AL-QADHDHAFI 1 SEP SPEECH BEFORE MILITARY PARADE

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and professional federations, the General People's Congress, has
sent a telegram to HM King Hassan II of Morocco at the
conclusion of its historic session during which the decisions of the
basic people's congresses were read, unanimously agreeing to the
Arab-African union treaty between the Jamahiriyah and
Morocco. Here is the text of the telegram:
Greetings of the Arab unity, the general meeting of the basic
people's congresses, the people's committees, trade unions, asso-
ciations and professional federations, the General People's Con-
gress, in the Socialist Peoples Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah
[SPLAJ], held today in an extraordinary session to formulate the
decision of the people's congresses concerning the treaty of union
between the SPLAJ and the Kingdom of Morocco, has issued its
decision of agreement to this treaty. In so doing it has truthfully
reflected the will of the people of the Jamahiriyah and the Great
AI-Fatih Revolution which, we hope, will indeed meet the will of
its brothers, the people of Morocco, who have said yes to this
treaty.
The SPLAJ in the Arab Maghreb opens up today a fresh brilliant
page in the history of this Arab region and the Islamic world. We
fully believe that this treaty, for whose implementation we must
exert every true effort and sincere sacrifice, will, if realized be
the cornerstone in the building of the unity of the Arab Maghreb,
which will be a step on the road to an all-Arab unity, the
liberation of Palestine, the recovery of holy Jerusalem and victory
over the enemies of the Arab nation, Zionists and colonialists.
We hope that this treaty will be a large step toward the progress
and prosperity of our Arab people in both regions, and a good
omen for the Arab nation, the Islamic world and Africa. God is
the guide to success.
[Signed] The General People's Congress.
Reaction to Cheysson on French Concern Over Unity
LD030845 Tripoli ]ANA in Arabic 0700 GMT 3 Sep 84
[Text] Tripoli, 3 Sep (DANA) -Claude Cheysson, French min-
ister of external relations, said that his country is disturbed and
troubled by the establishment of the African-Arab union
between Jamahiriyah and Morocco. In a press statement the day
before yesterday at Tunis Airport Cheysson claimed that the
union between Jamahiriyah and Morocco troubles certain coun-
tries in the Arab Maghreb region, which in turn disturbs and
troubles France.
Cheysson's statement is considered a blatent intervention in the
internal affairs of the Arab countries, since the Africa-Arab
Union concerns the sons of the Arab nation, and they alone have
the right to deal with their unionist and fateful issues without
interference from anyone. The Arab nation is brought together
by a common destiny and one target to achieve comprehensive
Arab unity and liberate Arab territory.from Zionist filth. What-
everdifferences occur among the sons of the Arab nation, neither
France nor anyone else has anything to do with internal Arab
affairs.
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We do not forget the hated colonist French past and history in
the Arab homeland and African Continent. France colonized
many Arab and African peoples, persecuted the sons of the Arab
Maghreb, and tried with total insolance to make the sons of the
region Francophiles to control and dominate the region arid turn
it into French colonies. We also do not forget France's dirty
colonial past, when it killed or made destitute hundreds of
thousands of the sons of the Arab Maghreb to realize its colonial
designs of thousands of the sons of the Arab Maghreb to realize
its colonial designs and dreams. Moreover, the peoples of the
black continent know France only in the role of the colonialist
dominator of its sons. France has a long colonial history of
domination over the black continent, robbing its wealth and using
it in the service of French colonial aims.
The African-Arab Union confirms Arab unity and is considered
a challenge in the face of imperialism and Zionism, dictated by
history in gold letters to repulse the imperialist and Zionist
designs in the Arab homeland. It is, the cornerstone in building
the unity of the Arab Maghreb, which will be a step along the
path towards comprehensive Arab unity the liberation of Pal-
estine and holy Jerusalem, and victory over the enemies of the
Arab nation, both Zionist and colonialist.
