AL-QADHDHAFI ADDRESSES ARAB OPPOSITION PARTIES

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ARAB AFRICA
Israel has carried out this provocative military action
against the Great Jamahiriyah after the Arabs restored
diplomatic relations with Egypt. This is what we were
afraid of, but also what we were expecting. We empha-
sized to the Arab brothers the dangers of recognizing the
Egyptian regime, which has thrown itself into the bosom
of the Zionist enemy.
The People's Committee of the People's Bureau for
Foreign Liaison asked the heads of the Arab diplomatic
missions to convey this information to their govern-
ments.
U.S. `Economic Blockade' Renewal Condemned
LD172237 Tripoli Television Service in Arabic
2000 GMT 17 Dec 87
[Text] I have just received the following: VOA has
reported that the head of the U.S. Administration has
decided to continue what he termed the economic block-
ade against the Great Jamahiriyah. JANA's political
affairs editor commented on this by saying: What VOA
attributed to the head of the terrorist U.S. Administra-
tion, Reagan, compels us-in addition to the fact that
this administration has reiterated the racism, rancor,
terrorist inclination, and hegemony which dominate
political decisions in Washington, as well as the persons
making them-to stress two points:
1. We in the Great Jamahiriyah were not surprised by
such a decision. What would have surprised us is if the
U.S. Yankee had refrained from his aggressive and
provocative policy against us, given the fact that the U.S.
Administration-with its current head, its intelligence
apparatuses, and its destructive weapons-is still the
United States, the enemy of the peoples, the carrier of
the banner of sabotage, the one who lusts to annihilate
others, and the one with the crazy dream of transforming
the world into a U.S. dominion.
2. Such a U.S. policy, coinciding with the Zionist prov-
ocations that are supported by the United States against
the Great Jamahiriyah, and the threats against it,
together with the escalation of the oppressive Zionist
campaign against the Arab masses in the occupied terri-
tories, stresses the credibility of the Great al-Fatih Rev-
olution's analysis of the U.S.-Soviet summit. This anal-
ysis states, as the brother leader of the revolution
emphasized in his statement to JANA on such a summit,
that history has taught whenever the great agree, it will
be at the expense of the weak. As a result, a number of
peoples, including the Lebanese, the Libyans, and the
Palestinians, may be forced to pay the price.
Al-Qadhdhafi Addresses Arab Opposition Parties
LDT r!poli Television Service in Arabic
2045 GMT 12 Dec 87
[Address by Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi at the opening
session of the pan-Arab conference of Arab opposition
parties held at the People's Hall in Tripoli on 12 Decem-
ber-recorded]
[Text] Good evening and welcome. How are you? In the
name of God, I welcome you, brothers, in your country.
I thank you for accepting our invitation and for being
here today. I wish you a good stay and success in your
proceedings.
I remember that we have met once before. During this
meeting, as well as after it, we must revise what we
decided in our earlier conference years ago-I don't
remember how many years ago. Regardless of that first
conference of the Arab opposition, however, we now
have a proposed agenda before us. It is open to additions
proposed by any delegation from the Arab opposition. I
will try to express my opinion briefly, since you do not
need me to analyze the negative situation facing the
Arabs or the deteriorating situation of the Arab nation.
Regrettably, the situation has been worsening for a long
time. Today, it is critical and bad. Even if we repeated
this statement on every occasion, I still believe that the
situation has currently reached an unprecedented degree,
one unprecedented in this era and in our times.
The condition of the Arab nation was already deterio-
rating. It has been colonized and torn apart, but it
resisted, stood up, and triumphed. Now another regret-
table setback, a misfortune, and further bad luck has
befallen this nation. It was this worsening state of the
nation that pushed me to resort, among other things, to
the dynamic Arab opposition movements so that maybe
they could do something.
In fact, I possess neither magic nor exorcisms, nor even
an integral project with which to treat this setback we are
facing. But my idea is for the Arab opposition forces to
meet and to discuss the situation so that we can come up
with a particular course with which to save our nation.
The points included in the proposed agenda are efforts to
achieve this end. The goal to which I want to draw your
attention is that of Arab unity. Any attempt that does not
seek to establish Arab unity will not be a solution. All
problems, failures, challenges, and aggression flow from
the condition of Arab unity. Thus, it is agreed that if
Arab unity exists, then the force with which we can face
this situation exists at all levels. If there is no unity, then
there is weakness. This causes collapse and rapid deteri-
oration on all fronts.
We must turn our attention to the need for anything that
leads to the attainment of Arab unity.
There is a historic and regrettably long-standing issue;
namely, that of liberating Palestine. This has become
forever linked with the question of Arab unity. There are
other Arab territories that are occupied; there are other
problems and threats to the entire Arab homeland from
every direction. But the question of Palestine-since it is
long-standing, since it represents an entire occupied
Arab country whose people have been evicted while the
remaining people live under occupation, and since an
aggressive base has been established in this Arab coun-
try-has become a threat to the entire Arab existence.
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Our conflict with this enemy that occupies Palestine has
become a struggle for existence, not a fight over a border.
This is what we always hear. We read about it in the
papers and we hear about it on the radio. It is a struggle
for existence, not a fight over borders. This is a fact.
Therefore, the question of Palestine has become forever
linked with the question of Arab unity to the extent that
there are people who say that we can attain Arab unity
through the liberation of Palestine and that with the
unity of the Arabs, Palestine will then be liberated. In
fact, the two issues are indeed intertwined to such an
extent. We can unite by directing our policies toward
Palestine, and we can become united for the sake of
liberating Palestine.
The fundamental issue before us is to work to attain this
Arab unity. Closely tied to this issue is the question of
liberating Palestine, since there is a true danger mani-
fested in the occupation of Palestine. This danger is no
longer confined to the Palestinian people alone, but has
instead become a threat to the rest of the Arab nation, to
the Arab homeland. This is the basis upon which I want
all extent Arab forces to rally and to discuss matters. We
should struggle to attain it by using all the means at our
disposal.
The current political issues-the questions of the hour-
are on the agenda even though they are temporary, for
they have affected the Arab political situation. As for the
Arab political situation, we believe that there is a popu-
lar force you are supposed to lead by virtue of your being
the Arab opposition. There are Arab regimes that are
supposed to be popular, .while there are Arab regimes
that are reactionary and dictatorial. The latter are lack-
eys; they are hostile to the masses and stand against you
as an Arab opposition. They persecute you.
The current political situation has even affected the
political relations between the Arab revolutionary
forces-I mean between one Arab revolutionary state
and another. The current problem has created excuses
for diversions from 'the fundamental goal: the unity of
the Arab nation and the liberation of Palestine. For
example, when I talk with King Hassan of Morocco
about liberating Palestine, he replies: First free my army
from the Sahara so that I can take it to Palestine. He says:
There are 80,000 Moroccan soldiers engaged in a war
against an Arab faction belonging to that Arab force
about which you are talking. Free these 80,000 soldiers
from this campaign so that I can place them at your
disposal or at the disposal of whoever wants to liberate
Palestine.
