Why did America decide to provide Yemen with the most dangerous satellite service at the cheapest prices, and how can it contribute to the new battle?
Surprisingly, the US announced the activation of satellite internet service in Yemen as the only country in the Middle East to enter this service, which is still prohibited in many countries, including the Middle East. In a simple step, it announced a significant price reduction. But what drives the world’s largest capitalist country to grant the poorest country on the map this service almost for free?
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The American celebration of launching satellite internet service in Yemen was not limited to the service provider, owned by the American Elon Musk, owner of some of the most important technology and communication companies around the world, but also included the American embassy in Yemen and the Secretary of State Antony Blinken himself.
This company owns many intelligence and military satellites that continuously orbit the Earth’s airspace, and it is not known for providing free services; in fact, its fees are the highest globally compared to other companies, including American ones. What’s most dangerous is its role during the Ukrainian-Russian war, where it remained the watchful eye of the Western alliance in Ukraine and strengthened allies’ communications after Russia succeeded in penetrating Ukrainian communication networks.
In fact, the company signed a contract to acquire the internet and communication sector in the areas under the alliance’s control in southern and eastern Yemen months ago, but the timing of the announcement of actual broadcasting raised several questions, the first being why the company decided to reduce monthly subscription fees and satellite dish prices and provide the service. What is the relationship of this step to American moves to escalate internally in Yemen? What are the company’s repercussions on people’s privacy in the areas where it broadcasts in the south and east of the country, especially after Western reports revealed its involvement in espionage operations?
According to experts, reducing the company’s fees and prices is not for the sake of Yemenis, who have been suffering from poverty and famine for about a decade due to the war and blockade led by the US and Saudi Arabia, and the richest of them can barely secure their daily sustenance. Rather, it is for reasons related to pushing Yemenis suffering from deteriorating internet services with repeated targeting operations, including cutting cables in the east of the country or its western coast, in addition to American plans to target the communications sector in the country, whether militarily or economically.
Some may consider the American move a significant development for this service, which has become part of people’s lives and communication around the world, but the most dangerous aspect is its purely military dimensions, and the matter may not be limited to supporting any military escalation for alliance factions in southern and western Yemen, which America is currently supporting the Israeli occupation of. Rather, it aims to regain America’s influence in Yemen after years of being expelled from it, after decades of sitting on the joints of life there.
The entry of “Starlink” is the same scenario that the US adopted in Vietnam after being militarily expelled from it, as it began economic dominance by pushing American companies to acquire the most important economic lifelines there. This is the same scenario that is currently being repeated in Yemen with its failure to regain its military influence there, but these projects remain doomed to failure due to people’s awareness and understanding of America’s malicious plans in the country.