'IRAQ seizure bassy in London and probably provided support for the operation.
produced to substantiate this claim in sunday s won bv the But what is Iraq's role in the the Arab crisis itself, the Guardian Siddam Takriti of Iraq is out to 'present his regime, if not as America's gendarme in the Gulf, at least as the guarantor of stability in the vital oil-rich region' Just amounts to is two-fold. First it is to drop the 'progressive' impression which Hussein has unrecently create.
masterminded the of the Iranian em- into logistical Communists, No evidence has as yet been recently, renegade, Observer. has broken over Iraq'.
South-west Asia?
According to an article in In February, Hussein tionists.
Most Shi'a this 'stability' of khomeint.
Irac perialism, Hussein is turning on erstwhile allies the pro- hoped, Soviet Communist Party. The Hussein said are ' rotten, atheistic storm that This statement was accom panied by a fierce campaign of repression against not only CP is arming members but against all opposirecently has most manifested itself in the expul sion from Iraq of members of branch of Islam, is not which in Iran is the power base But expulsions are not just Foreign aimed at preventing the spread Not shia radicalism. flau spread chaos in Iran itself vast innux or rerugees wal, ll ls increase the problems facing Khomeini.
This is the second part of Iraq's role as the 'stabiliser' to 'de-stabilise' Iran, not just out HICCOLS …ot the radi regime, but out of the interests as well of Western imperialism In pursuit of these aims Iraq assistie all!
Iranian oppositionists to Kho meini. Sabotage teams are be ing sent into Iranian oilfields, of which lie In the Khuzistan area of Iran.
The campaign against Iran confined. to . creating havoc internally. The attemp of Iranian Minister Sadegh Ghotzbadeh while on a tour of the week was stale. almost certainly undertaken by Iraqi agents.
does the United States fit into all this? Obviously the US shares with Iraq the 'destabilise Iran' aim. But the links between the US and Iraq are more concrete than shared opinions.
It has now been suggested that the team given the primary role in freeing the American hostages in Iran, backed up by ill-fated. US forces, , was trained in Iraq in association with the CIA.
Six weeks ago White House chief of staff Hamilton Jordan paid a secret visit to Iraq as part of the build-up to this opera tion All of which makes it very clear that Iraq is no friend of Rally other