Since its creation, Israel has always had good relations with the Iraqi Kurds, to the point of having provided them with military and humanitarian secretary in the 1960s and 70s [.PDF].Hence its support for the referendum on the independence of the Autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan in September 2017.
At the time, Gideon Sa'ar, then former Minister of the Interior, had explained that it was enough "to observe the distribution of the Kurds on a map to understand that they could constitute a dam in expansionradical Islam ”, and in particular that, at the time, of the Islamic State [IS or Daesh]."Given the presence of Iran to the east and instability in the region, a solid, stable, coherent Kurdish entity in the middle of this quagmire is not a bad idea," also estimated GeneralyaïrGolan, ex-Numéro Deux de Tsahal.
And it is without a coincidence that, in September 2021, Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, welcomed a conference having brought together 300 participants, including tribal leaders, to request a normalization of relations between Iraq and the StateHebrew."We are asking for our integration from the Abraham agreements [signed under the aegis of the United States by the United Arab Emirates in 2020].Like these agreements provide diplomatic relations between the signatories and Israel, we too want normal relations with Israel, ”said the final press release.
Obviously, such a statement was denounced by the Iraqi government, the latter having described the conference of Erbil as "illegal meeting".Shiite religious leader [but opposed to Iran] at the head of the country's main political party, the influential Moqta Sadr, called to arrest "all participants" when deputies from the Hachd al-Chaabi, a paramilitary organization supported byTehran, denounced a "criminal act".
Anyway, are these good relations between Iraqi Kurdistan and Israel likely to provide facilities in Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service in northern Iraq?This is what the body of the Iranian revolution guards claims, after claiming the shot of twelve ballistic missiles Fateh 110, on the night of March 12 to 13.
At first, the authorities of Iraqi Kurdistan thought that these missiles had targeted the United States consulate established in Erbil."There are no human losses, that material damage," they said, noting, however, that at least two people had been injured."We condemn this terrorist attack launched against several sectors of Erbil, we call on the inhabitants to keep calm," said Masrour Barzani, the Prime Minister of this region.
What later that the revolution guards claimed to have targeted a "strategic center of the conspiracy and vice of the Zionists" with "powerful peak missiles".And to warn: any new attack by Israel will have a hard, decisive and destructive response ”.Earlier, they had warned Israel that he would "pay" for death, in Syria, of two of their high officers in Israeli strikes, made three days earlier.More specifically, Iranian state television has spoken of an attack on "secret Israeli bases" and the "siege of Mossad in Erbil".
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"These are foundation allegations.[…] There are no Israeli sites in this region, there is only the new building of the American consulate, "said Oumid Khouchnaw, the governor of Erbil.
For its part, the Iraqi government denounced a "blatant violation of sovereignty" of Iraq and indicated that it had "summoned the ambassador to Iraq of the Islamic Republic of Iran" to "communicate the government's protests on the strikesmissiles ", which have given rise to" material losses "and" damage in civil facilities and citizens' dwellings ".
In the meantime, Tehran assumes his action."It is in no way acceptable that one of our neighbors, with whom we have deep relations [...] becomes a source of threats to the Islamic Republic," said Said Khatibzadeh, the spokesperson for the Iranian ministry of the Iranian ministryForeign Affairs, March 14.
"Iran will not tolerate the presence near its borders of a sabotage, conspiracy and shipping center of terrorist groups" and the Iraqi government "has been warned several times [...] that we should notallow its borders to Iran to become dangerous, ”he added.
As reported by Courrier International, citing the daily Iraqi-Alam al-Jadid, "this Iranian ballistic strike on Erbil opens the doors of a new conflict [...] and a change in a balance of forces within the region, especially with the consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis "while carrying" several messages for certain parts in Iraq ".
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