The Iranian military force's recapture of the Iraqi "Fakka" oil well brought back under the limelight the eight-year war that broke out between both countries in the 1980s, in which around one million people were killed. Iran did not bother to apologize or show good intentions for what it did, acting as though it did nothing that harms the relations between both countries, or as though it were in a state of war with Iraq. For instance, it only called for a diplomatic solution to the conflict, after it seized the oil well and raised its country's flag over the land, in what represented a flagrant challenge for Iraq and the principles of good neighborhood and international laws. Certainly, Iran danced on the Iraqi arena after it found it "fragile" and confused, and without any influential Arab presence. This prompted Iran to play inside Iraq, interfere in its affairs and support the armed militias in a bid to fragment it, weaken its ties and stir up sedition among its people. This is at a time some sides within Nuri al-Maliki's government feel inferior and tremble with fear before Ahmadinejad's government. Its response was restricted to holding a meeting that described what happened as being a violation of the Iraqi "sovereignty" and "timidly" calling for immediate withdrawal without giving Tehran a timetable for the withdrawal, threatening to expel its ambassador or take undesirable measures to restore its land and oil well, so that Iran does not think of Iraq as a low wall it can cross over whenever it wants. Iran is like a "poisonous" snake dancing on many Arab arenas in Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, and Yemen, in an attempt to consolidate its presence and expansion, thanks to the support of armed groups that implement its despicable policies. Moreover, it continues to recruit agents to implement its "malicious" agenda in the countries of the region, in what fulfills its goals and ambitions. How funny is what Iran's new "ambassador" in the region, the head of Hamas's politburo Khaled Mish'al, did after he was delegated by Tehran to intercede between the Houthis and the Yemeni government – with him being the leader who is unable to unite the Palestinian home, which is divided and fragmented thanks to his policies that no more resemble the Palestinian people. I wish Mish'al had bothered to ask his Qatari friends, who played a role in the mediation between the Yemeni Government and the Houthis, about the outcome of their mediation efforts and why they failed after the Qatari "mediator" fled the Saada mountain when a Houthi bullet almost claimed his life. I was pleased with Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh's "slap" to Khaled Mash'al after he asked him to focus his efforts on the Palestinian reconciliation, not on the one between Sana'a and the Houthis' mob. This confirms what some observers say about the weakness of Khaled Mish'al's political expertise, especially after he held a press conference in Tehran simultaneously with the concluding statement of the GCC Summit that was held in Kuwait recently. This was also after the Iranians deceived, misled, and made him appear as a politically immature and stupid person, as they asked him [to hold a press conference] in an attempt to shift the attention away from the Gulf Summit that has never stopped supporting the Palestinian cause. However, the reports on the Iranian intelligence establishing a so-called "bank of political objectives" is alarming and worrying. This bank is tasked with providing information to carry out criminal schemes and assassinate Gulf and Arab figures, at the forefront of whom is Saudi Assistant Minister of Defense Prince Khaled Ben Sultan, who succeeded in foiling the Iranian plans in the south of Saudi Arabia and thwarting their malicious intentions. It also aims at targeting vital and strategic institutions in order to undermine stability in some Arab countries, especially since the Iranian regime had planted sleeper cells in previous years, ones that would wake up upon Tehran's request and foment chaos under the title of "sectarian" crises, so that Iran could go deeply into tense areas to control the region. Certainly, many factors helped Iran's plan to penetrate some Arab states and societies. Some of these reasons pertain to the political immaturity and outbidding by some treacherous Arabs. Others have to do with Iran's attempt to make a living from politics. This requires from the Arab countries in general and the Gulf ones in particular a support to the people of Al-Ahwaz and a benefit from their people since they are Arabs. Al-Ahwaz is originally an Arab Emirate with a huge population. Its people have never succumbed to the subsequent Iranian governments, but staged revolutions against them to restore sovereignty over their land. I believe that once the people of Al-Ahwaz find clear Gulf, Arab, and international support, they will make Iran swallow poison that will influence its schemes and foreign policies. In other words, the tables will be turned, and all what Tehran is attempting to do beyond its border will turn into boiling fire inside its border, and will threaten its security, stability, and unity.
