By IPS Correspondents
ABU DHABI, Mar 24 2003 (IPS)

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Zayed Centre for Coordination and Follow-up (ZCCF) issued a study on US hegemony which uses coercive power as an instrument of achieving its political objectives, especially in the aftermath of the 9/11 incidents.

The study explained that following the invasion of Afghanistan, the US had begun planning for the invasion of Iraq on the pretext that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, warning that such a stance would eventually alter the Middle East’s map in a way that would ensure US interests in the region.

It affirmed that this development would increase tensions in the region because the strategic alliance between the US and Israel would inevitably enable Israel to attain its expansionist ambitions in the Arab world, especially in Palestine.

It said that since the infamous defilement of the Aqsa Mosque by Sharon’s visit there, which triggered the Intifada, Israel had abrogated previous agreements it was committed to, thus commencing a high-handed policy of aggression against the Palestinian people.

It reiterated that the Hebrew nation’s policy was directed at the dismissal of the Palestinians from their historical homeland and the total destruction of Palestine’s infrastructure and economy.

To this purpose US hegemony has established the state of Israel, enabling it to possess a variety of the weapons of mass destruction, the study said.

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