With the establishment of the African-Arab union between the
Jamahiriyah and Morocco the countdown has started for a nation
that has been torn, oppressed, persecuted, and pursued by
AI-Qadhdhafi 1 Sep Speech Before Military Parade
LDO/ 1353 Tripoli Domestic Service in Arabic 0826 GMT
1 Sep 84
[Speech by Colonel~Mu`ammar al-Qadhdhafi e~fore~the military
parade in honor of the 15th anniversary of the Great 1 September
Revolution; at Green Square in Tripoli -live]
[Excerpts] We declare that on the 15th anniversary of the great,
revolution we are determined to demolish the borders - to
demolish the borders created by imperialism amongst the sons of
the Arab nation. We are determined to demolish the arrogance
of America, to cut America to size, and challenge its arrogance.
Brethren, we are determined to demolish the international dom-
ination and international haughtiness of the imperialist forces.
We declare that we are people [who have] decided to live in.
freedom and pride and enjoy high morale and a life worthy. of
defending (along) the Mediterranean, in North Africa, and in the
heart of the Arab homeland in the world, and are prepared to
fight with all that we possess to confront the arrogance of
imperialism and imperialist forces, the Zionist forces, and the
reactionary plots.
Brethren, we Have decided to continue on the stubborn march,
the march of challenge, so that we can live free on Earth and
under the sun. This is our natural right. Those who want to
challenge us, our national right to live free and in equality and
prosperity on our land and under the sun -those who want to
challenge us [words indistinct]. We are, brethren, a people that
cannot be satisfied by what was achieved in 15 years. We are
people who are, shouldering a serious responsibility, ahistoric
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responsibility -the responsibility of unifying the divided Arab
nation, the responsibility of mobilizing the forces of this nation,
the responsibility of liberating Palestine and destroying the hos-
tile Zionist camp.
Brethren, we shalt continue to mobilize the forces [of the] Arab
nation to destroy the so-called State of Israel -which was
established forcibly and by aggression and ugjustly over the
debris of our dear and wronged Arab people, the people of
Palestine - at any cost. Brethren, no matter what the world says,
no matter what the views of the world are about this artificial
entity, we Arabs do not recognize what is called the State of
Israel, either at the United Nations or outside the United
Nations. We shall work day and night to destroy this hostile
Zionist entity, which has begun to rearm with nuclear arms.
Brothers, the Zionist enemy's existance is in contradiction with
that of the Arab nation and threatens the Arab nation's existence.
This nation will never accept that that entity should continue to
grow, because it runs counter to the future of the Arab nation -
theexistence of the Arab nation, the security of the Arab nation,
and the future of the Arab nation. Brothers, the existence of the
Arab nation is being threatened by the Zionist entity, which is
backed by American imperialism.
The Zionist entity threatens the Arab nation's existence, and not
that of another nation. None of the nations that are sympathetic
to the Arab nation and back the Arab nation are in the same
situation as the Arab nation as regards this Zionist entity. The
Arab nation is the one under threat. The Arab nation is the one
that Zionism wants to deprive of its future - it wants to impose
a veto on the Arabs' future so that the Arabs may not enter the
atomic age, so that they may not enter the electronic era or realize
their unity, which would enable them to attain this.
Brothers, we do [not] accept a veto on our future. We will mobilize
our potentials. We will mobilize all our possibilities. We will
continue the liberation of our nation from the ocean to the Gulf,
so that it may be able to storm this entity that stands as an
obstacle to the future of the Arab nation - so that this entity
may be removed, brothers.
It is a disgrace that an Arab should talk about the rights of the
Palestinian people. Brothers, the non-Arab world that is sympa-
thetic to the Palestinian people should talk about the legitimate
rights of the Palestinian people. As for us, the Arabs, we should
talk about Palestine, our land, the land of our ancestors. We
cannot forego it, forget it, or give it away. We will teach it to our
children. We will teach them the sacred- hatred of Zionism,
imperialism, and reaction that conspired with Zionism and impe-
rialismand enabled this alien body to be implanted in the heart
of the Arab homeland.