That is how he anwered me. A problem like the Sahara
has thus created a justification for Morocco, for exam-
ple, to turn away from Arab unity and from the libera-
tion of Palestine. Morocco talks about liberating the
Sahara instead of liberating Palestine.
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When we approach a country such as Sudan and talk to
it about the liberation of Palestine, it says: Let us free the
south. The problem of the south is a temporary political
problem, but it has created an excuse for Sudan, regard-
less of the regime ruling it then or now. They say: Let us
liberate the south first. If I tell Iraq, let us liberate
Palestine now, it will simply laugh and reply: I am facing
a. war with all my resources. All of my capabilities are
directed against Iran. How can I think about the libera-
tion of Palestine? I want to liberate Al-Faw or Majnun
Island. Even the Jamahiriyah can now say that Aozou is
threatened, that my borders are imperiled, that the Gulf
of Sidra is endangered, that I want to liberate the Gulf of
Sidra and Aozou, for example, so that I can ,then devote
my efforts to.liberating Palestine.
As a result of this, these subjects have been placed on the
agenda as current political situations that we, as Arab
opposition - forces, seek to resolve. If we succeed in
solving the problem of the Sahara, then we will remove
the excuses that Morocco uses for not devoting its efforts
to liberating Palestine. We will also succeed in putting an
end to Arabs shedding the blood of other Arabs over an
Arab territory. My belief as a unity-seeking Arab is that
I see no justification for fighting between Arabs on Arab
land. The final aim should be unity between two Arab
lands; these two should be one Arab land. If Morocco
prevails, then the land will become Moroccan. However,
if the Polisario prevails, for example-and let us suppose
it then occupied Morocco-they would become one
state. So, so what?
I believe that it is the peak of blasphemy to have a war on
Arab land for -the sake of gaining this territory for
another Arab. This is one Arab homeland; we are one
Arab people. As unionists, we do not believe in this
division at all. We' do not believe that this is your land
and that this is my land. This land belongs to all of us.
Why should there be fighting between the Moroccans
and the Saharan people? Why should there be Moroc-
cans and Saharans? Why can't they all be Moroccans or
Saharans? There is a matter in which we, as revolution-
aries, can be interested and which we recognize, if the
war is a revolutionary'one, and if the Polisario raises the
slogan of liberating Morocco, the realization of socialism
and Arab unity, and the establishment of a popular
Jamahiri regime in Morocco. Maybe we can be inter-
ested in this, for this might be a revolutionary war. If it
is a revolutionary war, then all. revolutionary forces will
stand by the Polisario and all the reactionary forces will
oppose it. How I wish that the conflicts in the Arab world
were between revolutionary and reactionary forces!
However, the Polisario raises the cry of independence for
the Sahara, not the liberation of Morocco. If it indeed
raises the slogan of liberation for Morocco, then I will
openly support it. I will fight with the Saharan people if
they want to liberate Morocco and unite this region.
Even if they want to march on Algeria, Tunisia, and
Libya after this, I will be with them. It will then be an
Arab revolution that will pull down the artificial borders
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in this region, boundaries that were established by the
French, the Italians, and even the British. But a war for
independence for Arabs? What independence, and inde-
pendence from whom?
This problem has naturally affected relations between
Algeria and Morocco. Perhaps it has contributed to
making Morocco-not Morocco, but the king of
Morocco-show his policy of receiving the prime min-
ister of the enemy on Arab soil. This is blasphemy as far
as we are concerned. Now the effort to unify the Arab
Maghreb is being put forward, and we have left the
initiative to lead this effort to the brothers in Algeria.
However, the problem of the Sahara is an obstacle to this
effort, to this union. When we invite Morocco to this
union, Morocco states that the Sahara problem must first
be resolved between itself and Algeria. How can I unite
with Algeria while it supports a separatist movement
against me? That is how Morocco sees it. If we exclude
Morocco, then Mauritania and Tunisia might say that
this is an action that will create an axis. If there is to be
a union of the countries in the Arab Maghreb, then it
must include the countries of the Arab Maghreb. Thus,
the Sahara problem has constituted an obstacle to Arab
unity. We are meeting here to try to find a way to achieve
this Arab unity. A temporary or an urgent problem like
this has slowed the march toward the fundamental
historical goal: Arab unity and the liberation of Pales-
tine. One says: I cannot go to Palestine because my army
is busy fighting in the Sahara. The Polisario also (?has)
brave fighters who should be fighting with the Palestin-
ian resistance; but they say that their land is occupied by
Morocco. Thus, this keeps us from liberating Palestine,
and we have hindered an Arab force. The Moroccan
Army, the Polisario-these are Arab fighting forces.
These forces have been blocked, since they are involved
in fighting against each other instead of directing their
efforts against the common enemy.
Arab unity and the attempt to achieve a union between the
countries of the Arab Maghreb have been blocked by this
problem. Because of this, the Sahara problem was placed
among the political issues with which we must contend as
we move toward Arab unity and the liberation of Palestine.
We must work to resolve these problems.
As for the so-called Gulf war, I have asserted in the
statement issued about the last 2 days that it would be
naive if we were to ask a favor of Gorbachev or Reagan
[word indistinct] of America, to settle the Gulf War for
us. The Gulf war should really be settled by either Iran or
Iraq; the others cannot do anything. However, as an
Arab opposition force, perhaps we will do something. It
is more appropriate for us to be asked to make this effort
concerning Iran and Iraq than to request the help of
Gorbachev and this Yankee, the cowboy. Naturally,
requesting their help has proven Arab stupidity, and
weakness.
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To beg them for things indicates Arab weakness and
stupidity. What is in fact termed the Gulf war has cost us
a great deal. First, we have lost the Iraqi force, which one
day might have been used to liberate Palestine-this is a
possibility. It can be employed on the same day as any
other Arab force capable of doing this.
But, in fact, this force was not used to liberate Palestine.
This war has created problems between Libya and Iraq,
and between Syria and Iraq. One would think that Iraq,
Syria, and the Jamahiriyah are revolutionary forces in
the same front. Now they oppose each other due to this
war. Both Libya and Syria think that this war should be
a revolutionary conflict and not a radical one, and that
we should have fighting between the Arabs and the
Persians. It should be a revolutionary war.
There was a revolution in Iran that liberated Iran from
U.S. influence. The United States is the bitter enemy of
the Arab nation and of all people seeking liberation. Iran
declared that it stands by the Palestinian people and
against racism in South Africa, while the shah was a
bitter enemy of the Arabs. He was a Persian and a
fanatic. He used to belittle and disregard the Arabs. He
used to ally himself with the United. States against the
Arabs. He allied himself with Israel against the Arabs. He
was an artery feeding the Zionist entity with oil and
money. He was an ally of the Israelis. He formerly
supplied racist South Africa, the racist regime in South
Africa. We, the Arabs who live in Africa, are more
concerned about the question of racism in South Africa
than are the Arabs who do not live in Africa. The shah
occupied the Greater and Lesser Tunbs Islands and the
Gulf.
