
3- Thus, we can understand the positions of the UAE that
were mentioned in the question:
A- The Role of the UAE in Yemen:
* The UAE has participated in the Saudi declared Operation
Decisive Storm on Yemen since its launch in March 2015, but although the
appearance of things suggests harmony, the truth is not so. Saudi Arabia wanted
the storm to be limited to air strikes, but the UAE’s large participation in
ground battles indicates that it has used the coalition for the deployment of
large ground forces in Yemen ... And by looking closely at Saudi Arabia’s
denial of the presence of ground forces in Yemen on 5/4/2015 and the
announcement of the end of the "Decisive Storm" on 21/4/2015 and the start
of "Restoring Hope", we find that this was the period of tension
between Saudi Arabia, which wants air strikes to be a path to political
settlement(the launch of "Restoring Hope" indicates that), and the UAE
which wants this war to be an actual repelling of the Houthis from the cities of
Yemen ... While Saudi Arabia aims to form pressure only on the Houthis in
preparation for political settlements, UAE fights the war on the ground and
pushes them back.
The Saudi-UAE dispute is not only in
this issue but they differ on their position on the ousted Salih. At a time
when the hostility between Saudi Arabia and Salih is taking hold, the news is
that the UAE supports him, and it even saved him from one of the “Decisive
Storm” raids. MisrAl-Arabiya website on 04/04/2015 has indicated it directly (a
senior Yemeni official in a statement to Misr Al-Arabiya revealed that there is
a disagreement between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, due to the
reporting of Abu Dhabi to the son of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, of
the Decisive Storm operation an hour before bombing Sana’a. And the UAE's
vision is the importance to preserve Salih and involve him within any
initiative for the solution. He revealed that the leak by the UAE of the date
of the military operation saved Salih from death, leaving his home before the
bombing to safe places in the capital Sana'a.) Which also refers to the support
of the UAE for Ali Salih, it ignores the UN resolution imposing sanctions on
him, and the social media on line is saturated with accusations for the UAE of
providing financial and military support to Ali Abdullah Salih and his family
and it remains his ally despite the apparent involvement of the UAE in the
Saudi-led Arab coalition, which is waging a war against the Houthis in Yemen
and their ally Salih,
And it is the war that carries
“brings back the legitimacy to the land” and “end the bloody coup carried out
by the Houthis" as its declared goals ... this relationship is also confirmed
in a report by Yemen Press on 22/10/2015: (The son of ousted President Brigadier
General Ahmed Ali Salih continues to reside in the UAE subject to protection of
a special type, despite the UAE’s involvement in war against the Houthis and
Salih)!!
* President
Hadi himself is not secure. UN initiatives call for his isolation. In other
words, Britain is preparing the forces and other papers in Yemen. So, if
international settlements have been made to remove Hadi from the political
scene in Yemen, then it does not mean removing of the British influence in
Yemen, because their influence is represented by many other cards, and Hadi is
only one of these many cards ... Thus, Britain has made the UAE support Ali
Salih ... Both men Hadi and Salih are Britain’s men, but the issue is the
distribution of roles in the manner of British cunningness! Thus, the dispute
between the UAE and Hadi is understood within this context, (i.e., his
unwelcome reception in Abu Dhabi and the dispute over the UAE's ban on Hadi due
to isolating the director of airport security in Aden Salah Al-‘Amiri (Abu
Qattan)). Thus, the apparent contradiction between the UAE policy in Yemen and
President Hadi, as a Britain's man, is the result of Britain’s assigning the
UAE with a special task that requires this role. Thus, the UAE shows that it
does not stand beside Hadi, whom it agreed to in the Gulf initiative, and is
actually standing next to another British agent, Ali Salih. Thus, it plays a
role for the British in Yemen that messes things for the Saudi regime that
works for America there.
