The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 307
The Gulf Crisis & The New World Order 3. 000 IRAQI VILLAGES TURNED TO DUST Mr. Tom King, who is the Secretary of Defence of the British government, summarized of the destruction in Iraq in just one sentence that "in this short time, we have reduced to dust 3,000 villages of Iraq. " Now just consider the initial claims that this war was being fought to liberate the oppressed Iraqis from the clutches of a cruel tyrant. These claimants now admit that they have turned to dust 3,000 Iraqi villages. It is not necessary to go into the other details here, as to how many Iraqi soldiers were killed or how much loss of other types of weapons occurred. But in this short period, the total and utter destruction of 3,000 villages is such an unparalleled event that nowhere in history an incident is to be found when so much destruction was wreaked in such a short time upon any nation such as has been perpetrated upon Iraq by these tyrants. And despite this, the trumpets of victory are being sounded. This is baffiing. This is the acme of disgrace and dishonour. It is as if a duel is scheduled between the Japanese wrestler Anoki and an American child; and upon pulverising the child to death, Anoki should start proclaiming the victory of Japan over America! Thirty nations joined together. All the powers of the world having superiority in every field and in every kind of modern weaponry, and in every way having the upper hand, united against Iraq and, as I mentioned in a previous Friday sermon, that after extracting its teeth, severing its limbs and dismembering it as one would dismember an animal - then they went on to finish Iraq off and boasted of having dealt a humiliating and exemplary defeat upon that country. This has to be the very height of despicable ignominy. These matters have now become a part of history. It is in connection with the future repercussions of this war that I offered advice in my last sermon. Now, I wish to present some additional suggestions to the Arabs, to other Muslims, and in particular, to the nations of the Third world. SOME VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE ARAB NATIONS The Arabs, as well as Iran, must urgently resolve their internal disputes. There are three such disputes which, if not resolved immediately, will forever divide the Arabs on the Palestinian issue. 307