Therefore, we should have fought Iran then, as a result of
that situation. But to militarily oppose a revolution that
toppled the shah-the ally of the United States and Israel
and of the racists in South Africa-and that threw its
weight on the side of the Arabs and their main cause,
Palestine, is not right. This is why we thought that we
should not fight against it, but instead ought to stand
with it.
Iraq, which is a state that is supposed to be ideologically
close to us as well as progressive and revolutionary,
became involved in a war with Iran. This led to this
revolutionary group-Iraq, Syria, the Jamahiriyah, and
Algeria-being torn asunder. That is to say: One party
engaged in a war with it while the others do not see any
need to fight this revolution. In fact, we do not accept
military action against this revolution.
The war has squandered huge sums of money. The
reactionary Arab states have conspired against Iraq,
wanting it to fight the Iranian revolution on their behalf.
They want Iraq to fight the Shiites and revolutionary
Islam for them, as if they were saying: We will fight with
the last Iraqi soldier or even with the last Iraqi citizen in
defense of Kuwait, the Gulf, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and
Egypt. Iraq naturally became involved in this conspiracy
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and encouraged it with money. Iraq believed that it
could win the war immediately; but it instead became
apparent that this was to be a long and bitter conflict.
Iraq became entangled in it. The reactionary states were
then the ones wanting to get rid of Iraq.
It is impossible for the Arab reactionary states in that
region to be allies of the Iraqi Bath Party, if we assume
that there is a Bath Party in Iraq. At least the slogans of
the Bath Party are very hostile and dangerous to the
reactionary Arab regimes in that region. It is impossible
for those reactionary regimes to defend Iraq, to give
funds in defense of Iraq so that the Bath Party will
remain in power. The Bath Party staged a revolution in
Iraq-I mean that the regime in Iraq is now based on a
revolution launched against the monarchical regime.
Therefore, it is impossible for the reactionary Arab states
to give money and arms to defend a regime based on a
coup against a monarchical regime.
Until recently, Iraq was considered to be a revolutionary,
socialist, and progressive state that had relations and a
friendship treaty with the Soviet Union, not the United
States. Therefore, it is impossible for the reactionary
Arab states, in view of all this, to love Iraq and to defend
it.
So then, why do they give generous amounts of arms and
money to Iraq? They do so in order to get rid of it. They
do so in order to throw Iraq into the fires of this war.
Why do the United States and Israel supply Iran with
arms? This is an established fact. Do they do it because
Iran is not at all revolutionary? Iran is revolutionary. It
opposes Zionism and imperialism, yet they supply it
with arms, just as the Arab reactionary states provide
Iraq with funds and arms. Zionism and imperialism
want to get rid of the Iranian revolution; this is why they
encourage it with the supply of arms so that it continues
the war.
The reactionary Arab states want to get rid of Iraq
because Iraq is a progressive country. They encourage it
with these supplies of money and arms. Naturally, what
is termed the Gulf War and this revolutionary Iranian
Islamic revival have spread fear in these Mickey Mouse
states of the Arab world. They then sought help from the
United States without any other consideration. This war
has created a justification for the United States, NATO,
and other Western countries to be in the Gulf and to
have additional influence on each of these states-
indeed, more than ever before.
Due to this fear of the Iranian revolution, the frightened
states sought the help of Egypt. They did so because it
possesses a sizable population in the region and because
the United States opposes the Iranian revolution, with
Egypt being either a U.S. colony or under U.S. influence.
Egypt will respond to this cry for help. In fact, the
traitorous regime in Egypt has benefited from this war. It
has been recognized diplomatically by the Arab states
because of their fear. It is as though this war has rendered
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a service to the treasonous regime in Egypt,. and to the
United States and its allies, by permitting them a pres-
ence in the Gulf. But it has harmed the Arab revolution-
ary alliance between Iraq, Syria, the Jamahiriyah, Alge-
ria, and so on.
Therefore, as an opposition force concerned about this
war, we may try to do something about'it.
The other urgent political, issue that has further aggra-
vated the situation is Egypt, the biggest Arab country; the
headquarters of the Arab League, and the leader of Arab
struggle in confronting Zionism and imperialism. Sud-
denly it is cowering and recognizing the enemy, hoisting
the Israeli flag over its capital, and normalizing relations
with it. More serious than this is, first, the Egyptian-
Israeli economic opening that led to the opening of the
Suez Canal to the enemy, shortening its transportation
route and supplying it with oil. Egypt is now supplying
oil and iron to the Israeli enemy. Numbers are available
in this regard. There is also .land, air, andi maritime
transport.
All this gave more breathing space to the enemy. Egypt is
supporting the Zionist enemy so that it' can develop,
invigorate, breath, and grow further: It has provided it
with security on the southern front so that it can concen-
trate on its northern front. Indeed, since then, instead of
the peace process that Al-Sadat and other rulers of Egypt
lie about, the process of war and annihilation has begun
against the Palestinian, Lebanese, and Syrian peoples.
Israeli raids have reached Algeria, and we are still
expecting Israeli attacks on any Arab country, whether in
North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, or any other place.
The second thing is-sorry, I cannot focus on. this
subject. It seems that I have been given a blank piece of
paper.
The second thing is that Egypt has been used as a
bridgehead to Arab countries for Zionism. Israel rode
Egypt like a camel and moved into Arab countries. A
camel that has Arab features-and the name of Egypt seeks
to enter and you open the gate for'it, but its rider.is a
Zionist. It has gone to all the Arab countries. To recog-
nize Egypt now is to half recognize the Zionist enemy.
Egyptian aircraft go to the, occupied land and to the Arab
countries with which it has relations. Egyptian media
propagate Zionism. All these actors, producers, writers,
directors, and publishing and cultural centers propagate
Zionism and erase anything that incites struggle against
it; these go and move freely about in Arab countries. The
singer we hear on the radio stations of Arab countries
sings to Al-Sadat and Israeli parties. The sports teams
play in the occupied land, not in Arab countries. The
writers who go to Arab countries propagate Zionism.
