The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 359
The Gulf Crisis & The New World Order the 15 year old Kuwaiti girl who had described to a stunned congressional hearing how occupying Iraqi troops has ripped Kuwaiti babies from incubators, is the daughter of Saud Nasir Sabah, Kuwait's Ambassador to the United States and Canada. Her horrifying testimony had been critical in swayi ng public opinion in the days leading up to the war. Bush described it from the oval office. Seven senators cited her account in speeches before they voted to support the war in the Senate vote. . . . . . . Imagine what w ould have happened if it had come out in November or December, before congress voted, that Nayirah was (the ambassador's) daughter and that Hill and Knowlton was paying for witnesses. MacArthur believes that this story is the tip of the iceberg. He is writing a book, Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War, for release later this year. "President Bush said that the people of Iraq weren't our enemy, but many of them died. . . even though it was a war in which Americans never really say anybody die. . . Saddam Hussein is still there entrenched in power, the Kuwaiti government is still at the top of the list of Amnesty International violators of human rights and President Hafez Assad and Syria are anned to the teeth. "It is difficult to see any new world order. " (By Richard Gwyn) Toronto Globe and Mail: Feb 2, 1991 "Everyone involved in the Persian Gulf war is seeking divine help these days. Are they all talking to the same God? King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, referred to by Saudis as "the guardian of the Holy places" in Mecca and Medina, said in December that he considered the foreign military forces opposing Saddam Hussein as "a blessing from God" Just after hostilities started, Saudi Arabia's religious leaders issued a fatwa or religious decrees, describing the Iraqi leader as "the enemy of God" against whom a Jihad (holy war) was obligatory. The decree went so far as to authorize and bless any non-muslim party assisting in the cause. " (By Jock Ferguson) 359