Chapter 516 Threat
"Your Majesty, I heard that this is a meeting on oil security in the Middle East, but we don't seem to have received an invitation." Chalabi asked King Khalid who was sitting in front of him.
Almost every sentence was full of provocation. Since Chalabi knew about this meeting, he should know that the theme of the meeting was actually how to deal with the threat from the Soviet Union. From now on, although Iraq is still their MSL brother, Iraq's political stance is more inclined towards the Soviet Union.
Moreover, King Khalid does feel a little guilty. The recent increase in oil production, which caused the oil price to fall, can be said to be led by Saudi Arabia, and behind Saudi Arabia is the United States. After all, from Saudi Arabia's point of view, a strong and aggressive Soviet Union is not in line with Saudi Arabia's position. Saudi Arabia and other major Gulf oil countries are actually pro-American.
This is an oil conference, but also a pro-Western conference.
King Khalid blushed and said, "Maybe there is something wrong with our diplomatic agency. The invitation letter to our Iraqi brothers was not delivered in time."
"Well, it seems that everyone still recognizes our Iraqi brother." Farabi continued arrogantly: "Since last year, our Gulf countries have not complied with OPEC's production quotas and have overproduced, causing oil prices in the world oil market to fall sharply. Since the beginning of this year alone, we Iraq have suffered a loss of up to 10 billion US dollars!"
Farabi's eyes swept over the crowd. He certainly knew that these guys were in favor of increasing oil production. They wanted to use this method to attack the Soviet Union. However, increasing oil production is a double-edged sword. While stabbing the enemy, it also stabs itself. What benefits have these countries gained? They sold more oil, but the profit was much less than before! Instead, the Western world enjoyed cheap oil resources. This is simply self-inflicted! Just to please the American master!
"Over-quota oil production to drive down oil prices so that the United States can replenish its inventory with cheap oil is a conspiracy planned by the United States and executed by the Gulf rulers. It is a dagger coated with poison to stab Iraq from behind." Chalabi's words rang out in the conference hall: "If evil continues, loud protests are not the final resort, but some effective measures should be taken to restore things to normal. Iraqis will never forget the old saying that it is better to cut off the neck than to cut off the means of survival. This is our president, let me come here to express our Iraqi will."
Sarabi's words made everyone's faces turn pale instantly, because of anger and fear.
Iraq said that it was simply provoking other countries! We are all MSL brothers. During the Iran-Iraq War, we all helped Iraq. Now, Iraq has turned around and shown a ferocious expression to other countries. This is simply unbearable. Are they still brothers?
At the same time, on the other hand, they are indeed a little afraid. After all, Iraq has a strong reason to say this! Iraq's military strength is rapidly expanding. After the baptism of the Iran-Iraq War, it can be said that Iraq is the most powerful country in the Middle East, just as Iraq claims. In terms of military strength, it is not as good as Saudi Arabia, which is armed with modern weapons from the United States!
At the same time, they feel a little guilty, because from the overall perspective, some of the things Iraq said were not wrong, and this incident was planned by the United States.
"May the Almighty bear witness to our warning to them," Chalabi continued. "We can only conclude from this that whoever openly embraces this policy of increasing oil production, whoever supports and encourages this policy, is part of the implementation of the imperialist-Zionist plan against Iraq and the Arab nation, because the timing of this policy coincides with the moment when Israel and the imperialists are threatening the Arab world, especially Iraq."
Chalabi's reminder obviously has another purpose. The Middle East was originally an Islamic world, but after the end of World War II, their Palestinian brothers were displaced because under the manipulation of the United States and other Western world, Israel, a Jewish country that did not belong here, was forcibly established! Four Middle East wars broke out for this reason, and in each war, the Arab side was the loser! It is precisely because of this that the Arab world and the Western world led by the United States actually have a deep hatred! Chalabi is mocking other countries. You have now completely become the running dogs of the Americans. Do you still remember your ideals? Do you remember the hatred of the Palestinian brothers?
After Chalabi finished speaking, he looked at the people in the same attire and said, "The solution to the problem we are discussing is actually very simple. We all know what is going on. As long as we restore our oil production to the previous level and let the international oil price return to normal, everything will be fine. This is the choice that best suits the interests of our Gulf countries."
These people are not fools, how could they not understand the connection between the two! The Soviets set up a checkpoint in the Strait of Hormuz, in fact, to control the world oil price! By artificially creating oil shortages, they raised the international oil price!
This is of course not good for the Western world led by the United States, but good for the Soviet Union. However, at the same time, it is good for the Gulf countries. Who would complain about not having enough wealth in their pockets? Selling the same goods in exchange for more wealth is absolutely good no matter how you look at it!
After saying this, Sarabi took one last look at everyone and said to the king above: "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, if I have offended you, please forgive me."
After saying that, Sarabi walked out, leaving behind a group of people with pale faces.
"Iraq has gone too far. Saddam actually dared to threaten their MSL brothers!" After Chalabi left, Kuwait's oil minister said coldly.
Although Kuwait stood firmly on the side of Iraq in the Iran-Iraq War, in fact the relationship between Kuwait and Iraq was not that friendly, and Kuwait was also aware of Saddam's ambitions.
Today, it is just a show of force. As the winner of the Iran-Iraq War, Saddam’s confidence is inflating extremely!
"Let's end our meeting here," King Khalid said. The Iraqis had interfered with the meeting, and it was impossible for it to continue. King Khalid was very confused.