The cancer has spread in the-homeland, and it comes
from Egypt. The two most serious things are: the infil-
tration of Zionism into Arab. countries through Egypt,
and the support provided by Egypt to the entity that was
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once surrounded. In order for them to go from Elat to This is a peaceful process. See how the situation has
Haifa, they had to cross oceans and the continent. They become reversed in every respect. Egypt has caused a
had to cross Africa and the Mediterranean. Now from catastrophe for our cause. It presented a historic service
Elat they cross the Suez Canal to the Palestinian coast. to the enemy and caused the entire world to become
Egyptian rulers offered them their ultimate dream. confused and to reconsider all its stands. Those who
traditionally had not recognized the Zionist enemy
What can one do? It is a real catastrophe. A great Arab ended up by recognizing it for the sake of Egypt. Africa,
country, the biggest one, has recognized the enemy. Not which has had no relations with Israel for the last 20
only has it recognized the enemy, but it is also propa- years, has now resumed all ties. The United Nations,
gandizing for the enemy, lending it power, and providing instead of expelling the Zionist enemy, will now expel
for it. Egypt went to all the African countries and urged the PLO. They will now expel the PLO. You can see the
them to reestablish their relations with the enemy. I, preparatory signs for this. The Palestinian bureaus, and
myself, asked the African presidents: Why are you the Libyan Peoples' Bureaus, are beginning to be
resuming your relations with the Zionist enemy? They expelled from the countries of the world. The situation is
said that this was at Egypt's request. reversed, the latter now being considered terrorists. They'
are not joining in the process; they are not joining in the
Here is Egypt, an Arab state which was combating the process determined by David's stable [Camp David].
enemy. Now it has recognized the enemy. How could I, {
being an African president, break off relations with the Recognizing Zionism, surrender, renunciation, and con-
stands while you Arabs establish relations with them. It
stands to reason [words indistinct] see the service it has cession. It is the Palestinian people who are paying the
rendered. What made Spain, which had never recog- bill, in the occupied land and in the camps, and the
nized the Zionist enemy before, now recognize it? Lebanese people in streets and towns everywhere. The
Greece, too, now recognizes it. Greece, even under the Syrian people, as well as the rest of the Arab nation, pay
monarchy, never thought to recognize the Zionist ene- the bill. We will all pay the price. See the atrocity of the
my, nor did Spain for that matter, in consideration for catastrophe that has befallen us because of the recogni-
the feelings of the Arabs and the historical and territorial tion of a traitor, whose origin might be the Falasha, who
ties with them. is Al-Sadat.
Now, who could convince them? I met with the Spanish Fine, if Al-Sadat, who was originally Falasha or Jewish,
prime minister, who told me: How could I not recognize succeeded with subterfuge and tricks to become the
the Israelis when Egypt does so? It is not logical. I could president of an Arab country and to put it at the service
not be more Arab than the Arabs. of Zionism, what about the rest of them? I do not think
that Husni is from the Falasha, at least his build does not
We were endeavoring to expel the Zionist entity from the seem to be Falasha. [laughter] What makes him carry on
United Nations. Now the request is to expel the Arabs, this catastrophe? How could we welcome him and
for they are considered to be savages, barbarians, under- stretch out our hand to him? In reality, it seems to me
developed, and gypsies. This is what we are called. This and to my analysis-which stems from a revolutionary
is what is being disseminated about you, the Arabs. stand, not a political one-I wish I were the president of
[Words indistinct] should be expelled, all the Arabs. If a republic so that I could make decisions and have
you have wealth, they take it. Then they [words indis- political and administrative prerogatives. But here
tinct]. What are these barbarians and savages, they say. authority is in the hands of the people, the people's
They should not be allowed into the United Nations. congresses, the people's committees, the new Jamahiri
They would expel you from all the organizations. And system, and I possess neither the political nor the admin-
about UNESCO? What UNESCO? They said that istrative initiative.
what
the Arabs are not civilized or educated. Al-Sadat told
them this. He said that the Arabs are barbarians, savages;
they are not civilized or educated. We are the only ones, To me, the Egyptian regime should be combated and
he told them, who are civilized [words indistinct]. blockaded from all sides until it falls, and if harm comes
to the Egyptian people because of this, then so be it. The
The criterion for civilization has become whether or not Egyptian people will have to face the damage that comes
you recognize Zionism. We have managed to convince to them as the result of the encirclement of Egypt so that
the world to write to the United Nations and urge it to they will turn against this regime. If the Egyptian people
issue a resolution stipulating that Zionism is a form of are harmed, then it is this Egyptian regime which was the
racism. This is now being reconsidered. The General one that brought harm to them. Anything that is Egyp-
Assembly will meet one of these days and declare the tian should be completely boycotted until the Egyptian
abrogation of this resolution. This is being requested people get fed up and carry out a revolution. Causing
now. See this! The PLO has replaced Zionism and its harm to the Egyptian people is intentionally beneficial at
terrorism. The request to expel the PLO is being voiced this stage. It can be compared to a surgical operation
from everywhere. Even its bureau at the United Nations. which is painful but cures the patient. So, in order to
The United States is now calling for its closure. cure the Egyptian people and to save them and work for
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their future and that of the Arab nation, the Egyptian
people should endure pain at this stage. Yes, boycott all
that is Egyptian, because it is ugly and stinking from its
recognition of Zionism.
This is to ensure that the Egyptian people will stage a
revolution and attach blame to the Egyptian regime,
which has inflicted harm on the Egyptian citizens. Work-
ers, air traffic, the press, the movement of goods, visits,
tourism, investments-all have been affected. The Egyp-
tian regime, as I see it, has not rendered anything
worthwhile to Egypt. It should be further strangled.
Worse than this is the fact that following its re-recogni-
tion by the Arab states, it has done nothing for the Arab
nation in return such as leaving stable David or stopping
Israel's atrocities. Immediately after its recognition by
the Arab states, Israeli massacres in Gaza began. Look at
them. I thank God for exposing them. The Arabs left
Amman and recognized the Egyptian regime. After that,
the massacres in Gaza began. The people of Gaza are
footing the bill.
As for the Jamahiriyah, it should have been said at the
people's congresses that this country is separated from us
by a desert, and that is that. In other words, we should
pretend that Egypt does not exist. Egypt should also
pretend that Libya does not exist. All right. He will hear
nothing from me, and I will hear nothing from him. We
will not seek help from him, and he will not seek help
from us. This situation will continue until God settles
the issue.
I have no problem with Egypt. Egypt has a problem with
the Arab nation. As for Libya and Egypt, we have no
problem between us. Between us there is a lifeless desert;
we have no mutual interests. What is Egypt? Egypt is the
Nile valley, and this valley is far away from the desert.
We assume that Egypt does not exist. I have no need for
Egypt. I have no embassy and no aircraft in Egypt. I
make no visits to Egypt. I have no workers in Egypt. I
have nothing in Egypt. I can pretend that Egypt does not
exist at all.
This is the correct attitude to adopt. It should stay this
way until judgment day. This is a more honorable
position to take than to re-establish any kind of relations
with this regime while it is drowning in treason from the
top of its head to the tip of its toes. This regime has
caused us the present historical tragedy we are experi-
encing. We have paid the price for this tragegy with our
sons, our homes, and our future. This is the price for
Egypt's action. Bombs falling on our heads everywhere-
in Libya, Lebanon, Syria, and Tunisia. What is the
reason for this? The reason is this tragedy. To this day
Egypt is still continuing to support the enemy against us.
