Panic in the Persian Gulf as the Yemeni War Enters the UAE

By: Kayhan Int’l 

They had been asking for it, and they are finally beginning to get it. What had happened on Monday was only the beginning and a sample of things to come, which means matters could really become torrid with the worst economic collapse in the region if intransigence continues to dictate the policies of those slavishly serving the interests of the Americans and the Zionists.

An old English adage says: Those who live in houses of glasses should not throw stones at others. Only fools ignore such a wise remark at their own peril.

We mean the drone attack on Dubai International Airport day before yesterday by Yemen’s Ansarallah defenders, whose patience has stretched thin because of the mounting crimes on Yemeni soil and against the people of Yemen by the Emirati invasion force of mercenaries assembled from various countries.

The first ever retaliatory strike at Dubai that virtually halted ninety percent air traffic at the busiest airport in the Persian Gulf, and which the UAE regime denied in a desperate bid to prevent panic among the mostly expatriate population, again proved the long reach of Yemen’s legal government vis-à-vis aggressors trying to install a puppet regime in Aden.

It seems easy oil wealth, along with the massive weapons bought from the West, and the protection promised by the illegal Zionist entity, have blinded the two chief clans ruling the two principal sheikhdoms of the 7-state confederation.

The Aal-e Nahyan of Abu Dhabi which traditionally holds the UAE presidency, and the Aal-e Maktoum of Dubai which is in charge of the prime ministry, have unnecessarily aligned with the Aal-e Saud regime of Riyadh to launch a war on Yemen.

Unlike Saudi Arabia, which is in occupation since 1934 of the northern Yemeni provinces of Najran, Jizan, and Asir, and fears that a strong representative and republican government in Sana’a will influence liberation movements in Hijaz, Ha’il, Tabouk and especially the Eastern oil-rich region against the dictatorship of the Najdis, the UAE has no land borders with Yemen. The two are not even linked by any regional waterway – except for the high seas. 

So what has driven the UAE to meddle in Yemen, when in view of its prime role as a trade and commercial centre of the Persian Gulf, it could have played a positive role in defusing any crisis?

The Emiratis, by assembling a ragtag force of brutal mercenaries and using the local al-Qa’eda terrorists, have not only occupied southern Yemen including the beautiful Socotra Island – a UNESCO world heritage site – but have set up prisons on the pattern of the Guantanamo to torture into submission any Yemeni citizen opposed to the occupation of his/her country. At the same time they have besieged the port city of Hodeidah, but unable to break the resistance of the Yemeni people, are targeting civilians, especially elderly men, women, and children.

In addition, the UAE has bribed Djibouti and Somalia in granting foothold on their soil to dominate the Bab al-Mandeb Strait which commands entrance to the Red Sea, when back at home in the Persian Gulf the Emiratis cannot even exercise proper control over their thin strip of coastal waters. 

It is obvious that the UAE is trying to punch above its weight, oblivious of the fact that if the defenders of Yemen decide to deliver decisive blows, it would be a complete knockout with the Emiratis floored forever.
An indication in this regard was last Monday’s drone attack on Dubai Airport and as vowed by the popular Ansarallah movement, since the cowardly coalition of Saudi Arabia and UAE, unable to engage Yemen’s armed forces in manly combat, has resorted to a war of commercial attrition, the response from now on will be economic war.

The Yemenis, with their infrastructure completely destroyed by over three years of Saudi bombing have nothing more to lose, and nothing to fear. 

If the economic war were to intensify, though Saudi Arabia is large and its cities scattered, Dubai and Abu Dhabi would be the immediate casualties. 

Once the Patriot-piercing ballistic missiles of Yemen start raining down on the two chief cities of the UAE, neither will Donald Trump nor Benjamin Netanyaho, be of help in averting the inevitable.