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Letter from President
Saddam Hussein to Western Nations and Governments
In
the name of God the Merciful,
The
Compassionate
Once again we
address a letter to all the peoples and governments of
the West, including the United State.
Peace be upon
those who expect a greeting of peace from us, or upon those
who answer it by saying : and peace be upon you too
(wa Alaikum Asalam).
The world
focused its full attention on the analysis and follow up
of the events of last September, but those who made an in-
depth
analysis may have not been the majority of the people.
Nevertheless, it seems to us that they have, now,
increased in number. The number of officials in power who
are looking into the depth of what happened, its motives
or reasons, and its results and effects, has also
increased. Their number and way of conduct, at the time
of the event, was deplorable for those who are not aware
that not everyone is capable of a deep contemplation of
major events or complex circumstances, just as not many
people are capable of dreaming of what is better.
Now that the
emotions have relatively calmed down in the heart and
spirit of those who applauded the event, or those who
condemned it, I say that, the role of leaders should be
played, with their people�s support, on the basis of the
description and the role of their responsibilities. One
of the most important qualities of any leader is saving
other from death not by marking the dark ditches on the
road, but also by preventing those who do not see the
marks from falling into the abyss. Then comes the quality
of exaltation, or ascendancy of the people he is in
charge of, along with their potential thought and action.
The danger that may threaten any people or nation, does
not call upon the people in charge to lead the way
against this danger only, but also to analyze its reasons
in view of abating them, or treating those reasons
radically, to eliminate them so that they would never
surge again.
I am sorry to
say that the general approach in this direction is still
weak, so far. Western governments are the first in this
phenomena of weakness. Some voices have risen on the part
of some peoples, journalists, writers, and, in a very
restricted way, the voices of those who are preparing
themselves, in the shadow, to replace the rulers there. Nevertheless, the
latter are still hesitant voices that
deal with the situation in the light of the balance of
interests of the posts they expect to occupy, and of the
influence of the centers of power. As for the United
States, the hope in the awareness of its people is
greater than it is in its Administrations, if the people
could see the facts as they are, unless these
Administrations are set free from the conclusive
influence of Zionism, and other centers of influence
which serve their own interests that are associated with
their well-known goals.
The events of
September 11, and the following reaction of people in
rage, or those who took advantage of the situation,
including waging the aggression on Afghanistan on the
basis of suspicions, and the accompanying insinuations
and statements by the media or by American, and non-American
leaders, have shown that this vast world can be set on fire by a spark coming
from the West, even if that spark
comes all the way from across the Atlantic. Naturally,
setting something on fire is easier than extinguishing
it, and because deeds of virtue exalt the soul and the
being, while evil deeds downgrade them, the latter become
easier to commit for those who are tempted to do so.
On the basis of
this realistic image, the entire world needs to be saved from the deep abyss
it is being push into by the US, and
the likes of the US, whether they are states,
individuals, or organizations. In fact, now that we know
the limits of how American rulers conduct themselves in
crisis, the US itself needs to be saved by the world
while it is saving itself. Otherwise, the world will be
pulled down by the weight of the US while falling down to
the bottom of a deep pit from which it will not be able
to come out until that pit is filled with blood and
tragedies, not to mention those who will suffocate
because they cannot swim.
As we said
before to those who launched aggressions on us, including
the US, in and before Um-Almarik (the mother of the
battles), the world, like Iraq and its Arab nation, needs
steadfastness to face the aggression, make it miss its
targets. It must not allow the US to be victorious. The victory of the US and
its allies over Iraq would conceal
the opposing attitude and analysis, and would not allow
it to emerge again for a long time. In fact, the US is in
no need for additional vanity and arrogance, but if it
ever defeated Iraq, God forbid, it would acquire an
additional vanity that would push it to a higher level of
vanity, which would bring it closer to not farther from
the abyss.
Yes, vanity
needs to be confronted, and the oppressor needs to be confronted, just as
those who find it easy to commit evil
deeds and throw embers at people, need to be confronted.
On the basis of what we said about Iraq while confronting
aggressions, the world now needs to abort the US
aggressive schemes, including its aggression on the
Afghan people, which must stop.
Again we say
that when someone feels that he is unjustly treated, and
no one is repulsing or stopping the injustice inflicted
on him, he personally seeks ways and means for lifting
that justice. Of course, not everyone is capable of
finding the best way for lifting the injustice inflicted
on him. People resort to what they think is the best way
according to their own ideas, and they are not all
capable of reaching out for what is beyond what is
available to arrive to the best idea or means.
To find the best
way, after having found their way to God and His rights, those who are
inflicted by injustice need not to be
isolated from their natural milieu, or be ignored
deliberately, or as a result of mis-appreciation, by the
officials in this milieu. They should, rather, be reassured and helped to save
themselves, and their
surroundings. It is only normal to say that punishment is
a necessity in our world, because what is a necessity in
the other world must also be necessary in our world on
Earth. But, the punishment in the other world is faire
and just, and the prophets and messengers of God (peace
be upon them all) conducted punishment and called for it
in justice, and not on the basis of suspicions and whims.
