Chapter 904 Emergency

Subsequently, on March 22, the 103rd regular meeting of the Arab League Council of Ministers was held in Riyadh.

At the meeting, Iraqi Foreign Minister Al informed everyone about the Turkish army's brazen invasion of Iraq and asked the Arab coalition to help Iraq, drive the Turkish army out of Iraqi territory and safeguard Iraq's sovereign equality.

Other Arab countries were indignant about the Turkish army's actions and voted in favor.

The meeting passed a resolution that the Turkish army's actions were illegal and mobilized 50,000 Arab coalition troops to northern Iraq.

As the permanent conventional force of the Arab League, the Arab coalition is composed of troops sent by Arab League member states, and the military funds come from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Oman.

The 300,000-strong Arab coalition forces, including 40,000 naval forces, including 3,000 marines, have 20 Type 022 missile boats, 8 Type 022 torpedo boats, 4 minesweepers, 10 Type 054 frigates, 5 Type 052 destroyers, 3 supply ships, 4 landing ships, 3 amphibious assault ships and dozens of armed ships, mainly distributed in the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea, to maintain the security of these waters.

The Air Force has 30,000 personnel, including 6 attack squadrons, 9 fighter squadrons, 2 helicopter squadrons, 1 reconnaissance squadron, 1 early warning squadron, and 3 transport squadrons, equipped with more than 550 aircraft of various types, including more than 350 combat aircraft, mainly F-5B, F-5E/F, RF-5E, F15, F16, MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-25, MiG-29, J-5, J-6, J-7, J-8, J-10, J-11 and other models.

The air defense force has 16,000 personnel, including 33 surface-to-air missile companies, equipped with SAM series air defense missiles, 'Aegis' series air defense missiles, various caliber anti-aircraft machine guns, and various caliber anti-aircraft guns.

The Army has 214,000 personnel, equipped with a large number of tanks and armored vehicles, including various types of tanks and armored vehicles.

The Arab coalition mobilized 50,000 people to northern Iraq. This is the first time that the Arab coalition has targeted non-Arab countries since the Gulf War to safeguard the sovereignty of Arab countries.

In addition, the Arab coalition also mobilized 2 Type 052 destroyers, 4 Type 054 frigates, 10 Type 022 missile boats, and 4 Type 022A torpedo boats to go through the Red Sea through the Suez Canal and enter the Mediterranean to deter Turkey.

The Arab League mobilized the Arab coalition, and the whole world was shocked when the news came out.

You must know that Turkey is a military power and also a NATO country.

Turkey is a country spanning the two continents of Asia and Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, Syria and Iraq to the southeast, the Aegean Sea to the west, Greece and Bulgaria, and Persia and other countries to the east. Turkey's geographical location and geopolitical strategic significance are extremely important. It is a crossroads connecting Europe and Asia.

It is also because of Turkey's important geostrategic significance that Turkey joined NATO as early as 1952.

Turkey's military strength should not be underestimated. The total force is 515,100 active and 378,700 in reserve. The army has 258,700, the navy has 55,000, and the air force has 65,000. The army has 4 corps, 9 armies, 1 mechanized division, 1 infantry division, 14 armored brigades, 17 mechanized brigades, 9 infantry brigades, 4 assault brigades, 1 infantry regiment, 1 guard regiment, and 5 border defense regiments.

The reserve has 4 coastal defense regiments and 23 coastal defense battalions.

According to the propaganda of the Turkish army, the Turkish army has achieved mechanized force construction.

In terms of the navy, there are 53,000 people, including 3,100 marines and 1,050 coast guards, 13 submarines, 22 frigates, and no destroyers. There are 49 patrol and coastal combat ships, 21 missile boats, and 28 patrol boats. 24 mine warfare ships, 8 amphibious warfare ships, 27 support and auxiliary ships. 16 anti-submarine helicopters of the naval aviation.

The air force has 60,100 people, including 11 combat attack squadrons, 7 fighter squadrons, 2 reconnaissance squadrons, 5 transport squadrons, and 2 tanker squadrons.

The Turkish army brazenly entered northern Iraq this time, also seeing that the Iraqi army is now weak.

But no one expected that the Iraqi army was not mobilized, but it provoked the Arab coalition.

All of a sudden, people from countless countries around the world brought small stools to become spectators to see if the two sides would fight, and even speculated whether this would be the fuse of the S3 season.

The Americans were a little troubled at this moment.

The matter in Somalia has not been resolved, and the Middle East is not very stable. Saudi Arabia is becoming more and more disobedient, and now even Turkey is messing around.

NATO has a mutual defense clause.

All of a sudden, the oil futures market rose in response, and the rise was extremely amazing.

The Americans quickly sent a delegation to the Middle East and convened a NATO meeting.

The Turkish representative asked to activate the joint defense at the meeting.

The Americans and Europeans were furious. How could it be possible?

If the joint defense clause was activated and the war with the Arab coalition forces was declared, there would be no need to start a war. Wouldn't the oil price soar?

How many years have we lived a good life?

In recent years, thanks to the fact that the export price of oil from the Gulf countries is no more than US$25 per barrel, the inflation rate in Europe and the United States has dropped significantly, and the economy has developed a lot better in recent years.

In this case, how could NATO countries agree to activate the joint defense?

If the oil price soars, even to $50 per barrel, the inflation rate may soar to double digits, or even 20%.

The United States disagrees even more. Before being slapped hard by Somalia, the United States showed strong strategic determination and did not send troops to Somalia, let alone the current situation in Turkey.

Turkey sent troops into Iraq on its own, which is Turkey's business. It has nothing to do with the United States or Europe.

How could Europe and the United States sacrifice their own interests for the interests of Turkey?

The Turkish representative was furious and cursed.

In the final analysis, this matter was for Turkey's own interests. It not only attacked the Kurds, but also demonstrated against Iraq.

Since 1992, in order to avoid Turkey closing the oil pipeline during the Gulf War, Iraq began to build an oil and gas pipeline from Iraqi oil fields to the Persian Gulf.

In recent years, Turkey has been negotiating with Iraq in this regard, hoping that Iraq will cancel the oil and gas pipeline. After all, Iraq used to pay a lot of transit fees every year through Turkey's oil and gas pipeline.

And Turkey can also use Iraq's cheaper oil and natural gas.

Turkey produces oil and natural gas, but it is far from enough for its own use, and it has to import them, which come from Iraq.

Iraq built its own oil and gas pipeline to the Persian Gulf, which is simply blocking the lifeline of Turkey's energy. How can Turkey tolerate this?

Therefore, after many negotiations broke down, Turkey hopes to force Iraq to make concessions in this way.

In the past, Iraq had millions of lions and a strong military force, far exceeding Turkey. Turkey would naturally not adopt such measures, but now it is different. Iraq is now a sick cat.