Brothers, when we review the Armed Forces -when we review
token strike units of the Armed Forces in the Jamahiriyah - we
declare that these forces that are being built night and day are
not being built for parades. This parade is for greeting the Great
AL-Fatih Day. This parade is just a demonstration of power. It
is a token parade of strike forces that this parade represent. These
forces have not been built for parades. These forces were made
to liberate Palestine inch by inch, even if we have to engage in
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this [liberation] through a sea of blood and cross [into Palestine]
over bridges made of our bodies.
These forces were built to liberate Palestine and destroy what is
called Israel. We declare this loudly, brothers! This is why we
work for the realization of Arab unity. This is why we incite the
Arab nation. This is why we accept Arab unity with any Arab
regime.
These forces were built to change the map demarked by imperial-
ism and replace it with a map we sons of the Arab nation will
draw up with our own hands. The present map from the ocean to
the Gulf is false and is opposed to the will of the Arabs. It was
made by imperialism.
We declare here that we do not recognize these borders at all.
We are building this force and instigating the masses and mobi-
lizing them to be used in this regard and to tread on the borders
and shatter them. We are one Arab people from the Gulf to the
ocean. Ours is a one Arab homeland. This present partition is a
false one, which must end because it is contrary to the nature of
the one party and the one homeland.
Today, brothers, we are not presenting you with words but with
huge achievements, which we will review at the People's Hall this
evening. Today it is our duty and right to review at the People's
Hall the bridges of huge achievements that have been accom-
plished from 1 September 1969 to 1 September 1984.
What is more important than all achievements we present today
is the march of millions of sons of the Arab Maghreb, fraternal
people of the Arab Maghreb, to the plebiscite booths and the
march of the masses of the popular conferences in Libya to the
halls of the popular conferences -the movement of the masses
in Libya and Morocco to create the framework of unity and place
it on track, so that it may be followed by other train locomotives,
one after another, so that the train of the Arab nation may move
forward. This great historic event, the achievement that excels
all other achievements - is the event that, God willing, will
happen today.
Today at 1700 [1500 GMT], when we hear the results of what
the fraternal Moroccan people and what the popular conferences
had today - I am awaiting impatiently by seconds and moments
- [will be] a historic hour. If on this hour the masses say yes to
the federation, a new era will start for the Arab nation. It will be
anew dawn, after the dawn of the Great 1 September, rising on
the Arab world.
Brothers, we greet the heroic Moroccan Army and the great
Moroccan people. We greet the unionist Moroccan king. Yes, the
unionist king. Through him we challenge the presidents, leaders,
and commanders. We challenge those who traded with unity and
raised the slogans of unity. They have wronged the masses by
their false slogans. Today we challenge them.
I do not care whether one is a king or a president. I only care for
those who realize the unity of the Arab nation. Let them follow
the king of Morocco's suit. Brothers, this is a fact we cannot
overlook -the fact that a king and a kingdom are starting to lay
the cornerstone for the unity of the Arab nation.
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Should the masses of the Moroccan people answer yes to what
the king of Morocco put to them and should the popular confer-
ences in the Jamahiriyah also say yes to what I put to them in
the federation treaty, then 1 September will become a great
historic, pan-Arab day. It would become a day not only for the
Libyans -not the day of freedom for the Libyans -but the day
on which shackles were broken, pressures were lifted, and idols
brought down; when the winds freedom blew on Libya and the
sun of freedom rose over the Libyan territory and the Libyans -
men and women -raised their heads high; when the agent
throne collapsed and the flags of the American and British bases
came down; and when the Italian colonialist rule, which was
donned in civilian attire, trembled out of fear -that day will no
longer be the day of freedom for the Libyan people, but the day
of freedom for the entire Arab nation.
Incidentally, brothers, the parade happens to start from the west
and move eastward. Even though this came by chance, one can
interpret it optimistically -the march on the Arab land will
begin from the west and move eastwards. This means that the
guns and rifles have begun to be aimed at their natural targets.