What right have the Arab governments to re-establish
relations with Egypt? We, as a recognized Arab opposi-
tion force, affirm that these governments, which we
oppose, should be brought to trial. They should stand
trial and tell the people what Egypt has contributed to
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make them recognize it. They should tell the people; they
should convince you. They should convince you of the
reasons that made them recognize the Egyptian regime.
Maybe there are positive things of which we are not
aware.
Maybe there is a plan under which Egypt is fighting the
enemy and liberating Palestine. Maybe Egypt will abro-
gate the stable David accords next year, 1988, or the year
after. Let them convince you. Okay. What is to be
achieved in return for this recognition? What will Egypt
give in return for its recognition? Following the Arabs'
re-establishment of relations with Egypt, what will Egypt
give in return to the Arab cause? Will it fight Iran? This
is not the cause.
Among the subjects listed on the agenda is the interna-
tional conference on the Middle East. This is another
bomb. All these things are bombs exploding in our midst
in order to scatter us-the Sahara, the Gulf war, the
recognition of Egypt, the international conference, etc.
All these are bombs being thrown into the Arab assembly
in order to scatter the Arabs in every direction. Among
these bombs is the international conference. Countries
such as Libya and Syria have different views on the
international conference. I am against it 100 percent,
while Syria is for it 100 percent. This is a calamity. Prior
to the idea of holding an international conference, there
were no differences between us. Now there are differenc-
es, for example, on this conference. Is this not a calam-
ity? It has scattered us.
The international conference, as the Israelis and the
Americans have declared-and I would like to state that
the U.S. and the Zionist attitude will be the one which
will triumph at the United Nations or at the interna-
tional conference or anywhere else, because there is no
counterattitude that can check imperialism and Zion-
ism. [sentence as heard]
If the Soviet Union is against Zionism and imperialism
and is checking them, then my own experience tells me
that it can realize something in its own interest. In other
words, the Soviet Union can check the action of the
United States vis-a-vis the Soviet Union itself or the
socialist camp, but the -Soviet Union is incapable of
checking U.S. action against Libya or. Afghanistan or
Angola or Ethiopia, or Palestine, or Lebanon. It is quite
evident that it cannot, although it is possible for the
Soviet Union to deter the United States from attacking
it.
Now, the latest thing is that we see the Soviet Union
defending this because the United States was about to
attack Poland and enter it. The Soviet Union, with
difficulty, just managed to salvage the situation. The
opinion that will triumph at the international conference
will be the opinion of the United States and the Israelis.
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What have the United States and the Israelis said? They
have said that the international conference is an inter-
national umbrella, which will justify direct bilateral
negotiations and bless any settlement to be agreed
between any two parties. [audience shouts: "Palestine is
Arab" and "No to the capitulationist solutions"] Yes, I
agree. As soon as the international conference is con-
vened, King Husayn and the Israelis will meet-the two
parties, as the Israelis have said. This is. the umbrella of
..the international conference. The Jordanian and the
Israeli delegations will meet. If they agree on anything,
then the international conference will bless it, not oppose
In actual fact, the Zionist enemy will be recognized at
this two-sided meeting, thus forming another stable
David, as was the case with Egypt. In other words, they
will take another step similar to that which was taken
between Egypt and the Israelis. They want to do the same
thing that Egypt and the Israelis did. They want to do the
same between Jordan and the Israelis, between Lebanon
and the Israelis, and between Syria and the Israelis. Then
the issue will come to an end. This is a very serious point.
It is similar to the Amman conference. As soon as they
met, they restored relations with Egypt. As soon as the
international - conference convenes, the Israelis will be
recognized by Jordan and by the Lebanese-I mean the
Al-Jumayyil government, the government of the separat-
ists,-which will speak on behalf of all Lebanese. They will
exchange ambassadors, and there will be an embassy in
East Beirut and a Lebanese embassy in Jerusalem, not
even in Tel Aviv. There will be a Jordanian embassy,
too, and there will be an Israeli embassy in Amman.
A true copy of what happened between Egypt and the
Israelis; this is what will take place at this international
conference. This is the story of the international confer-
ence. How can Syria refuse to recognize the Israelis. This
would be a calamity for Syria. It would be isolated. The
Golan would remain occupied. There will be Israeli
embassies in Amman, Beirut, and. Egypt. This is the
international conference.
The Palestinian resistance, the PLO, and the Palestinian
people are not recognized at this international confer-
ence. It is forbidden to have .a Palestinian delegation.
They are conspiring to bring a traitor, bearing U.S.
nationality, a Palestinian having British nationality, and
a Palestinian having Israeli nationality, to say that they
speak on behalf of.the Palestinians. They want to have
another traitor within the delegation-a Jordanian or a
Lebanese. Imagine! To whom does the issue belong? It
belongs to the Palestinians. If the Palestinians, do. not
have their own delegation and if their delegation is not
the largest or the strongest, then what is the benefit of an
international conference?
Why do they speak about the occupation of the West
Bank, Jordan, and the Golan Heights? Because of Pales-
tine. It appears that the basic issue is Palestine. But they
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have deliberately overlooked it. They said: We do not
recognize any representation of the Palestinians. To
whom does this belong? It is the question of the Pales-
tinian people. In other words, in evil there is a choice,
Despite the fact that it is evil and treasonous, a conspir-
acy and a calamity, we wish that there were a Palestinian
delegation representing the Palestinian resistance to say
yes or no. If this happens, then all right. We have
disagreed with the PLO, but it is all right by us. We have
disagreed with Syria, but it is all right. Let them go to the
international conference. The conference will end with
Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt recognizing the Israelis.
Those who are against the conference are against the
peace process. All right, send your aircraft to attack
them.
It, appears for this purpose that the question of the
international conference has been placed on your draft
agenda. But the idea and the goal is how to save the Arab
nation through the realization of Arab unity. There is no
thought given to anything except the unity of the Arab
nation. You should not think about anything else except
the unity of the Arab nation. You should not think about
Arab solidarity and neighborliness, etc.
We should strive for neighborliness between Iran and
Iraq and between Turkey and Syria, for example. As for
the one Arab homeland and the one Arab people, there
should be no neighborliness, as we have unity. Either we
are united or we suffer a calamity. This unity-it is
written here: [Al-Qadhdhafi indicates the draft agenda]
The Arab union as a formula.
We can propose a plan for the establishment of an Arab
union in order to salvage what can be salvaged. The
monarchical regimes will remain as they are. The repub-
lican regimes will remain as they are. And the Jamahiri-
yah will remain as it is. The sultanates will remain as
they are, and the shaykhdoms will remain as they are.
Even the place where donkeys are tethered [Al-Qadhd-
hafi's reference to Oman] will remain as it is. [laughter]
No one will change them.
