Iran’s hand seen in the busted Hezbollah cell in Kuwait

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cartoon iran arab worldHezbollah,  the Shiite fighting force in Lebanon, has long been supported by Iran. Yet, exactly what the group’s objectives are in the Arabian Gulf remain somewhat unclear. The group’s repeated attempts to spread extremism and stoke sectarian strife in the Arabian Gulf countries were the subject of an opinion piece by Emirati columnist Amani Mohammed in Abu Dhabi’s daily Al Ittihad, the Arabic-language sister newspaper of the The National.

Last week, Kuwaiti authorities busted a terror cell linked to Hezbollah, making several arrests and seizing a large cache of weapons and explosives that were later linked to Iran.

“Strange happenings are taking place that can only be explained as evidence of Iranian political and geographical ambitions along with a desire to interfere in the affairs of neighbouring states in the Arabian Gulf,” the writer said.

“Now that it has secured its control over Baghdad, Beirut and Damascus, Iran has its eyes on other countries that it plans to transform into followers, and Hezbollah  is evidently nothing but a means to an end.”

Such events present a stark contrast with diplomatic statements from Iranian officials calling for dialogue with the country’s Gulf Arab neighbours. Relations between the Islamic Republic and the GCC states have been strained because of growing suspicions that Tehran is trying to further extend its influence across the region and exploit the momentum it has gained from the nuclear deal with western powers this summer.

“Inaction against these cells would be a crime in itself, for it would lead to a proliferation of terror cells in the future. But the real calamity is that suspects implicated in these actions are Kuwaiti citizens,” Mohammed wrote.

“How did they let themselves become easy putty in the hands of sectarian powers and how were they able to plot against their own?”

Columnist Hamad Salem Al Marri, writing in the Kuwaiti daily Al Watan, said that he wasn’t very surprised to hear about the Hezbollah-­affiliated terror cell in Kuwait.

The region’s history and recent events have proved the extent of hostility that Iran harbours for Arab Gulf countries This hostility wouldn’t stop until Iran extended its control over the entire region for its own religious and political purposes, the writer said.

From a religious point of view, Iran aims to disseminate its Farsi Khomeini revolution, targeting mainly Shiites by recruiting them to confront anyone who challenges them. Politically, Tehran’s main objective is to become a dominant political player with entrenched control throughout the region. This project, the columnist noted, has already been accomplished in Iraq and Syria to a large extent.

“This wasn’t the first time a terrorist cell was uncovered in Kuwait and it won’t be the last as Iran continues with its schemes to undermine Kuwait’s security,” the writer pointed out.

A caricature of Secretary of State John Kerry says “my beloved friend… the Axis of Evil!” while reaching to shake hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. “My brother… the Great Satan!” the caricature of Zarif says. (Source: Hassan Bleibel via Entekhab News)
A cartoon  of  US Secretary of State John Kerry says “my beloved friend… the Axis of Evil!” while reaching to shake hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. “My brother… the Great Satan!” the caricature of Zarif says. (Source: Hassan Bleibel via Entekhab News)

“Having secured an alliance with the US, Tehran’s present ambition is to redesign the region’s map to achieve its common interests with the United States.

“We in the Arab Gulf states must hurry up to form a confederation that would allow us to become a significant political, military and economic power in the region and to be able to stop Tehran from interfering in our internal affairs.

“Otherwise, we must give Iran a taste of its own medicine by providing the Ahwazi and Baluchi minorities in Iran with the necessary support to rebel against their tyrant government and bring it down,” he said.

Translated by Racha Makarem

The National

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32 responses to “Iran’s hand seen in the busted Hezbollah cell in Kuwait”

  1. MekensehParty Avatar
    MekensehParty

    “Having secured an alliance with the US,”
    An alliance? How can a professional reporter write such nonsense?
    How does a surrender agreement be interpreted as an alliance?
    Arabs and their imagination…

    1. nagy_michael2 Avatar
      nagy_michael2

      LMAO

  2. Khamenei and its motley mullahs will continue to be a sneaky terrorist operation until the Iranian people actually grow a pair and topple their theocratic dictatorship. Muslims in general in the middle-east seem to have a major problem in getting along with anyone outside their radical sects. Carry on killing each other, Iran’s willingness to create trouble and acts of terror will come back and bite them in the azz.

    1. scorpyonn Avatar
      scorpyonn

      Iranians as a people are odious and twisted… all of them!

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          AND, how interpreting all the old words in any modern context screws up their ‘cultures’ with the thoughts that it’s a ‘religious’ thing to adhere to. :-))
          http://forward.com/food/319291/meditating-on-milk-and-meat/

          Yes, indeed, don’t walk under a ladder .. God’ll get ya. :-)))

          1. Hind Abyad Avatar
            Hind Abyad

            I still don’t walk under a ladder..because of my parents.

