<< We in Iraq and in the whole [Arab] nation believe that it is the right
and honorable duty of every Arab believer to resist the occupying US forces
in their bases and to kill their damn personnel. >>
Title: Iraqi Paper Urges Arabs to 'Kill' US Soldiers Stationed in Arab
Countries
Baghdad Al-Iraq (Internet Version-WWW) in Arabic
December 11, 2002
Subslug: Editorial: "Bases of Aggression"
[FBIS Translated Text] Every country is sovereign. Every home is
inviolable. Whoever willingly allows foreign bases to be set up on his
national soil is like someone who brings a foreigner to live among his
family members, not differentiating between what is permissible and what
is impermissible. This applies to a whole country when its officials
renounce their national options, abandon their principles, and ignore
taboos.
We do not want to say something that everyone knows. But
recollection might help. Foreign bases in any country are flagrant
military occupation of land, sea, and airspace, exploitation of national
wealth, outright violation of sovereignty, and enslavement of people.
What for is all this taking place? Is it not for protecting thrones,
safeguarding chairs, and boasting about the strength of the foreign
invader to terrorize others?
We feel sad and pain when we see foreign bases occupy one third of
this or that country, that a certain area has become an exclusion zone,
and that the locals are prohibited from approaching a certain part of the
homeland. Not only that, farms have been abandoned, many families have
been forced to leave them, and young and old people have left their
childhood playgrounds to faraway places, because US soldiers want this.
In one place military exercises code-named "Might against Might" are
taking place. In another place US soldiers are riding their tanks on a
military mission code-named "Internal Look." All this is in
preparation for an aggression on a generous neighbor. The officials of
these countries have forgotten this neighbor's noble stands. They have
also forgotten that this neighbor's sturdy men are defending them and are
warding off dangers coming from abroad.
The experiences of collaborating with the foreigners are many; no one
can forget them. Everybody knows that the Americans have always used
their servants like paper napkins, which they then throw into the
wastebasket after their mission ends. Whoever is big in the eyes of the
masters will one day find himself a dead merchandise thrown on the
roadside. History and the people will pass their judgment.
Is it not enough that US forces are occupying this and that country?
Must they also occupy neighboring countries? Must the whole region be
under the control of the Americans, in line with the saying, "nobody is
better than anybody?" Must everybody acquiesce to the demands of the
Americans and comply with their wishes?
Whoever is not afraid for his people and does not respect the
sovereignty of his country is a custodian of a foreign base, even if
foreign armies do not occupy his country. How then if the American
tyrants roam the golden sands of the desert and enjoy the beauty of the
scene and their new experience, the cost of which is paid in advance from
the pockets of the homeland and people.
We in Iraq and in the whole nation believe that it is the right and
honorable duty of every Arab believer to resist the occupying US forces
in their bases and to kill their damn personnel. Whoever is killed
while resisting the occupying US forces is a glorious, noble, and
honorable martyr. Despicable is anyone who harbors evil intentions
against us.
[Description of Source: Baghdad Al-Iraq (Internet Version-WWW) in Arabic
-- Independent pro-government newspaper focusing on Kurdish affairs;
URL: http://www.uruklink.net/al-iraq]
