Chapter 1125: Innocent people are affected

The most unlucky ones are Cyprus and Turkey.

In the early morning, it was still dark.

Encountered missiles and air force bombings from Iraq, and air defense sirens rang throughout Cyprus.

The British Air Force Base and the US Air Force Base in Cyprus were destroyed. In addition, Cyprus was also affected, causing more than 3,000 casualties and a large number of buildings were destroyed.

The port of Cyprus was bombed and destroyed, with heavy losses.

Turkey also encountered a large number of missile attacks and air force bombings from Iraq, and air defense sirens rang throughout Turkey. This was the first time Turkey had encountered this since World War II.

If only the joint force air force was attacked and bombed, it would be fine, but the problem was that Iraq's missiles were not accurate, and some of them fell into Turkish cities, causing huge casualties to Turkey.

The direct casualties were only a few thousand, but it caused panic, some people jumped off the building to escape, and some squeezed and pushed down to form a stampede, and the total casualties were tens of thousands.

The Cyprus and Turkish representatives to the United Nations were furious and accused Iraq of attacking third countries without reason, causing civilian casualties.

The Iraqi representative to the United Nations fought back, saying that they provided military bases, which represented their participation in the war.

Then at the meeting, the Iraqi representative took a tough attitude, saying that the Iraqi people would resist to the end and would not succumb because of the enemy's strong military force. Advanced weapons could destroy the Iraqis, but they could not destroy the Iraqis' hearts and will.

The meeting became a quarrel between the two sides.

The Iraqi representative was not alone, because Arab countries and the vast majority of third world countries expressed their support for Iraq.

The United States bypassed the UN Security Council and unilaterally launched a military strike against Iraq on the grounds that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and secretly supported guerrillas. This in itself was a violation of existing international rules.

Everyone knows that the outbreak of the Iraq War was the product of the United States' implementation of global hegemony. The outbreak of the war was not authorized by the UN Security Council. Therefore, after the outbreak of the war, it was also strongly opposed by most governments in the world, including many of its Western allies and people.

In the Arab world, people from all countries spontaneously expressed their support for Iraq and opposed the unilateral war launched by the United States. Even young and middle-aged people in some countries spontaneously went to Iraq with weapons to participate in Iraq's fight against the joint forces led by the United States.

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman and other countries have issued statements in support of Iraq and warned the joint forces that once their naval warships and aircraft invade their territorial waters and airspace, they will not hesitate to destroy the invading warships and airspace.

Even Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman and other countries' fighter jets take off very frequently, the Arab coalition air force issues cruise warnings, and the navy cruises in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea.

Oman's artillery and missile brigades are mobilized and will block the Strait of Hormuz if necessary.

The Strait of Hormuz is not only blocked by the Persians, Oman also has the ability to block the Strait of Hormuz.

At a meeting held by NATO, the Turkish representative asked NATO member states to implement NATO's collective defense clause.

NATO collective defense mainly refers to Article 5: The parties agree that an armed attack on one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be regarded as an attack on all of their members, and therefore they agree that in the event of such an armed attack, each of them shall exercise the individual or collective self-defense recognized by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, and will assist the attacked party or parties, immediately individually and in conjunction with other parties, to take such actions as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain security in the North Atlantic area. Any such armed attack and all measures taken thereby shall be immediately reported to the Security Council. Such measures shall be terminated when the Security Council takes the necessary measures to restore and maintain international peace and security.

The principle of collective defense is the core of NATO's founding treaty. It is this principle that binds NATO member states together, commits them to mutual protection, and establishes a spirit of solidarity within the alliance.

Collective defense means that an attack on one ally is regarded as an attack on all allies.

Turkey is asking other NATO members to fulfill the collective defense clause and the NATO group to take military action against Iraq because it was attacked by Iraq.

However, the 16 NATO countries split into two factions. The United States, Britain, Canada, Italy, and Turkey voted in favor, believing that the current situation was suitable for the NATO group defense clause. However, countries such as Germany firmly opposed it, believing that this did not conform to the NATO collective defense clause, because this was the United States bypassing the United Nations to launch a war against Iraq, and Turkey was beaten because it was its own fault, because the joint forces led by the United States were in Turkey.

We can't let Iraq only be beaten and not fight back, this world can't be too unreasonable!

The NATO group quarreled, unable to reach a consensus, and failed to activate the NATO collective defense clause.

France, which was preparing to return to NATO, also had a lot of opinions and firmly opposed it.

Although NATO could not reach a consensus, it did not prevent the joint forces from launching a new round of attacks the next day.

On this day, the joint forces launched 299 Tomahawk cruise missiles and dispatched 1,350 military aircraft to attack Iraq's navy, air force, radar positions, air defense positions, etc.

On the first day of the Iraq War, the huge losses made the joint forces extremely angry, and even the joint forces clamored to launch a nuclear strike on Iraq to destroy the Iraqi army.

However, the voice of the joint forces was strongly opposed by the outside world, and the huge pressure was put on the United States, forcing the United States not to use nuclear weapons, not even tactical nuclear weapons.

Because this chain reaction is not only in Arab countries, but also in other major countries!

In particular, the Tu-160 strategic bomber of the polar bear flew around Japan, and then flew to Alaska and California, USA, for strategic cruises. The attitude can be imagined.

Nuclear balance, this is not just talk, but it really exists.

Nuclear weapons are a thing that affects the whole body, and no nuclear country dares to use them indiscriminately.

All of a sudden, the joint forces no longer said anything about using nuclear weapons, let alone strategic nuclear weapons, even tactical nuclear weapons are not allowed!

How the countries led by the United States put pressure on the Soviet Union in the Afghanistan War, now the polar bear is also putting pressure on the United States in the same way.

Even the polar bear announced that it would close the land passage and military bases in Turkmenistan for the US military and demanded that the US military withdraw within a month.

The whole world is becoming more and more volatile.

In today's globalized economy, the scope of cooperation between countries is constantly expanding and the degree of mutual dependence is constantly deepening. Countries around the world are facing common tasks in dealing with non-traditional security and maintaining world peace and stability.

Of course, there will inevitably be fierce competition between countries as well as extensive cooperation. Competition among major powers has never stopped.