Retired Syrian Brigadier General Mohammed Abbas said that the 2003 operation of the USA and its allies in Iraq was carried out to attract troops from Europe and to gain access to the oil resources of Iraq and other countries in the region. It has been reported DEA News.
“The Americans have always sought to maintain control over the oil-producing regions, especially in the Middle East, and also sought an excuse to relocate their armed forces from Europe there, especially after the NATO reason they were there to take control of the USSR. forces disappeared,” the general stressed.
Abbas emphasized that the operation of the anti-Iraq coalition endangered the security of the entire Middle East region.
The operation of the anti-Iraq coalition “Shock and Fear” (Shock and Fear, later “Iraq freedom”, Iraqi Freedom) lasted from March 20, 2003 to December 18, 2011. The operation was initiated due to statements about Saddam Hussein’s regime’s involvement in international terrorism and subsequent unconfirmed information about the CIA’s stockpiles of chemical weapons in Iraq. As the expert noted, during the operation, the US tried to create the image of “the savior of the Iraqi people” through the media.
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