But all of them should meet to set up a chairmanship
council. The chairmanship of this council will be in
rotation. I do not care if there is a donkey at the head of
an Arab state. He will assume the chairmanship of this
council. I do not care. Please unite us even under the
chairmanship of a donkey. [laughter] We used to make it
a condition that Arab unity should be revolutionary
unity. All right; we have conceded for the sake of unity.
We said: Let the kings, the sultans, the shaykhs, the
presidents for life or half their life or a quarter of their
life remain as they are. [laughter]
But let us make a chairmanship council of these rulers;
let us make an executive council of the Arab prime
ministers; let us make a foreign ministerial council of the
Arab foreign ministers, an industrial council of the Arab
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industry ministers, an educational council of the educa-
tion ministers, and a health council of the health minis-
ters, etc. The chairmanship is by rotation. Let us say that
the foreign minister of Qatar, when his turn comes,
becomes the foreign minister of all the Arabs. We have
given them an opportunity to preside over all the Arabs.
The head [as heard] of Bahrain will, when his turn
comes, become the head of the chairmanship council of
all the Arabs.
They said that they do not want Arab unity because it
entails an abdication-who will be the Shukri al-Quw-
watli and who will be the Jamal `Abd al-Nasir [Al-
Qadhdhafi reference to the United Arab Republic of
1958 when Egypt and Syria were united and Abd al-
Nasir became the head of state while the then President
of Syria had to give up his post in favor of Al-Nasir]. The
riddle has been solved. There will be no Shukri al-
Quwwatlis and no Jamal `Abd al-Nasirs. You will all
become `Abd al-Nasirs; all of you will become heads.
You will be heads in rotation. This is in addition to the
fact that you will remain heads of your own country.
This will not abolish the revolution. If there is a possi-
bility for a revolution to be staged, then it will be staged.
There will be no veto against a revolution taking place in
this or that country. It will take place. If the people want
to change the monarchical regime in a country to a
presidential system, then they will do so. If the people
want to change a presidential system into a Jamahiriyah
regime, then they will do so.
If the workers are exploited in any Arab country, then
they can stage a revolution. If the peasants are ruled by
the feudalists and are being exploited, then they can
stage a revolution. Students can stage a revolution.
Soldiers can do so as well. These are interactions which
we have left to the country itself. Regardless of such
interaction in any country-today it may be a monarchy
and tomorrow a republic and the day after that it may
become a Jamahiriyah-it will remain a member of this
Arab union. We do not care about the identity or how it
changes. What concerns us is that it should remain a
member of this union.
In addition, this will not prevent the establishment of
true integration unity. This and that Arab country may
unite and set up one state. Iraq may unite with Syria and
set up one state. Excellent! This would be within this
union. Tunisia and Algeria may become one state. Excel-
lent! They would be within this union. Egypt and Sudan
may establish one state, or 100 quarters. [laughter;
Al-Qadhdhafi says the words "or 100 quarters" in Egyp-
tian dialect]
The important thing-whether they are I or 100-is that
they are members of this union. This is the political
framework for the unity of the Arabs. We have given this
unity an economic content. It is not a political cover. It
is an economic and material content concerning food
and the establishments dealing with wheat, agriculture,
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gas, oil, energy, and water: For ' each" we have opened a
volume; we have made a volume for each proposal. We
have proposed a political ' cover and, inside it, this
content.
If they refuse even this form, then what is left for us? We
have only violence before us, forced to the point that
some of you must go underground and start blowing up
the ground under the feet of rulers and kings. This does
not mean that we desire violence, but necessity pushes us
to this, for if we do not kill, they will kill us. [Words
indistinct] we want this Arab opposition to be shaken
and to be aware of its responsibility. However, enjoying
the fact that you are an opposition is something that
sometimes serves the regimes. Let us now consider the
Egyptian opposition.
It is sufficient that someone like Khaled Muhyi al-Din
cannot come to Libya. He is too frightened by the regime
to come to Libya, whereas the regime goes with all
impudence to the occupied territories, to Palestine, and
he cannot come to, Libya. That is it. This one cannot
confront the regime. If he is too frightened to come to
Libya, then is it possible for him to confront the regime?
I do not think so. This is not a revolutionary or serious
standpoint at all. The Egyptians should come to Libya
openly in front of the regime, If the latter protests, then
one should say that I protest against you: Why do you go
to Tel Aviv? Why do you go to the Israelis and shake
hands with them? I am going to Arabs, my neighbors and
brothers, and I shake hands with them. If the Egyptian
opponent cannot say these words, then how can he
oppose the regime? I do not believe this; this is not
opposition.
On the contrary, this seems to be deception, deception to
show that the regime is democratic and has an opposi-
tion. If this regime is liberal and democratic, then it must
act like a liberal regime and anyone can put forward his
candidacy for the presidency of the Republic. What does
it mean that Husni Mubarak elected himself last time,
this time, next time, and the times after that?
Any Egyptian should have the right to put himself up as
a candidate. Did they not say: Liberalism and plurality
of the parties? This is plurality of the parties. This means
that after 4' years-how long is the presidential term in
Egypt, 6 or 4 years?. Six. After 6 years, the presidential
term comes to an end, and everyone then puts forward
his candidacy. This president does not have the right to
put himself forward as a candidate another time after
having done so twice. This means that Husni Mubarak
does not have the right to put himself forward as a
candidate. However, he will do so and he will succeed'in
advance, before the elections are even held: 99 percent,
and 9 out of 10.
What is this farce? Is the Egyptian opposition not edu-
cated, not aware? Does it not understand? Has it not
seen that Egypt constitutes' a danger for our Arab nation?
Do you not know that when- the. Israelis go to the
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northern front, they will come back to Egypt and divide
it into a Coptic state and an Islamic state and take Sinai
for the second time? They will take the Nile and cultivate
the Sinai and the Negev so that they make 24 million
Jews emigrate and come to this region..
The Israelis will become the greatest concentration in the
Middle East., more than the Arabs. They will become a
state larger in population than Syria; Jordan, ,Lebanon,
and the rest of the Arab states, and it is possible that it
would [word indistinct] Egypt or be equal to it. There are
24 million Jews who are ready to emigrate. when. they
occupy Egypt a second time and take the Nile from it.
The battle now is how to take the Jordan River, the
Litani, Al `As, and Yarmuk rivers. This is the 'battle in
the north, controlling the Arab local water resources.
This is sufficient for 12 million Jews. After that, they will
go back to the Negev, the Sinai, the Nile, and the
division of Egypt until they (?annex) it and make it into
two states.
Who is waiting for.this and obstructing everything so
that this additional disaster takes place? Is it the Egyp-
tian regime? Is the Egyptian opposition, not aware of
this? Have they not studied this? How can this be? Have
they been brainwashed? I do not know. How can one
politician who is aware not know this danger? It is
publicly known that the Israelis work for the division of
Egypt into two states, as a minimum, into' one Coptic
state and one Islamic state,' as well as the division of
Lebanon, Syria, and the rest of the Arab states.
