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Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's Letter to the American People,
Western People and Their Governments
Letter Published by the Iraqi News Agency:
http://www.uruklink.net/iraqnews/eindex.htm
"In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most merciful"
Once again, we would like to comment on what happened in America
on September 11, 2001, and its consequences. The comments we
made on the next day of the event represent the essence of our
position regarding this event and other events, but the
aftermath of what happened in America, in the West in particular
and in the world in general, makes it important for every leader
to understand the meaning of responsibility toward his people,
his nation and humanity in general to follow up the development
of the situation, to understand the meaning of what is going on
and hence to elaborate his country's and people's position so as
not to restrict oneself to only following the event.
When the event took place Arab rulers and the rulers of
countries whose religion of their people is Islam, rushed to
condemn the event. The Westerners rushed within hours to make
statements and adopt resolutions, some of which are dangerous
ones, in solidarity with America and against terrorism.
Even before being sure, Western governments decided to join
their forces to America even if that meant declaring war on the
party that will be proved to have been involved in what
happened.
It is only normal to say that by the explanation of the present
situation, as it has been said or by comparison to the action
previously taken by America against specific countries, it could
be enough for some of the executors of the operation to have
come from a country named by America or said to have instigated
the operation, for the American military retaliation on what
they call an aggression. We don't know if they would do the same
thing whether any of the planners and executors of the operation
were found, to have lived or held the nationality of a Western
country or whether the intention and the designs are already
made against an Islamic party.
It is most probable from the beating of media war drums that
America and some Western governments are targeting a party who
won't be but Muslim.
The event that took place in America is an extraordinary event.
It is not a simple one. According to figures announced by
official American sources or by what has been spread by the
media, the number of victims is great. Nobody has any doubts, or
denies that America and the West have the capabilities to
mobilize force and use it, to inflict destruction on others on
the basis of simple doubts or even whimsically, and can send
their American missiles and the NATO fighters to where ever they
want to destroy and harm whoever America decides to harm in a
fit of anger, by greed, or by being pushed by Zionism.
Many countries of the world have suffered from America's
technological might, and many peoples do recognize that America
had killed thousands or even millions of human beings in their
countries.
The event that took place in America was an extraordinary one.
It is not a simple event.
It is the first time that someone crosses to America to unleash
the fire of his anger inside it, as indicated by what was said
by the media, on the hypothesis that the executors of this act
came from abroad.
Since this event is unprecedented, is it wise to deal with it by
precedent methods that can be used by whoever has the technical
and scientific capacities of America and the West?
If the target and the aim is one or more Islamic countries, as
it has been said by the media and the intelligence services of
some Western countries, this would only fall in the same
direction that America and the West have always taken by
targeting their fire on wherever they want to experiment a new
weapon on.
We ask again: America's targeting the fire of its weapons on
specific targets, and harming it or destroying it with the
support of Western governments and of a fabricated story --
would it solve the problem? Would this bring security to America
and the world? Or Isn't the use by America and some Western
governments of their fire against others in the world including,
or in the forefront of whom the Arabs and the Muslims, is one of
the most important reasons of the lack of stability in the world
at the present time?
Isn't the evil inflicted on America in the act of September 11,
2001, and nothing else is a result of this and other acts? This
is the main question and this is what the American
administration along with the Western governments or the Western
public opinion should answer in the first place with serenity
and responsibility, without emotional reaction and without the
use of the same old methods that America used against the world.
On September 12, 2001, we said that no one crossed the Atlantic
to America carrying weapons before this event, except the
Westerners who established the United States of America. America
is the one who crossed the Atlantic carrying arms of destruction
and death against the world. Here we want to ask a question:
Wasn't the use of American weapons, including the nuclear
weapons against Japan, enough before September 11, 2001, for
America to prepare to use it in a heavier and a stronger way? Or
isn't using it in an irresponsible way, and without
justification as does any oppressive force in the world, is what
made America the most hated country in the world, starting from
the Third World, to the Medium World and passing to the
Civilized World, as is the world divided by the West and
America?
The national security of America and the security of the world
could be attained if the American leaders and those who beat the
drums for them among the rulers of the present time in the West
or outside the West become rational -- if America disengages
itself from its evil alliance with Zionism, which has been
scheming to exploit the world and plunge it in blood and
darkness, by using America and some Western countries.
