Egyptian Parliament Member Mustafa Bakri: Iran Is an Enemy, Just Like the U.S. and Israel

Following are excerpts from an address by Egyptian MP Mustafa Bakri, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on January 4, 2007.

Mustafa Bakri: Iran is an enemy, just like America and Israel. We should not be misled by slogans. What is happening now is a mark of shame on the forehead of all three – George Bush, Iran, and Israel. It is a mark of shame on the forehead of the Arab nation, which kept silent, and left Saddam to be slaughtered, just like the animal offered on the Feast of Sacrifice. This was a message of humiliation to the Muslims and Arabs: "We are slaughtering a lamb, just like you slaughter lambs." What humiliation and disgrace we suffer. Why are we afraid, and why do we continue to issue such worthless, despicable statements, which are more harmful to us than to others? What we need is a united Arab Islamic stand, before what happened in Iraq repeats itself in Egypt, in Sudan, in Syria, and in Saudi Arabia. The Arabs are being targeted, brothers. All the forces of evil are raging against us. Iran has its aspirations, the Zionists have their aspirations, and America has its plan for hegemony in the region. We must unite, and the Egyptian people must awaken from its slumber. Where is the Egyptian people? Where is the official Egyptian position? Where are the Arab rulers, who should have come to the aid of their brother, because their turn will come.

Demonstrator: There is no god but Allah, and America is the enemy of Allah.

Crowd: There is no god but Allah, and America is the enemy of Allah.

Demonstrator: There is no god but Allah, and Israel is the enemy of Allah.

Crowd: There is no god but Allah, and Israel is the enemy of Allah.

Demonstrator: What is happening now in Iraq will happen tomorrow in Cairo.

Crowd: What is happening now in Iraq will happen tomorrow in Cairo.

Demonstrator: George Bush, you lowlife, Saddam's blood is not cheap.

Crowd: George Bush, you lowlife, Saddam's blood is not cheap.

Demonstrator: Oh Saddam, oh martyr, tomorrow we will bomb Tel Aviv.

Crowd: Oh Saddam, oh martyr, tomorrow we will bomb Tel Aviv.

Demonstrator: Resistance to the occupation is the response to the execution.

Crowd: Resistance to the occupation is the response to the execution.