Arabs must be American Indians, Kurds, and gypsies.
This is the U.S. and Zionist decision, as well.as that of all
the West. They have decided that this race, which is
called Arab, must come to an end because we are savages
and uncivilized. They say things. like this: Arabs hate
civilization, hate agriculture, hate peace, destroy church-
es, destroy Jesus and Mary, and destroy Christianity.
They teach this to their children. But of course there are
Arab Christians among us. It is impossible for the West
to understand that there are Arab Christians who wor-
ship Jesus or Mary.
No, these are Arabs and they must all be eliminated. The
American mentality is orientated continuously toward
elimination, the elimination. of. race; because it was
established on the basis of elimination. It, the United
States, was established only after the elimination of a
nation of American Indians. They distributed blankets
to them containing the smallpox virus. Imagine, a mind
reaching this point. They took blankets which they filled
with the smallpox virus and distributed -them to the
American Indians who then died out.
They discovered that cancer would spread if they cut
down a forest. An American Indian doctor wrote to me
and said: Imagine, the, United States has been cutting
down a forest in which an American Indian group is
living in order to spread cancer. The United States was
established on the basis of genocide. Therefore, this is its
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international policy: genocide. It is now focusing on the
mass annihilation of the Arab race in order to pave the
way for Zionist expansion, which is one of the states in
the Middle East. [sentence as heard]
Do not believe this. It is Al-Qadhdhafi who is telling you
this. Forget this nonsense. What is all this talk about
genocide? The United States is a civilized country. Wait
and see. [Passage indistinct] This was proven by scien-
tists and doctors. The United States took this virus,
played around with genealogy, experimented with pris-
oners, released them, and they got out and spread it. In
order to cover up this enormous crime, the United States
said that this virus came from Zaire, from African
countries, and from African monkeys. It has come from
American monkeys, not African monkeys.
Look at how they spread rats in Egypt: 12 million rats.
They left this country with a disaster. It is true that this
might sound funny, but it is a fact. If you saw the hellish
U.S. machinery, then you would say that this is hell and
not human. You would say this after you have seen their
decisions, heard the confessions of their spies, the secret
issues they work on, their maneuvers and [word indis-
tinct]. The plan was to destroy agriculture in Egypt so
that the Egyptians would have to live on U.S. wheat.
Indeed, statistics show that 12 million rats were brought
into Egypt after the phase of opening took place. I refer
you to the reports of experts-you will see the disaster
that has befallen Egypt. Egypt was completely destroyed,
and now Egypt begs the United States for-wheat.
The United States fights [words indistinct] fights with
cockroaches, fists, or atomic bombs. It does everything.
It kills. It deliberately attempted to kill me; it used
aircraft, the most advanced airplanes. Squadron after
squadron attacked the house. People still say that the
United States is civilized, that it is not.crazy, and that it
does not intend to kill people. The situation is clear. How
can they send planes to attack someone asleep with his
family? It would have been better if the United States
had carried out a coup, if it had landed on, the coast,
started a war, and captured me as a war criminal. Where
is the room in which he is sitting? Attack it with planes.
Where is the office in which he works? Where .is.the tent
he stays in? What is this? I am in my country..I am not
in the United States; I have not occupied a portion of it
in such a way that they would attack me.
This is the lesson. The lesson is that the United States is
crazy. It is an enemy, one established on the basis of
genocide. It will not stop until it has annihilated this
race, the Arab race. The Arab race is better annihilated
[words indistinct]. This is shameful and a disgrace. We
have become like dirt to the world. By God, it would be
better if we were finished. I hope that they pelt us with
atomic bombs. May we provoke the United States into
annihilating us with the destructive means it possesses. I
would prefer it if we were annihilated. That is it; they
will say that this was a vile nation and one that is
finished, a nation that is incapable of living and is
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instead finished. Or, they will say that this was a nation
that was defined but is now finished. As for our remain-
ing this way, what is our worth?
What is our value? We are not solving the problem in
southern Sudan, or that of Aozou, or that of the Polisa-
rio, or that of the Zionist enemy against whom we have
done nothing, or that of the United States.
The United States displays a clear enmity toward the
Arab nation. Hatred. We swore to them by all things
sacred that we do not hate, that we live peacefully. They
said no, you hate, you do not want to live peacefully.
Imagine this! How? Did you see our fleets heading for
you, or our nuclear submarines? Did we send you
microbes? We are at home, cultivating, building, trying
to cure ourselves by ourselves, and trying to progress
from underdevelopment to progress [words indistinct].
They expelled Libyan students who were studying
atomic energy for peaceful purposes and who were
studying aviation. They said that Libya will not study
space or atomic energy. These are studied by the United
States, its allies, and its agents. This means [word indis-
tinct]. All right, you know space; it appears that it doesn't
belong to God, but rather to the United States. You,
Libyans, study space? Who allows that? We said: True,
we only took it from the United States. At the same time,
there is an Arab opposition that is greeting the rulers:
Hello, your excellency the ruler. What opposition is this?
This is a comedy. [laughter, applause]
I would like you to meet and to concentrate your efforts
during the coming hours and the time ahead of you,
preferably without speeches. This is because everything
is clear, and what I have said is sufficient. Anyone who
speaks would say something similar. So, this is clear.
What can we do? You can form committees, and each
committee will be in charge of one of the articles.
With regard to this, if anyone is willing to add another
article, the Lebanese problem is not mentioned here, and
Lebanon is a true problem. We thus devoted one of the
articles to [word indistinct] Lebanon among the basic
political issues. In fact, it should have been issue No 1,
along with the camps. Lebanon is torn apart. Then you
form committees-this 'one in charge of Lebanon, that
one in charge of the Gulf war, that one responsible for
Egypt, another responsible for the Sahara problem, that
one in charge of the international conference [on the
Middle East], and so on.
The main scheme is how to liberate Palestine. We
decided upon a practical procedure that the opposition
will work with. It should publish it in its newspapers, in
its literature, and demonstrate with it, meet with it,
speak with it, oppose the government with it, and meet
with the government on its basis-the basis of this
program-until the government feels that the masses
and the people it governs have a different.opinion than
its own. Either the government falls, or it alters its policy
according to the wishes of the people it governs. Then
you win the masses. As for anyone who flirts with the
government, do you think that he will win the man in the
street, the masses? He will not.
The existing governments do not acquire the respect of
citizens. When you respect a government, you lose the
respect of the citizen. You will no longer be respected. If
you win the. respect of the citizens, you should not
respect these regimes.
In following the procedure I mentioned for the division
into committees, for setting up a program, agreeing'on it,
and beginning the struggle in conformity with this pro-
gram, we will win the masses. However, the masses are
currently lacking in the opposition, for they do not
believe that this opposition represents them. [Words
indistinct] that this opposition may attach importance to
the government and lengthen the rule of governments
that harm the Arab citizen. Is there anyone among us
who does not like a ruler because he is named Hassan or
Husayn, or so and so, or Fahd. It is only because of his
[not further, identified] policy that his program causes
harm to the Arab nation and its future. His policy
engenders bombs, catastrophes, and even microbes over
our heads. This is neither a, temptation, nor a matter of
mood, nor a picnic; it is a necessity.