B- The role of the UAE in Libya:
The role of the UAE in Libya is easy to understand in view of the broad
outlines of the UAE's anti-Islamist policy, which is being overseen (drafted
and implemented) by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. In addition, looking
at its relations with UN envoy Leon and the centre supported by the UAE in
Libya; all these are in the atmosphere of the wide influence of Britain in
terms of the number of cards that can be played by London, as is the case for
Britain in Yemen, because of its sweeping influence in the country during the
era of Gaddafi ... The UAE’s support for secularists and sheikhs of tribes and going
against the “Islamist” make it stand in the counter-side of those forces
supported by Qatar in Libya; Qatar works for the British with the"
Islamists" and the UAE among the secularist and tribes. This division of
Qatari and Emirati roles is exactly as reported by the US magazine Foreign
Policy, as quoted by the Arabic 21 website, on 28/8/2014, i.e., after the UAE
air strikes in Libya (The American magazine - Foreign Policy- indicates that
the regional struggle for influence in Libya began since 2011 in which an
uprising broke out against the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, in which the
State of Qatar supported the fighters of Islamic leanings, while the UAE
supported tribal-oriented forces, especially those belonging to the Zintan
tribes in western Libya.) The American magazine revealed and named the men of
the UAE in Libya.
The
UAE had a close relationship with the UN envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, a
Spanish oriented towards Europe, and was working with him to try to support his
efforts on the side of the Tobruk Parliament and Hafter’s group. The newspapers
exposed his e-mail leaking correspondence with the UAE Foreign Minister. Moreover,
it exposed his transfer to work in UAE with a seductive salary after leaving
his UN post in Libya. This strong relationship between the UAE and the
international envoy, which represents the British tendencies, shows Britain's
satisfaction with the role of the UAE in Libya; a role that emerged remarkably
after the air strikes against Islamist fighters in Tripoli in August 2014. America
was the first to detect these raids by the UAE which coincided with the
transfer of the parliament to Tobruk and after holding its first meeting on
4/8/2014! It is worth mentioning that Britain is behind the UAE’s orientation
towards the secularists and against the "Islamists". The website
“Misr Al-Arabiya” reported on of 31/1/2017:
On
the other hand, the British newspaper Telegraph had previously revealed that
Tony Blair Consulting Center made a contract for an amount estimated at $35
million with the United Arab Emirates, in return for providing advice and
consultancy, according to the draft contract between the Blair Center and the
UAE Foreign Ministry ... The most prominent features of these common trends and
positions between the two sides, is the position on the movements and Islamic
parties that are active in that region ... Thus, it is clear that Britain
divides the roles of its agents in a way that appears contradicting, but in the
end it achieves the British goals. It does not put all its agents on one side,
especially in the countries where there are multiple cards, such as Libya. So, Qatar
stands against Hafter and beside the British government of reconciliation and
the UAE shows that it stands beside Hafter and supports him strongly!
C- The role of the UAE in Tunisia:
In November 2015, Tunisian President Baji Caid Sibsi said: "... The UAE
will continue to pursue destabilization methods because it believes it is safe
(from accountability) - it has enough funds to generate power without fear
because everyone, including Europe, depends on their money." (Middle East
Eye, 30/11/2015) ... After scrutiny of the position of the United Arab
Emirates, which shows hostility to Tunisia (an ally of the British), there
appears to be a tension in relations between them. However, it turns out to be
an artificial position. The evidence for that is that Sibsi went to the UAE and
during the time when he talked about the strained relations between Tunisia and
the UAE, it was reported that the UAE would finance a deal of French arms and
military equipment to Tunisia to control its borders with Libya and Algeria. French
President Hollande in his meeting with the Tunisian President in Paris said in
a joint press conference that "there is cooperation between the three
countries in this field." In response to a question on the subject, French
newspapers reported a French arms deal for Tunisia on 7/4/2015, the Tunisian
Foreign Minister Tayeb Al-Bakouche revealed that "his country is
conducting negotiations with France and the UAE to help them buy weapons
..." (Doualia Newspaper, 7/4/2015)!