This means that positions have been corrected; confrontations
have been corrected, and we are looking forward to the day when
the valiant forces of the Polisario will link up with the heroic
Moroccan Army, the Algerian Popular Armed Forces, and the
Libyan and Tunisian Armed Forces to march towards Palestine,
towards Jerusalem, and link up with the Syrian Army, the
Palestinian forces, Lebanese national forces, the Egyptian peo-
ple, and the Egyptian Army.
Brothers, this day may well come soon. Let us further incite this
nation. Let us further mobilize its dynamic forces. Libyans -
males and females -let us further raise inciting voices. Night
and day, let us further direct revolutionary calls to the masses of
our nation. It seems that this nation heeds such calls! This nation
seems to enjoy a conscience that is alive, that has not died despite
coercion, slavery, repression, exploitation, fragmentation, reac-
tion, fascism and dictatorships, and starvation. This nation
remains alive. This nation is alive, and the proof is that when the
king of Morocco called on the Moroccan people to vote in a
referendum on the union, yesterday evening 7 million people
moved to say yes - I believe - to the union, despite the fact
that the question of unity has been on the table in Morocco. For
long years, not to say generations, the question of Arab political
unity in this region was not discussed.
Yes, Morocco has been isolated behind the lofty mountains. It
has been isolated, but it has been a western citadel for the Arab
nation and the cherished Arab homeland. This long isolation goes
back hundreds of years. Morocco enjoyed independence 100
years before U.S. independence, and Morocco was the one to
recognize U.S. independence from British colonialism. This long,
long period has not killed or blunted the nation's sense of unity,
the unity of one Arab people among millions of the sons of
Fraternal Morocco. This shows that this is one people, one nation
the unity of which is ineluctable. This is proof, brothers, that the
borders behind which the secessionist and isolationist dwarfs
crouch are false and the masses will watch for opportunities to
remove them peacefully or through war.
When the opportunity came through the king of Morocco, the
Moroccan people, who were waiting for it, said yes to the king's
call for unity, the millions marched to say yes to unity, but not a
unity without objective. Unity as stipulated in the treaty of union
is a means for another objective. The foundatior~ on which the
union has been built is the liberation of Palestine and the destruc-
tion of Zionism's vanity as provided in the treaty's preamble.
The Zionists have been boastful and tyrannical on the Arab land.
They have been able to show vanity and tyranny thanks to agents
and traitors such as King `Abdallah [grandfather of Jordan's
King Husayn], `Anwar as-Sadat, Husni Mubarak and his appen-
dice Numayri, and the one that killed his own father in the
donkey stables [reference to Sultan Qabus of Oman]. Those who
presented the wrong image of the sons of the Arab nation.
Zionism believes that they are all cowards, like King `Abdallah;
that they are all traitors, like `Anwar as-Sadat; that they are all
appendices of anyone who recognizes them, such as Numayri and
Qabus.
However, brothers, they have pretended to ignore the killer of
traitor King `Abdallah, the killer of traitor Anwar as-Sadat, and
those who are going to kill the remaining traitors and appendices.
[applause] They have pretended to ignore that this nation con-
tainsrevolutionaries that destroyed the throne of Faysal [of Iraq]
in the 14 July [1958] Revolution when he tied Iraq to the colonial
Baghdad Pact, and that this nation has bred revolutionaries that
destroyed the throne of agent As-Sanussi when he turned Libya
into a base for colonialists. [applause] They have pretended to
ignore that this nation includes a people that offered 1.5 million
martyrs on the soil of Algeria until it was washed in blood and
cleansed of the dirt of the hateful French colonialism. They have
pretended to ignore that the Moroccan Army from the shores of
the Atlas [mountains], rushed forward to fight side-by-side with
the brave Syrian Army on the Golan Heights and the Egyptian
Army across the Canal in 1973.