Hence, any punishment conducted by man must be just and convincing. I think,
that you, often criticize those whom
you criticize in order to weaken them, by saying that
they use emergency laws, and what emergency laws, by
western standards, cannot be a general rule. But now,
unlike what you used to say about those whom you accuse
of being dictators and despots, we see dozens of
emergency laws and measures adopted by the governments of
the West, with the US in the forefront, after facing one
painful event.
Do you know how
many painful events, larger and more dangerous than that
of September 11 in US, were inflicted upon countries and
peoples whom you used to accuse of being non-democratic?!
This fact alone, is an example that should be pondered
upon by the governments and peoples of the West, but it
is not our main subject here.
Once again, we
say that, injustice and the pressure that results from it
on people lead to explosions. As explosions are not
always organized, it is to be expected that they may harm
those who make them and others. The events of September
11, should be seen on this basis, and on the basis of imbalanced reactions, on
the part of governments accused
of being democratic, if the Americans are sure that these
were carried out by people from abroad.
To concentrate
not on what is important, but rather on what is the most important, we say
again that after having seen that the
flames of any fire can expand to cover all the world, it
first and foremost, needs justice based on fairness. The
best and most sublime expression of this is in what we
have learned from what God the Al Mighty ordered to be,
or not to be. If we disagree in the essence of this, then
our critshould be, that we should not prevent others from
getting or enjoying what we want for ourselves, and that
we should not adopt double standards, by giving others
what we do not want or refuse for ourselves. Everybody
must be aware that no one who has a fortune can be safe
in the middle of a society of hungry people. His problem
would be greater if he had made his fortune by exploiting
those hungry people, and at their expense. The second
Caliph in the state of Islam, Umar Ibin Alkhatab (God be
pleased with him) ordered the suspension of the
punishment of cutting the hand of a thief in the year of
Remada (drought) despite the fact that this punishment in
clearly stipulated in the Holy Quran. He did so, because
he was aware, by his sense of a believer, the correct
standards of Faith may be shaken when a man or his family
are hungry, and also because he believed that hunger is
more aggressive than the act of stealing, and that saving
a man�s life was more important than saving
somebody�s property. Hence, he froze a holy rule (Sharia).
Have the people of our present time learned this lesson,
so that they can live in peace and security? Or do the
parties concerned think that the security they want for
themselves, will be achieved by amplifying the killing,
intimidation, and starvation of others?!
We have heard in
the news, recently, that American officials think that
the source of anthrax is probably the US itself. Is this
conclusion or information just a tactic to divert the
attention of those who were terrorized to hear that Bin
Laden is the source of anthrax, and to hear insinuations
to other accusations, that many Americans think that they
should not persist in harming the people he cares for,
because that would push him to a stronger reaction in
this way or by other means? Or have they done this to divert
attention from the incompetence of American
official bodies in the events of September 11, and they
find now that they have achieved their goal and
consequently, the act and the actors should be buried?!
Anyhow, this and
other things show that weapons of mass destruction become
a burden on their owners and on humanity, if they were
not absolutely necessary for self-defense and defending
their countries.
Hence, instead
of getting themselves and the world busy with the so-called
anti-missiles shield so that they drain their budget, and
the budgets of other nations, as well as the pockets of
American tax-payers, they should be busy in eliminating
the weapons of mass destruction in the US first, and then
or at the same time, in other parts of the world. It goes
without saying, that the West, including the US, are the
ones who first built the weapons of mass destruction i.e.
nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. It was the
West, and the US in the first place, who used these weapons.
The events of September, and the what Americans
themselves said that the anthrax came from the US,
clearly show the importance of world co-operation, on the
basis of a binding agreement to get rid of the burden and
the threat of the weapons of mass destruction, as a first
step that might stimulate other steps, if injustice and
aggression contracted. The utmost threat to humanity, and
to the peoples of the US, is the American weapons of mass
destruction, along with the similar weapons of the
Zionist entity, and along or after it, the similar
weapons of other countries.
As the US is
across the Atlantic, it is the first country to be asked
to make such an initiative in order to confirm its
credibility. And because the Zionist entity usurps and
occupies Arab territories, and holy places, oppresses the
Arabs and injures their human feelings, and as blunders
are expected from it, and the reaction of the oppressed
people is to be expected, it becomes necessary to disarm
the Zionist entity of these weapons.
At that moment,
and when the US is really willing to disarm itself of
these weapons, we do not think that anyone of a sound
mind would stay out of the framework of such a practical
plan.
It is then, that
the US will adopt a balanced attitude toward the world,
and will find the path of wisdom. The world will deal
with it in respect and love, when they see love and
respect in Americans relations with them. The world,
including US, will live in peace, and not on the brink of
an abyss. The surveillance of the prevailing security,
will be based on a sort of real solidarity: the
solidarity of brave and just men, and not the solidarity
based on intimidation and fear of the powerful, or which
serves interests or creates opportunities.
I pray to God
the Al-Mighty that I have conveyed the message, and let
God be my witness.
God is the
greatest.
God is the
greatest.
Saddam
Hussein
Shabban
13, 1422 H.
October
29, 2001.
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