  3. nagy_michael2 Avatar
    nagy_michael2

    No way i am shocked. But according to Zabada it’s Zion who is causing all these infighting among muslims.
    good luck to make Iran stop interferring as long as they have hezbollah and the iraqi militia to sacrifice why would they?

    1. Nagy, your reference to Z’s predictable comments is perfect.

    2. he he he..me again…

      1. nagy_michael2 Avatar
        nagy_michael2

        Of course i am trolling you..lol

        1. A CSULB political science and international studies professor said that the US invasion of Iraq is “the main reason ISIL exists today”.

          “Without an invasion in 2003, there would be no ISIL. But even after the invasion, the US could have prevented some of these problems if it had made greater efforts to coordinate with Iran to find a political solution in Iraq,” Nathan Gonzalez said in an interview with Habilian.

          “It is unfortunate that countries feel the need to use clandestine acts of violence for political purposes,” he said, adding “It often creates problems that the countries themselves cannot control later. Western countries bear a lot of responsibility for this.”

          Asked about the US claims of fighting a war on terror, Gonzalez added, “I think the ‘war on terror’ label is problematic. The word ‘terrorism’ has been used to label people governments disagree with.” “But what we call ‘terrorism’ is really just a tactic, a type of violence. And you can’t fight a war against a tactic.”

          “Of course, it is hypocritical for any country, Western or non-Western, to support this kind of violence while saying they reject it,” he continued.

          “I think the invasion of Iraq is the main reason ISIL exists today,” he added.

          1. nagy_michael2 Avatar
            nagy_michael2

            unfortunately to some extent you are right. but it was not the wishes of the U.S it was handful of jackasses like Dick Cheney and the big oil companies who decided this war. but mind you before that Saddam hussein was torturing his own people. Also i have to admit he was good to the christians and even Yazdis unlike your brothers in ISIS. but Saddam before the AMerican invasions was gassing the Kurds and eliminating shiites who didn’t agree with him. His son killed a colonel in the Army because the colonel would not give up his wife at a party hosted by Odey. so he killed him and nobody dared to say anything. also his son popped some old men eyes because he was very popular in the streets among the poor he just decided to do it. also his sons were involved in many girls kidnapping and raping and killing them and dumping on the streets. don’t tell me it was the Americans and Zionist now please.

          2. Anti ISIS Avatar
            Anti ISIS

            Are you serious Nagy, the Americas made him do it.

          3. nagy_michael2 Avatar
            nagy_michael2

            oh yes my bad.. what was i thinking.. Zabada is always right. Lol

          4. Anti ISIS Avatar
            Anti ISIS

            Now you are making sense. You know he is going to blush again. Right.

          5. nagy_michael2 Avatar
            nagy_michael2

            Oh No.. the Bride of Caliph is blushing.. i think the Caliph might get excited about that..lol

          6. saddam tortured his people..and america killed nearly 1 million iraqis in not a totured….Saddam did not killed even a thousand Iraqis..America also tortured people in Guantanamo bay and Russian don,t bombarded America so far..I guess you have a mind of killer..

          7. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            In the world where the best lies count, it may be that everyone over there has Out-Taqqiya’d each other and no-one knows what the hell they are doing in hell. That they make it so hellish for children doesn’t matter to them, since children are mere future conscripts to death, and if it comes sooner, the Talking Heads don’t care – there will be more, one way or the other. Taqqiya in the ‘west’ is called ‘Analysis’ … results in major confusion the same way. And the guy who wants to blow itself up just goes along with ‘buddies’ in stupid adventures because he wasn’t raised to think for himself.

        2. Anti ISIS Avatar
          Anti ISIS

          You made him blush Nagy.

          1. nagy_michael2 Avatar
            nagy_michael2

            lol good one Bro

    3. politician.

  4. Talking publicly about arming Ahwazi’s and Baloch will bring the regime down on them before it could be accomplished. Northern Iran has no love for regime either, the Kurds and Azeri. The regime uses these statements to persecute them more than they already are!

  5. scorpyonn Avatar
    scorpyonn

    Once again I reiterate that it is time to eliminate Iran off the face of this planet. You never negotiate with a cobra in your back yard- you cut its head off.

    1. Hind Abyad Avatar
      Hind Abyad

      A scorpion talking about a cobra..

      1. scorpyonn Avatar

        and an ignorant woman adding her two cents to the fray!

        1. It’s not a woman. It’s a daft mare with a shite behind.

    2. Intouchable Avatar
      Intouchable

      Eliminate all countries off the face of this planet and we will have finally peace on earth…

        1. Intouchable Avatar
          Intouchable

          When talking about “Eliminate all countries”, I didn’t have in my mind this kind of elimination…

          I would like this kind of peace on earth…

          1. Hind Abyad Avatar
            Hind Abyad

            Oh…me too! Earth is beautiful.
            That one was a satire.. to nuke advisers:-)

          2. Intouchable Avatar
            Intouchable

            🙂

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