October 16.1973-Oil crisis shook the world
(On September 21 Guichou), October 16, 1973, shocked the world oil crisis.
Arab chiefs find myself and the powerful weapon
West against 1973 October 16, 2010, shocked the world oil crisis. in
in the Middle East war of October, (L $ djτ.cōm) Arab oil-producing countries in order to fight against Israel and its supporters to oil as the defending national sovereignty, to regain lost ground and oppose hegemonism strategic weapons, to take a cut, measures to carry out the struggle of a shocked world oil price increases, the embargo and the nationalization of a great initiative to become a Third World struggle against hegemonism. In October, the day of the outbreak of war, the Syrian first severed a pipeline (the L $ djτ.cōm) Lebanon close to transport oil south of Sidon, an important port. October 7, Iraq announced a jointly owned shares in nationalized the Iraq Petroleum-owned the Basra oil companies in the United States, Exxon and Mobile two. Then, [lsjt.net] Arab oil-producing countries within a few days continuously taken three important steps: In October 16, (lsjt.net) in the Gulf region, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, decided that a 17% increase in the market price of crude oil in the Gulf region, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, five Arab countries and Iran. the
10 17 Algeria 10 countries participated in the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries Ministerial Conference announced immediate reduction in oil production, the decision based on the yield of the Member States in September, decreasing 5% per month; For the United States monthly reduction of 5% of the country's oil supply and other support for Israeli aggression.
10, 18, the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi emirate decided to completely stop oil exports to the United States. The (history www.lssdjt.com) followed by Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Kuwait, Bahrain and other Arab oil-producing countries have successively announced interrupt oil exports to the United States.
Arab country's oil struggle, breaking the control of the U.S. oil monopoly capital on the international oil production and sales, and a heavy blow to the hegemony of the United States in the world's oil fields. Reduce the two million barrels of daily oil imports in the United States, many factories so as to close the lay-off, is plagued by the energy crisis, the U.S. government had declared the country in a "state of emergency" and adopted a series of oil and electricity savings emergency measures, including: the reduce flights voyage, speed limits, and heating oil rationing, close stations nationwide on Sunday, prohibitions and restrictions on outdoor lighting advertising. Nixon also ordered to reduce his plane flying at normal speed, to cancel his weekend trip escort aircraft even limit switch off the lights of the White House on top of and around the United Nations building. The U.S. Congress passed a bill authorizing the implementation of the national president of all petroleum products rationing. U.S. Department of Defense normal oil supply almost half interrupted, the U.S. troops stationed in Europe and the Mediterranean Sixth Fleet had to draw their wartime oil reserves.
the United States in order to fight against the oil struggle of the Arab oil-producing countries, threatening to use force in occupation of these countries oilfield, the intimidation of the United States was the slap in the face of the Arab countries. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Libya issued a stern warning to and dares armed invasion of the United States, immediately blow up the oil fields and related facilities, to completely destroy the American oil interests in the Middle East. Resolute attitude of the Arab countries, forcing the United States dare rashly hands. The (lssdjt.cn)
in order to take advantage of the contradictions concentrate our efforts to combat the US-Israeli aggressor, the Arab countries of the oil-importing countries to take the strategy of treated separately, according to their different attitudes to the war, they are divided into "friendly & rdquo ;, "neutral" and "unfriendly" categories. Countries who implement some sort of economic sanctions against Israel or to sever diplomatic relations or to provide some military assistance for Arab countries, classified as friendly a class, you can get the supply before the cut. Those who actively support the assistance of the Israeli aggression against the Arab countries and the Palestinian people's just struggle against the cause of the country, were classified as a class of unfriendly oil supplies to stop them, and neutral countries, due to restrictions on their oil supply. (L $ djτ.ōrɡ)
this oil struggle, not only have a huge impact on the entire capitalist world economic and differentiation in the political relations between Western Europe, Japan and the United States to isolate and attack the United States and Israel . Many Western European countries in order to obtain the oil supply in the Middle East, the U.S. policy of support for Israeli Zionism, take a refusal to cooperate. For example, the United Kingdom allowed the United States to use its domestic and overseas territories transportation facilities for Israeli transit supply, West Germany prohibits the U.S. supply of arms of Israel from the West German port in Spain, Greece and Italy, and other countries do not allow American planes land in their territory or flying over its airspace, the joint statement issued by the EEC nine foreign ministers meeting further raised: Israel must end the occupation of the territory to maintain since the 1965 conflict, we must consider the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. Japan at first to take the so-called "neutral" stance, and Arab countries to limit its oil supply. On November 22, the Japanese government issued a four-point statement, said that the Israeli army should "withdrawal from land occupied in the six - five" war, should recognize and respect the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and urged Israel to comply with the Charter of the United Nations principle, otherwise "it would reconsider the policy of Israel." The U.S. State Department is very much to the chagrin said: "Some of our allies are actually made great efforts themselves we separate public. "
Oil was the treasure of the Arab countries, but over the years it is not for the benefit of the Arab people, has become the object of imperialist plunder. This time, the Arab countries united against the common enemy, the treasure as a "weapon", played an important role in the struggle against Israel and its supporters. The use of the oil weapon, given the political and economic imperialism and hegemonism, big long ambition of a third world country with a heavy blow. Arab people through this struggle, political elated further awakening awareness into their own hands that effective force uniforms imperialism had been, they are determined to control their own resources, their own control their own destiny.
petroleum struggle greatly enhance the economic strength of the Arab countries. Only raise prices one of the Arab country's oil revenues by $ 30 billion in 1973, soared to $ 110 billion in 1974, greatly inspired the struggle of the people of the Third World to defend national sovereignty and the protection of the interests of the national economy, it is Third World countries against imperialism and colonialism and hegemonism has created a new situation.
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