Brothers; despite hopelessness, darkness, despair, hesitation, and
challenges, dawn is bound to break, no matter how long the night
may be. However long the night may be, the dawn is bound to
come. Along with every hardship comes a respite. From the midst
of this darkness the dawn will rise. From the darkness in the
Libyan territory the sun of the Great 1 September rose where the
people never expected it. From the midst of this darkness a new
pan-Arab dawn may begin to rise. It is the dawn of Arab unity
and the dawn of the new Arab rebirth. With the emergence of
this dawn the sun of the Arab unity will rise.
The Syrian people and the Algerian people will move toward
unity. I am sure, brothers, that Chadli Bendjedid, who together
with his colleagues and people, fought the immotal historic epic
-the epic of the liberation of Algeria -cannot betray the cause
of Arab unity. The Algerian people cannot be kept away from
effectively participating in the construction of Arab unity and
the creation of Arab force in the face of Arab unity's enemies.
As for the Syrian people, they are gurus of Arab unity. They are
the vanguards of the Arab nation -the true vanguards, broth-
ers, in the matter of Arab unity. None of us can outbid the
Syrians in the matter of Arab unity. Arab unity is a sun. Brothers,
the Syrians are the ones who refuse to be cut off from the Arab
nation's body or the Arab world. The truth of the matter is that
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the Syrians alone were the ones who recognized nothing but one
Arab people and one Arab homeland. W hatever we do, we cannot
outbid them -even if we bypass them with material actions on
the road of unity, historically we cannot outbid the Syrian's faith
in Arab unity.
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people and the one homeland. Brothers, this nation has no future
without unity. Unity is what protects this nation against enemies.
Unity is the power by which the peoples of the Arab nation can
overcome their internal enemies; ignorance, sickness and back-
wardness.
Hafiz al-Asad is amember of apan-Arab Unionist Party and has
been so since he was a student. He has been a unionist officer
since he became an officer. Now that he has assumed the
leadership of the Syrian people we sincerely believe that Hafiz
al-Asad cannot betray the cause of Arab unity. Indeed, he would
not hesitate to contribute to laying the cornerstone in the edifice
of Arab unity. He cannot let the unionist Syrian people miss the
chance to be the prize builders of the edifice of Arab unity. The
coming days, God willing, will prove the truth of what I said
about the Syrian people and Hafiz al-Asad and what I said about
the Algerian people and Chadli Bendjedid.
As for the Tunisian people, you have seen how they exploded the
volcano of unity on the eve of the signing and reading of the
historic Jarba declaration. The declaration of Jarba can never
die. Brothers, what we have written in the Jarba declaration will
come true. It will be realized by the Tunisian people and the
Libyan people. You could not expect the Tunisian people to go
mad about unity out of enthusiasm for it. I have seen them do so
with my own eyes on the eve of the declaration of Jarba. The
Tunisian youth are revolutionary unionist youth.
The Tunisian people and the Tunisian youth have such apprecia-
tion and respect For President Bourguiba that they do not want
to repay him with something bad in view of the fact that President
Bourguiba led an important phase of the Tunisian liberation from
French colonialism - do not forget that President Bourguiba
was a bitter enemy of France and was imprisoned by France and
that he led the Tunisian people not toward regionalism but
toward unity, for the fight against French colonialism in Tunisia
meant an alignment with Arabism. It is enough honor for Presi-
dent Bourguiba that he struggled for Tunisia while in Cairo,
which is now vanquished. In my estimation, the Tunisian people
and Tunisian youth - and I am with them in this - do not want
to create troubles for President Bourguiba. They want him to
complete his glorious long life without any misunderstanding
taking place between him and his people, because the Tunisian
people seem to be loyal people. They have not forgotten Bour-
guiba's past, and it is for the sake of that past that the Tunisian
people are continuing to restrain themselves. The Tunisian people
are revolutionary people. The Tunisian people are full of rev-
olution, unity, socialism, and liberation, but this has been mani-
fested only in extremely short periods. When this manifestation
leads to a confrontation with Bourguiba, the Tunisian people
prefer to be loyal to President Bourguiba.