Thus, on the one hand, the UAE finances
Tunisia in arms deals, and on the other hand, it shows that there is a tension
in relations with it. This indicates that the tension is not real and it is
artificial so that the UAE plays the British role in Tunisia and around it,
especially in Libya. This is because Tunisia stands against Hafter and stands with
the Libyan reconciliation government, which was born in its arm and by its sponsorship
and moved to Tripoli later. Showing that there is a dispute with Tunisia will facilitate
the way for the Emirati deception, but the British one, to Hafter!
D- The role of the UAE with As-Sisi:
The UAE has rushed to support the Egyptian President As-Sisi significantly with
Saudi Arabia since the coup by As-Sisi on Morsi in mid-2013 to support the Sisi
regime. Saudi Arabia was following the British in the reign of King Abdullah,
and this can be understood since Britain itself was treading along with
America, and so it asked its agents to follow America's agents because they
have the upper hand in the region, and the British agents are weaker than them.
So, Britain does not push all its agents at one go to stand against the
American agents in an exposed way, only in some special cases as played by
Qatar. This is what Britain itself carries out with As-Sisi; it sends him some
reassuring signals and associates them with the UAE. This was discussed by the
British newspapers; Al-Arabi Al-Jadid website on 25/6/2014 cited a report in
the Financial Times that states: "Some insiders on the business carried
out by Tony Blair told the Financial Times that he commissioned a group of
experts to write a report on the organization of the Muslim Brotherhood and the
accusations against them from the Egyptian army leaders and their supporters in
the Gulf for their involvement in terrorism," The newspaper reported, that
Tony Blair supported in his speeches the military coup in Egypt which removed
the Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi from power. Blair described the Egyptian
coup in one of his speeches as "a rescue mission to the people of
Egypt." The newspaper added: "This situation is completely compatible
with the position of the
UAE government"). Therefore, the actions of the UAE
drawing closer to As-Sisi are within the drawn British line without diverting
from any part of it.
4- As a
reminder, we have said in the “Answer to a Question” on 12/1/2016 the
following: "We do not expect a conflict, in the sense of the conflict,
between the subordinate states or countries that revolve in the orbit of the
state if they follow the same big state, because it is the big state that runs
the foreign policy in general. This policy is usually that controls the
conflict ... This in terms of the conflict. But if they dispute between
themselves without conflict - which is clearer among the orbiting states- it is
possible to be due to one of three cases: The first case is due to the
distribution of roles to serve the interests of the big states. the second
case: If the dispute is due to internal disagreement without external
influences affecting the foreign policy of the big state which those states
orbit. The third case: Through the support of an agent by heating an event
"which was calm" between it and another agent and then returns to
calm after the end of the requirements of the support." This applies to
the UAE, which is an agent of the British, that comes under the first point of
the distribution of roles, and it plays a role drawn by the British as Qatar
plays another role for them.
5- In summary, the UAE is loyal and
absolutely subordinate to the British like the rest of the Gulf countries,
except Saudi Arabia, which is going with America currently under Salman ... The
UAE is playing a role that is drawn by the British for it, whether this role is
in Yemen or in Libya or in support of the Egyptian regime. Thus, the apparent
contradiction in its policy is the result of the outlines drawn by Britain to
support secularists and anti-Islamists, which are contrary to the outlines
drawn to Qatar, for example. In addition, the UAE is implementing deep and
special policies for Britain. The UAE often works for Britain from the back
behind the American agents in the region, and offers its services to Britain
from those positions. Despite that, whether it is Qatar, the UAE, or any other
country in the Muslim countries that serves the interests of the colonial Kuffar,
it is a great crime that is stuck to them, and they will not benefit from it
any good in the world and in the Hereafter, but they are as the Mighty and
Strong (swt) say:
﴿سَيُصِيبُ
الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا صَغَارٌ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَعَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ بِمَا كَانُوا
يَمْكُرُونَ﴾
“…There
will afflict those who committed crimes debasement before Allah and severe
punishment for what they used to conspire”
[Al-An’am: 124]
12 Rajab 1438 AH
9/4/2017 CE
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