The new Saudi sabotage in Iraq using old tactic of ISIS card.
Saudi Arabia’s destructive role in Iraq after supporting terrorism and cooperating with the disbanded Ba’ath party, etc., this time reached the power station with the ISIS card.
Saudi-Iraqi relations have seen many ups and downs throughout contemporary history, but a special feature, namely the two countries’ distrust of each other, has been preserved in various political, economic, cultural and other fields. . In the aftermath of Saddam’s ouster, Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic ties with Iraq for 25 years, refusing to recognize its legitimate governments. But in early 2016, he resumed diplomatic relations with Baghdad by introducing a senior military man named Thamer al-Sabhan as ambassador.
Behind Saudi interventions in Iraq with economic projects.
Over the years, Saudi Arabia has tried to enter Iraq through the gates of the economy and concluding contracts in this field. Saudi Arabia seeks to exploit Baghdad’s need for reconstruction after decades of tyranny and terrorism; Terrorism, of which Saudi Arabia itself was a major supporter against Iraq.
These conditions have created the opportunity for a large Saudi economic presence in Iraq. Provinces such as Salah al-Din, Al-Anbar and Ninawa need more investment in reconstruction, given the devastation ISIS has inflicted on the western parts of Iraq. Accordingly, Saudi Arabia sees the demographic composition of these provinces, which are predominantly Sunni, as an opportunity for economic presence and investment.
In this regard, Iraq and Saudi Arabia discussed in the framework of the Joint Bilateral Committee on October 14, 2020 in Riyadh for the Saudi investment in Iraq, in which the $ 2.9 billion investment of Saudi Arabia in various projects in Iraq was unveiled and ” Iraqi Minister of Planning Khalid Batal al-Najm also spoke of the 6,000 worth of Saudi investment projects worth $ 100 billion.
But analysts interpreted Saudi actions as a threat to Iraq’s national security. Iraqi experts have warned that Riyadh supports the US “Iraq disintegration” project, saying the investments pose a threat to Iraq’s security and health because they are to be made in critical locations.
Abbas al-Ardawi, an Iraqi political analyst, believes that the areas that Saudi Arabia intends to invest in are in southern and western Iraq; These are the areas between the nuclei of the ISIS terrorist group and the US military and Iraqi security forces.