In brief, what I want to say is that Tunisia cannot be discounted
From calculations for Arab unity and creative revolutionary work
for the liberation of the Arab land.
What extends from the ocean to the Gulf is actually one Arab
nation. This is one homeland for one people. Because of this,
brothers, we have the right to use whatever means are available
to us to achieve the unity of the Arab nation, to prove this
immortal fact, and to remove the borders which separate the one
If Syria does not reach the stage of liberating the Golan and
kicking the Israelis out of the south of Lebanon, it is because it
is difficult for Syria to face up to Zionism and imperialism at the
same time. In the battle of Beirut, Syria fought on its own. Syria
was suffering heavy losses, when I contacted President Hafiz
al-Asad, and on my own historic responsibility toward the Arab
nation, told him that Syria only has to be steadfast and not to
throw itself into an unequal battle. For the first time an Arab
country was fighting alone against Zionism and American impe-
rialism. This is suicide. I asked the Syrian Army only to stand its
positions and to stop fighting in the Al-Biqa' Valley. I insisted
that President Hafiz al-Asad only stand his positions and stop
any attacking operations, because in a limited period we lost
hundreds of tanks and tens of aircrafts and thousands of martyrs.
Today is the day for which we were waiting, counting the hours
minutes and moments, because today we might be creating a new
miracle, we might create a new era, and this nation might be
reborn today.
Today we address greetings to our masses, members of the basic
popular conferences in the holy land who held popular con-
ferences yesterday to approve the unity between Libya and
Morocco.
I ask the masses of the popular conferences in the holy land, the
revolutionary force of the popular conferences' masses in the holy
places; and the secretary general of the popular conferences now
in the holy land to celebrate the creation of the [Libyan-
Moroccan]federation today and the 1 September anniversary
with reason, responsibility, and close cooperation with the Saudi
authorities.
I will not accept at all that this be a reason for disturbances,
undermining security in the holy places, or creating of any
troubles for the Saudi quarters who are busy these days caring
for the comfort of the pilgrims from all over the world -and for
the Libyans in the holy land. They should cooperate with the
Saudi authorities and not obstruct their work.
I call upon them to cooperate with the Saudi authorities and not
preoccupy them. I call upon them so that we, the Arabs, can
perform the task of gathering with the other Islamic non-Arab
nations in God's holy house in peace and security.
I say this because early this morning I received reports from King
Hassan, King Fahd, and Syria to the effect that the revolutionary
force and the popular masses of the popular conferences among
the Libyan pilgrims have swept or want to sweep the streets of
Mecca and take control of the holy mosque and seize such places
from the Saudi security [forces], and that there are some extrem-
ists who threatened to take control of Mecca and destroy it.
I do not have any direct telephone contact with these people, but
they can hear me now, over the radio. I address to them an appeal
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calling on them to cooperate with the Saudi authorities.
We are passing through a stage when we want to rally the Arab
nation together. We are passing through a stage when a kingdom
has united with a jamahiriyah. This is because the degree of the
hostile challenge and the impending danger have reached such a
level that unity has become vital between the Kingdom and
Jamahiriyah, between a king and a commander of a revolution.
There seems to be some contadiction in this, but the biggest
contradiction is Zionism, imperialism, and backwardness. The
biggest contradiction is the common enemy.
Inter-Arab contradictions are secondary compared to these other
contradictions. They are governed by the rule of contradictions,
the rule of conflict among nations without any decision on our
part.
Thus, in this stage when a kingdom unites with Jamahiriyah to
face up to challenges we would not exclude the possibility that
Saudi Arabia, as a kingdom, might also join unity with us. We
want to pave the way for this. We want to pave the way even by
placing our bodies before the Arab nation, so that the Arab
nation may unite -let alone pave it by peaceful means and
ordinary attitudes.
The new secretary general, who was appointed last night instead
of the former secretary general, was actually elected by the
popular conferences -the Libyan conferences at the holy places
- to organize the celebration of the establishment of the feder-
ation and the anniversay of 1 September in complete calm and
close cooperation with the Saudi authorities.
