The French President Nicolas Sarkozy opened a new military bases for France in the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf region. This is the first base for France in that region, in a signal for its imperialist intentions as a country looking for domination and more exploitation through military means.

USA and the UK also have several bases in that region with tens of thousands of troops spread across the region in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and United Arab Emirates. This huge military presence has one and only one goal: control over those oil rich countries and guaranteeing the easy and cheap reach for their resources.

WFDY condemns this new move by France, and asks for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from the countries of the Gulf and the dismantling of all imperialist military in the world.

WFDY believes in world peace, where the people determine their destiny and have their basic rights without the interventions of foreign troops and the implications of the policies of the imperialist countries. The resources of the region should be controlled by its people, and its benefits should be used for the development of those countries, for their education and health systems, and not to fund the military industries of USA, UK, France and other countries.

WFDY expresses its solidarity with the people of the region and calls for the continuation of the struggle for a peaceful democratic Gulf region free of military bases and foreign troops.