What the American peoples need mostly is someone who tells them
the truth, courageously and honestly as it is. They don't need
fanfares and cheerleaders, if they want to take a lesson from
the event so as to reach a real awakening, in spite of the
enormity of the event that hit America. But the world, including
the rulers of America, should say all this to the American
peoples, so as to have the courage to tell the truth and act
according to what is right and not what is wrong and unjust, to
undertake their responsibilities in fairness and justice, and by
recourse to reason, passion, according to the spirit of chance
and capability.
In addition, we say to the American peoples, what happened on
September 11, 2001 should be compared to what their government
and their armies are doing in the world, for example, the
international agencies have stated that more than one and a half
million Iraqis have died because of the blockade imposed by
America and some Western countries, in addition to the tens of
thousands who died or are injured in the military actions
perpetrated by America along with those who allied with it
against Iraq. Hundreds of bridges, churches, mosques, colleges,
schools, factories, palaces, hotels and thousands of private
houses were destroyed or damaged by the American and Western
bombardment, which is ongoing even today against Iraq. If you
replay the images of the footage taken by the Western media
itself of this destruction, you will see that they are not
different from the images of the two buildings hit by the Boeing
airplanes, if not more atrocious, especially when they are mixed
with the remains of men, women and children. There is, however,
one difference, namely that those who direct their missiles and
bombs to the targets, whether Americans or from another Western
country, are mostly targeting by remote controls, that is why
they do so as if they were playing an amusing game. As for those
who acted on September 11, 2001, they did it from a close range,
and with, I imagine, giving their lives willingly, with an
irrevocable determination.
For this reason also, the Americans, and the world with them,
should understand the argument that made those people give their
lives in sacrifice, and what they sacrificed themselves for, in
that way.
When one and a half million Iraqi human beings die, according to
Western documents, from a population of twenty five million,
because of the American blockade and aggression, it means that
Iraq has lost about one of twenty five of its population. And
just as your beautiful skyscrapers were destroyed and caused
your grief, beautiful buildings and precious homes crumbled over
their owners in Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq by American weapons
used by the Zionists. In only one place, which was a civilian
shelter, which is the Ameriyah Shelter, more than four hundred
human beings, children, young and old men and women, died in
Iraq by American bombs.
On the same day, the 11th of September, one of their aggressive
military airplanes was shot down over Iraq.
As for what is going on in Palestine, if Zionist let you see on
your TVs the bodies of children, women and men who are daily
killed by American weapons, and with American backing to the
Zionist entity, the pain you are feeling would be appeased.
Americans should feel the pain they have inflicted on other
peoples of the world, so as when they suffer, they will find the
right solution and the right path.
All that has been inflicted on the Arabs and Muslims by America
and the West, didn't push Muslims to become racists and harass
the Westerners who walk in the streets of Baghdad, Damascus,
Tunis, Cairo and other Arab capitals, even when the Westerners,
and especially Americans insulted the holy sites of Muslims and
Arabs by what is almost an occupation of Saudi Arabia in order
to launch their evil fires against Baghdad, and when the
American carriers roam the Arab Gulf and their fighters daily
roam the sky to throw tons of bombs and missiles over Iraq, so
about two hundred thousand tons of bombs have been used against
Iraq, in addition to using depleted uranium! All these are facts
that are very well known not only to Arabs and Muslims, but to
the whole world also. But because of only one incident that
happened in America in one day, and upon an unconfirmed
accusations so far, Arabs and Muslims, including some who hold
the American citizenship, are being harassed openly and publicly
in America and some Western countries. Some Western countries
are preparing themselves to participate in an American military
action, against an Islamic country [Afghanistan] as the
indications point out. In this case, who is being fanatic?
Isn't this solidarity and advance approval by some Western
leaders of a military aggression against an Islamic country, the
most flagrant form of the new Crusades, fanaticism. It reminds
Arabs and Muslims of those Crusade wars launched by the West and
NATO against Iraq?
Finally, if your rulers respect and cherish the blood of your
peoples, why do you find it easy to shed the blood of others
including the blood of Arabs and Muslims? If you respect your
values, why don't you respect the values of Arabs and Muslims?
America needs wisdom, not power. It has used power, along with
the West, to its extreme extent, only to find out latter that it
doesn't achieve what they wanted. Will the rulers of America try
wisdom just for once so that their people can live in security
and stability?
"In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most merciful"
Invite all to the way of your Lord with the wisdom and beautiful
preaching, and argue with them in ways that are best and most
gracious, for the Lord knows best who have strayed from His path
and who receive guidance."
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