I. Saddam Hussein: The West Admits Defeat In a meeting with high ranking Iraqi military and government officials, Saddam Hussein commented on Western statements about current economic conditions in Iraq: "… They say that the economic situation and the standard of living in Iraq today, even under siege, is better than that of Egypt, and that Iraq improved and developed itself despite the siege. This is an admission that they were defeated in their efforts to kill the economy as well as the ...
During Friday prayers held at the University of Tehran campus on April 5, 2002, which were attended by thousands, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah 'Ali Khamenei called on Yasser Arafat to resist Zionist pressure to the death and attacked the U.S. stance on Israeli-Palestinian fighting, equating President George W. Bush with Hitler. Following are excerpts from the speech: The Zionist Regime and the Palestine Issue "The Zionist regime, as the symbol of bloodthirstiness, barbarianism, and ...
The Islamic (unofficial Al-Azhar) website, Lailatalqadr, 1 has published in recent months a series of articles on some aspects of the Islamic economics discipline and the role and performance of Islamic banking and financial institutions. The articles were written by Islamic scholars, including professors of economics at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, which is the leading Islamic academic institution of higher learning in the Arab world. The following pages highlight key elements of these ...
A Saudi Call Against Politicization of Oil An unsigned op. ed. under the above title in the London-based, Saudi paper Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, refers to a "gentleman's agreement" last spring between OPEC and Russia, Norway, and Mexico, in addition to Ecuador and Oman, whereby these countries committed themselves to supporting OPEC's pricing policy. However, as soon as prices began to decline, "these countries reneged on the agreement and left OPEC to twist in the wind." The commentary goes on to say ...
Following September 11, the topic of anti-U.S. incitement coming from the Egyptian government press has been brought to the attention of the American public. Al-Ahram Weekly, which is available on the Internet in English, has received hundreds of emails from Americans responding to the content of its papers. The following are some excerpts: "We are told that thousands were massacred on 11 September," wrote William K. Black, assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School of ...
Syrian born radical Islamist Sheikh Omar bin Bakri Muhammad is the founder of the London branch of HizbAl-Tahrir (the Islamic Liberation Party 1 ), and of the organization "Jama'at Al-Muhajirun" ("The Emigrants," inreference to those who accompanied the Prophet Muhammad on his Hijra from Mecca to Medina). Additionally,Sheikh Bakri presents himself as the spokesman of Osama bin Laden's International Islamic Front for Jihad AgainstJews and Crusaders. This organization, by Bakri's own admission, ...
The Egyptian newspaper, Al-Sha'ab , the mouthpiece of the Egyptian Islamist Al-Amal (Labor) party, was closed last year by Egyptian authorities following severe student riots that were prompted by an article published in the paper. 1 After a few months, Al-Sha'ab was permitted to resume publication, but only on the Internet. In the cover story for the September 23, 2001 issue, which was dedicated to the attacks on N.Y. and D.C., Dr. Muhammad Abbas , who prompted last year's riots, threatened ...
Following the terror attacks on New York and Washington, the Hamas Movement mouthpiece Al-Risala, published in Gaza , printed an open letter, "To America," by Dr. 'Atallah Abu Al-Subh: "I am certain that you America will face the mirror of your history for a long time to come! Thus you will be able to see exactly how much you have oppressed, how corrupt you are, how you have sinned – how many entities you have destroyed; how many kingdoms you have demolished! Do you remember what you did in ...
On June 21, 2001 the US announced its decision to indict fourteen suspects of the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing, in Daharan,Saudi-Arabia, in which 19 American soldiers were killed and approximately 400 people injured. The announcement was followed byanger against the US in Iran and Saudi-Arabia. Iranian Involvement in the Khobar Bombing The suspects are thirteen Saudi citizens and one Lebanese, who were operating under Iranian auspices. The Saudis are members of the Saudi Hizbullah organization, ...
In recent months, several prominent Egyptian artists have visited Baghdad, met with Saddam Hussein , and given lengthy interviews praising Saddam to the Egyptian press. The liberal Egyptian columnist, Ridha Hilal, published an article denouncing this Arab pro-Iraqi lobby. Hilal's unequivocal criticism of the pro-Iraqi Arab lobby and of the Iraqi leader is unique. Hilal begins by citing George Orwell who wrote that demagogues among intellectuals, artists, and politicians assault our minds and ...
