Iraqi politician: Baghdad is a colonial target for the Turkish project
CAIRO, Egypt (North Press) – Iraq is a colonial target for Turkey within its colonial ambitions in the region, according to Iraqi political analyst Abdul Karim Wazan. Wazan explained that the Arab project is now torn apart, and there are moves from a number of countries to restore the spirit of joint Arab action.
He added that the last such action was the Egyptian-Jordanian move with Iraq, which was evident during the recent tripartite summit.
Wazan explained that Egypt and Jordan are independent countries in terms of political will, and they can form the basis of an effective Arab movement, which will not be completed without the withdrawal of Iraq from any other hegemony.
He said that if Iraq returned to Arabs, this would mark the end of Turkish ambitions in the region, and the three aforementioned countries could form an Arab bloc.
Wazan added that the recent tripartite summit that took place between Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq came at a very sensitive time, and as a result of international and regional strategic decisions.
He pointed out that this meeting aimed at returning Iraq to its Arab base and protecting it from any foreign ambitions.
Wazan explained that what he described as “colonial settlements” had persisted in their violations in Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen, and Syria, and it was imperative for Arab countries, especially Egypt, to act.
The recent tripartite summit was an expression of the Arab role in fixing the Arabic rift, and a direct result of the Turkish and Iranian attacks on Iraq, Syria, and other parts of the Arab world, he added.
He said that the summit was a response to the colonial domination of the new Persian and Ottoman empires.
This step also comes at a time when the region is witnessing what he called a strategy to prepare a new Middle Eastern map through an agreement to restore Arab relations with some foreign countries.
Wazan explained that the agreement is also directed against Turkish and Iranian ambitions, and that Turkey has recently launched many military operations in Iraq and areas in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. In July, it sought to deploy special forces (commandos) in mountainous areas inside Iraqi territory. It had established bases to train local forces in Mosul, and justified that at the time as a fight against terrorism.