This leads to the Arab opposition having a united plan
for the.same people, the same homeland, and against the
same enemy. The national parties, some of which were
established for regional reasons, must no longer continue
in that way, for the issue now, in question is a pan-Arab
one. For example, we have the independence party in
Morocco; you were demanding independence for Moroc-
co. How could your demand now be independence for
Morocco? Morocco is an independent country. Now that
is something new. What would your party do? It must
put Arab unity in the place of independence.
All right, the previous stage was independence from
France; you have now become independent from France.
Now the goal must be Arab unity. You must cross out
independence and write down Arab unity. If you do not
want to pursue Arab unity, then pursue the unity of the
Arab Maghreb. This would be a step toward Arab unity.
Take the national, party, for example. I do not know
which country-the Sudan or any other nation. Now,
there 'is only the Arab nation. You must cross this out.
When we. refer to the Tunisian Constitutional Party,
what constitution are. we talking about? Are you
demanding a constitution for Tunisia? We have a con-
stitution, and that is that. There is no need to demand a
constitution.
The Egyptian.Al-Wafd Party sent a delegation to London
[word indistinct] so that Egypt could become indepen-
dent. Someone told them to send a delegation to London
to bring the British. Army to Egypt. We are not sending a
delegation for you to establish the Al-Wafd Party again.
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Al-Wafd was originally organized because during the
English times, they wanted to send a delegation to
London. They then called on the Al-Wafd Party. Is
sending an Egyptian delegation to London now a
demand? What is this Al-Wafd? Now there should be
Arab unity, liberation, and socialism. A social and pan-
Arab demand. They are intermingled.
Regrettably, we trail other nations in our pan-Arab
unity. The world has entered a stage of social revolution,
while we have not yet achieved pan-Arab unity. We thus
have two burdens: the burden of social revolution and
that of pan-Arab unity. The social revolution is in fact
acting against pan-Arab unity. A revolutionary Arab
country is now closer to Iran than to a neighboring
reactionary Arab country. A scientific socialist Arab
country is closer to Moscow than to a reactionary neigh-
boring Arab country.
This is all due to the social revolution that the world has
entered. For our part, we have entered it without having
attained Arab national unity. Other nations achieved
their unity in the age of nationalities, in the 19th century.
They then entered the age of social revolution as united
nations, the internal struggle between forces of exploita-
tion, between the exploiters and the exploited. [sentence
as heard] As for us, one Arab is the enemy of another: A
U.S. Arab and an Arab who is opposed to America. My
enemy is the United States, and this Arab is a friend of
the United States. Pan-Arab unity was delayed until the
world entered the stage of social revolution, and this is
another catastrophe.
I [word indistinct] in this program and confrontation,
and I paid the price. If this open Arab opposition does
not serve the purpose, then we will have to move toward
a covert Arab opposition, and violence will commence. I
am satisfied, for I have offered everything that could
save even Arab rulers. The unity plan is the one that I
have told you about. To preserve whatever can be saved,
we will develop it in the future. If they say no, all right.
This will mean that you have pushed us to violence
against you-and to covert action. Go to the United
States. We are not afraid of the United States. What is
the United States? [Words indistinct] Japan and
attacked it with atomic bombs, and now it is begging
Japan. Japan is stronger that the United States econom-
ically, even though it occupies an island that is exposed
to earthquakes every year. The United States is not
capable of finishing matters. We are not afraid of that
country.
It attacked me with its most advanced aircraft, yet I live
to this day, despite the United States. [applause]
When the pilots returned, they said that there is no
possible way that Al-Qadhdhafi could still be alive. They
said that he is definitely dead. Then they began embrac-
ing each other. The U.S. chief of staff was cutting farts;
they were happy. [laughter, applause] They said that this
ARAB AFRICA
is it; our laser-guided bombs are 100-percent guaranteed.
We hit his office, his tent, and the house. We are certain
he was there when we attacked. They returned satisfied.
However, in reality the United States cannot finish
[words indistinct] shortening and prolonging the lives of
people and nations. It was not able to prolong the life of
Numayri, Al-Sadat, King Idris, the shah of Iran, Lon
Nol, Nguyen Cao Ky, Haile Selassie, and the list of all
agents ending with Marcos and Imelda. It could not
prolong their lives or help them to stay in power; they fell
despite the United States. So what is this fear of the
United States? The first thing is to free yourselves from
the fear of the United States. You leave Libya free of the
fear of the United States. [applause]
This is my perception. It is merely an opinion. I have
invited you to meet as a request for help from any active
Arab force that could save the Arab nation. The Pales-
tinian resistance is present in Arab opposition, although
it has no government. The Palestinian resistance is the
fire over which we must pour fuel, for this resistance
kindles the spirit of revolution in the Arab homeland.
The spirit of resistance and defiance is very, very essen-
tial. The spirit of revolution would not exist without
them at this stage. Without the Palestinian resistance,
there will be no armed struggle, no violence, no fighting,
or no fear of the Arab citizen. Arab rulers fear the
Palestinian resistance more than [words indistinct]. Why
is this? Because it has the rifle, because it is revolution-
ary, because it fights, and because it dies. Some might
say that we are an Arab opposition opposed to our
regime. What does the Palestinian resistance have to do
with it? No, no, the Palestinian resistance leads Arab
opposition. It is essential, especially since we are talking
about Arab unity and Arab territory, whether occupied
by an Israeli, an agent of the United States, or anyone
else. Consequently, Arab opposition should offer sup-
port to the Palestinian resistance, place it at the head,
and offer it everything. This is not for the sake of the
black eyes of the Palestinian resistance, but because this
,.movement is essential to your cause.
It is the Palestinian resistance, not the Arab opposition,
that fires up the emotions of Arab youth. If there is still
anything alive in the Arab homeland, it is due to the
Palestinian resistance, not the cold Arab opposition.
Arab opposition cannot light anything; it is cold. The
Polisario energizes the region more than the Moroccan
parties do. Moroccan parties have a long history and we
appreciate their struggle role, but they do not excite the
emotions of the young people. Instead their emotions are
stirred by the Polisario [words indistinct]. Other Arab
opposition groups do not stir the young people either; it
is the Palestinian resistance that does this. If we subtract
the Palestinian resistance from the Arab reality, then we
will be left with ashes and extinguished embers. The
Palestinian resistance is an ember that we must continue
blowing on so that the other pieces of coal will light and
become embers. Therefore, you revere, respect, support,
and offer it everything. This is your pan-Arab duty.
Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/03/12 : CIA-RDP05-01559R000400420033-3