We send our greetings to our pilgrims and our revolutionaries
there and to our brothers in Saudi Arabia and King Fahd, whose
duty is in fact to take care of these holy places. At no time has
Saudi Arabia been a political state, but the nature of the age
imposed this character on it. Saudi Arabia was originally
founded to serve the pilgrims.
By this, brothers, we open this historic festival of Al-Fatih Day,
the day in which the great revolution commenced, and in which
the Federation of Arab Republics [Egypt, Syria and Libya]
commenced. This federation still exists in spite of the treachery
of As-Sadat, and we still consider the fraternal Arab country of
Egypt as a member of the Federation of Arab Republics. We only
kicked out and killed As-Sadat because he was a traitor; But the
great people of Egypt and dear Egypt are an integrated part of
the Federation of Arab Republics, and can exercise all their
constitutional powers as a member of the Federation of Arab
Republics. As for Syria and Libya, they are members of the
Federation of Arab Republics. According to the Constitution, in
that day in that year, millions said yes to the Federation of Arab
Republics. No one can deny the masses who said yes. No one can
destroy what the masses built in the Federation of Arab Repub-
lics. The one who betrayed the oath and went back on his word
and said no to the masses the masses removed from their midst.
The Egyptian masses, during the liberation of the Arab nation,
would remove the trails of As-Sadat, if they continued on his path
-the path of treason, the path of political prostitution, the path
of national treason -which can never be forgiven. Brothers,
Egypt committed an unforgiveable crime against the Arab
nation. How can the rulers of Egypt today continue on the path
of As-Sadat, the path of treason. We object to this path, we
boycott this path. We will sacrifice to save Egypt and restore
Egypt to the Arab fold, because by defending ourselves, we are
defending the Arab nation. This is dictated by the security of the
Arab nation. We will never allow Egypt to remain a satellite of
Zionism, an American colony. We will not allow the commander
of the Israeli Army to inspect Libyan borders. We do not, at all,
accept what is going on at our borders. We will combat it by every
means. The rulers of Egypt have to know what fate lies ahead.
The rulers of Egypt have not been over-confident in the protec-
tion of American imperialism. We are not afraid of America, we
are committed to demolishing the arrogance of America. We are
a nation which has to be liberated, and with the help of God, this
nation will reach the stage of offering millions of sacrifices for
demolishing the arrogance of America, until the Arab nation is
respected everywhere on earth, until the Arab nation is feared
everywhere on earth, until America and others fear the Arab
nation era after era and generation after generation. To Hell with
America, and down with Zionism. We are coming to liberate
Palestine inch by inch, we are coming to make the Gulf of Sidra
into a red gulf; we are coming to destroy the American 6th Fleet
if it violates our sanctity; we are coming to demolish the arro-
gance of America; we are coming to join all our abilities with the
Palestinian resistance, with the Palestinian revolution, with the
national resistance, with the heroic Lebanese people, with the
heroic Syrian people.
The day of liberation will definitely come, the day of victory will
definitely come. This is our right, my brothers, this is our duty.
Life under the flag of imperialism, under the flag of Zionism,
under fear, under threat, or under American terrorism is
worthless.
Brothers, we must combat the American terrorism so that we can
feel that we are living happily. We want to live happily from the
ocean to the Gulf, to live with dignity and pride. If our homes
were destroyed and burned by bombs, we want to live, even for
a day, with dignity and pride. This nation must teach America a
lesson. We will teach america a lesson greater than the Vietnam
lesson. We will even teach a lesson to colonialist France; a lesson
greater than Dien Bien Phu. We will never accept colonization
near our borders or violating our borders. This is explicit coloni-
zation of Africa, this is an unjust colonization of Chad. This
President Goukouni, we support him and put our forces at his
disposal, we are ready to fight with him for the liberation of
Chad, to liberate Africa from colonialism.
