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cruit them. However Urban and its relevant sheikhs

were poor and only looked for finances. The
British was aware of this just like Sharif Hus-

sein and used the power of money to tempt
and use them until the revolt achieved its
purpose. 63

This fact is also mentioned in the
British resources. A British diplomat,

Sir Henry McMahon, also said that
the reason why he provoked Sharif

Hussein into rising up was to shake
the loyalty of Arab soldiers fighting on
British diplomat Sir Henry
McMahon the side of the Ottomans:

At that moment a large portion of the [Turk-
ish] forces at Gallipoli and nearly the whole force in

Mesopotamia were Arabs, so that the Arabs were between
the two. Could we give them some guarantee of assistance in the future to jus-
tify their splitting with the Turks? I was told to do it at once and in that way

I started the Arab movement. 64

As McMahon clearly admits, the British deep state carried out intense

propaganda and made false promises to tear the Arabs away from the Ot-
toman Empire. Despite that, they managed to influence only a small group

of Arabs. However, the British deep state's support allowed this minority to
gain the upper hand against the Ottoman Empire.

It is important to note one historical fact: When WWI broke out, Egypt
was under British control. However, the British deep state was well aware that
Egyptians would seek to join the Ottoman ranks in the war, and therefore ex-

cluded Egypt from their war efforts. In other words, the British deep state

knew full well that a major part of the Arab subjects of the Ottoman Empire
would remain loyal to the Ottoman Empire. 65

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