Rasa – The member of the panel of experts warned against a new conspiracy by the United States to rebuild the Ba'ath party and re-occupy Iraqi people and Iraqi politicians and demanded their vigilance. RNA – In an exclusive interview with Rasa News Agency, Ayatollah Abbas Ka’bi, a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, referred to the unexpected trip of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to Iraq and explained the behind-the-scene details of this trip and warned against the new conspiracy of the United States.
On December 26th, Trump spent a few hours visiting troops at the Ayn al-Asad Airbase in Iraq’s western al-Anbar Governorate, stopping short of visiting the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
The member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom added that Trump’s visit to the American forces in Iraq and his announcement that he has no intention to withdraw troops from Iraq is a sign of the imperialism, tyranny and anti-popular spirit of Trump and the Americans.
He argued that Trump, in contrast to diplomatic conventions and in open humiliation to the Iraqi people and government, went to Iraq and took a commemorative picture with the American soldiers stationed there and said, “During the same visit, the president of the United States announced that he will use the American bases in Iraq to attack Syria, which is considered as a power trip.”
Ayatollah Ka’bi said, “Of course, this action by Trump is a sign of his weakness and fear. Just as Trump suddenly visits the American bases, it’s a sign of fear because he’s afraid of confronting the Iraqi people and the government.”
Emphasizing that the Iraqi Islamic Resistance Forces will never allow Americans to establish Iraq as their base to attack Syria and other countries, His Eminence said, “This stance of the Trump is a sign of the Americans’ aggressive and arrogant nature and the Iraqi Resistance will definitely confront this.”
He said, “Just as the Iraqi Resistance forces swept the Americans out of the country and were victorious over them after the fall of Saddam Husayn, this stubborn move by Trump has made it such that the American bases in Iraq aren’t safe and secure and the Islamic Resistance Forces in Iraq will target American bases.”
Ayatollah Ka’bi said, “The news shows that the United States has a plan in the New Year to occupy and restore insecurity to Iraq just like it had gathered the opponents of Saddam Husayn before its 2003 invasion of this country.”
The Iranian scholar added that on January 5, 2019, the Iraqi-American National Friendship Association will hold their first conference in Sterling Heights, Michigan with members, soldiers and fugitive officers of the Ba’ath Party in coordination with some members of the United States Congress, the White House and the Senate to establish a new occupation of Iraq in order to create insecurity and sedition in the country and to confront the resistance.
He warned the Iraqi people and politicians against the plans of the United States to launch a new conspiracy and said, “The United States and its collaborators, like the Saudis, intend to weaken and eliminate the Iraqi government. Therefore, the Iraqi people must be vigilant and act in a vigilant manner.”.
Ayatollah Ka’bi added that while the Americans were unable to achieve their objectives through Daesh and the division of Shi’ahs and Sunnis, this time they want to create chaos by organizing the Ba’athists and with the help of the Saudis and to destroy Iraq’s security.
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