By Thierry Meyssan
July 18, 2013
"Information Clearing House
The sudden political
withdrawal of Qatar from the international scene was followed, a week later, by
the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi in Egypt. Although these two events coincided,
without cause and effect, their occurrence has radically changed the future of
the Arab world.
Within two weeks, the Muslim Brotherhood, to which Washington
was promising the leadership of the Arab world, have lost two of their main
levers of power. Emir Hamad Al-Thani of Qatar was forced to abdicate on June
25th and with him his mentor and Prime Minister, HBJ. On July 3rd, President
Mohamed Morsi was toppled by the Egyptian Army, while warrants were soon issued
for the arrest of the main figures of the Egyptian movement, including the
Supreme Guide of the Brotherhood, Mohammed Badie.It does not appear that, in
pushing Emir Hamad towards the exit, Washington had anticipated another regime
change in Egypt. The United States, which did not tolerate its political and
financial shenanigans, decided to relegate Qatar to its rightful place as a
micro-state. Washington did not question the assistance provided by the Emir to
the Muslim Brotherhood, nor their role in Cairo, just the flamboyance of the
emirate.
The role of the Brothers
In any case, the unexpected legal accession of
the Brotherhood to power in Egypt, in June of 2012, foreshadowed the real
purpose of the “Arab Spring“: to usher in a new era of colonization based on
the secret deal between the Brothers, the United States and Israel. For the
Brotherhood, the forced Islamization of North Africa and the Levant; for
Washington, economic globalization, including massive privatization; and for Tel Aviv, the
continuation of the separate Camp David peace.
It is important to understand that, as a consequence, “The
Brotherhood has become the spearhead of Arab Zionism“, in the words of Lebanese
thinker Hassan Hamade. This is confirmed, in his own way, by the “spiritual
adviser” of Qatar’s Al-Jazeera, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, when he preaches that
if Muhammad were alive today, he would live in peace with the Israelis and he
would support NATO.
The ideology of the Brotherhood
This stance was
facilitated by the structure of the Muslim Brotherhood. Although it is
coordinated internationally, the Brotherhood does not consist of a single
organization, but of a multitude of distinct groups. In addition, there are different
levels of membership, each with its own ideology. However, all rally around the
same motto: “Allah is our goal, the Koran is our law, the Prophet our leader,
Jihad our way and martyrdom our highest hope.” In addition, they all adhere to
the teachings of Hassan al-Banna (1906-1949) and Said Qutb (1906-1966).
De facto, the Brotherhood is the matrix of all the Salafist
movements (i.e., trying to emulate the companions of the Prophet) and Takfirist
groups (i.e., fighting against the apostates) working with the CIA. Thus Ayman
al-Zawahari, current leader of al-Qaeda, emerged from their ranks. A loyal U.S.
agent, he instigated Hosni Mubarak’s ascendance to power by organizing the
assassination of Anwar Sadat. He has now become the spiritual leader of the Syrian
Contras.
The Brotherhood has always been a minority in all countries
where it has developed, including in Egypt, where it owes its election victory
at the polls solely to a boycott by two thirds of the population. It has
therefore fomented, against dictatorships, all kinds of armed groups who tried
to seize power by force or dissimulation. What characterizes its behavior is
its creed that “The end justifies the means.” Therefore, it is difficult to
distinguish within its ideological evolution, that which is authentic from that
which springs from political seduction. Specifically, the Egyptian case showed
that its democratic evolution was pure facade, just for the time of an
election.
Above all —although initially a movement to fight against
British imperialism— it came immediately into conflict with Arab nationalism,
the main opponent of imperialism in the region. Understanding the use they
could make of the Brothers, the British experts in handling sects, far from
eliminating them, penetrated and sustained them to fight against the
nationalists. Today still, the international coordination of the Brothers is
based in London.
The “Arab Spring” (since December, 2010) is basically a
revival of the old Franco-British “Arab Revolt” strategy against the Ottomans
(1916-1918). Except this time, the goal was not to put pseudo -independent
puppets in the place of the old Ottoman administration, but to replace worn-out
allies with virgin and globalization-friendly puppets.
Qatar’s strategic
retreat
Since the team change
in Qatar, money stopped flowing freely to the Brothers, whether in Syria,
Palestine, Egypt, Libya or elsewhere. The emirate is focusing on its domestic
ambitions and plans to spend $ 200 billion to prepare for the World Cup in five
years.
This sudden disappearance from
the international scene has left the field open to the Saudis and Emiratis,
both of which rushed in to support the new Egyptian regime.
On the other hand, the rivalry between Qatar and Saudi
Arabia has led Iran to support Mohamed Morsi in Egypt while supporting Bashar
al-Assad in Syria. Thus, Tehran found itself having more affinity with the
Egyptian Brotherhood Project “to Islamize society” than with that of the
Nasserists to liberate Palestine from colonial occupation.
Ultimately, the withdrawal of Qatar implies a rebalancing of
forces in the Anglo-American world. Subsequently, the control commissions of
the secret services of the United States Congress and of the British House of
Commons opposed the sending of arms to the “rebels” in Syria.
The fall of the Muslim Brotherhood is not only a failure of
the Brotherhood, but also a failure of those in London and Washington who
thought they could reshape North Africa and the Middle East, and, failing that,
prefer to allow chaos to reign rather than lose control.
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