Brothers, the colonialists have to know that they are facing a new
power, a challenging power, facing a nation which wants to live
free and dignified. In this nation there is a revolutionary force
which is able to mobilize its powers. There is a new force here
which America knows nothing about, and which France knows
nothing about, and which Zionism knows nothing about. The
colonialists have to watch their steps and return whence they
came in Chad, in Palestine, and everywhere in the World.
We have fought alongside Nicaragua. Here is the leader Tomas
Burge, one of the leaders of the Sandinistas, only miles from
America, the fighters have reached a million, and are provided
with Libyan arms and Libyan support, because they are fighting
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alongside us, because they are fighting America at its doorstep.
America is fighting you, America hates you and envies you
because you are actually fighting it at its doorstep. You are
fighting alongside Nicaragua, which might be belittled. Nicara-
gua means a great thing, it means fighting America near its
borders, similar to the fight that America is waging against us at
our borders in the Gulf of Sidra. We are fighting it in its
territorial waters in Nicaragua. Why did America occupy
Grenada? Because the resistance against imperialism near the
borders of America. Cuba is 90 miles away, a revolutionary
bastion, even a communist country, a principal enemy of capital-
ism in America.
think...do not think that America is all right, do not think that
America is happy. America is staggering because it is being
strangled; it is not happy when it sends its fleets; it is staggering
because it is being strangled at its borders. Yes, the imperialist
peoples will be strangled. We are working to build a wide front
of the peoples who are against America, of the peoples who are
struggling against imperialism, of the peoples who want to put
an end to the polarization of the great imperialist powers peoples
from Iran to Afghanistan -brothers, America wants to make
Afghanistan into a colony. When America speaks about the
forces which the revolutionary government in Afghanistan asked
for from the Soviet Union; When America talks about these
forces it does not weep for the Afghan people's freedom, it wants
to swallow Afghanistan and to make it into a sphere of influence
like Pakistan -from Iran to revolutionary Afghanistan, to
Nicaragua to Cuba, Namibia, Palestine, South Africa, and
Northern Ireland, we work for all these peoples, and we will be
victorious, with God's help, in forming a wide international front
which struggles against imperialism, [o encircle imperialism,
until we demolish its arrogance. From the UN to the Gulf of
Sidra. March forward and the struggle will continue.
AI-Qadhdhafi Speech at People's Congress Final Session
LDOl2i02 Tripoli Domestic Service in Arabic 1540 GMT
I Sep 84
[Speech by Colonel Mu`ammar al-Qadhdhafi at the final session
of the General People's Congress in Tripoli People's Hall -live]
[Excerpts] (? We have been waiting) for this glorious day, the
great AI-Fatih Day that has seen the emergence of the Great
AI-Fatih Revolution and that of the union of Arab republics, and
it is today witnessing the birth of the union between the Moroc-
can Kingdom and Libya. So the Al-Fatih day enters the eternal
golden records book of the Arab nation; it enters the history of
the Arabs as a pan-Arab day and not as a regional day. This is
because the revolution that broke out on the dawn of this day 15
years ago is a unonist revolution launched by the movement of
the free unionist officers. [applause]
It is neither a surprise nor something new for those who launched
this revolution; what is surprising is what has not been achieved
in the last 15 years of unionist action, because the foundation of
the emergence of the movement of the free unionist officers was
the realization of Arab unity. We consider that our efforts have
not been directly successful in achieving unity, but all our efforts
from the Tripoli covenant to the union of Arab republics, to the
Jarba declaration, to Hassi Messaoud [attempt at union with
Algeria at Hassi Messaoud meeting], to the Oujda treaty, to any
other unionist attempt, which I may not remember now, will not
be in vain as the West, which is full of hatred against the Arab
nation, would wish, the West that wishes all our efforts to fail.
In fact the efforts have brought closer the day of Arab unity.
Today the winds of Arab unity have blown on the extreme Arab
Maghreb [Morocco] [applause] because the appearance of a
unionist revolution in Libya (?made it possible) to propose Arab
unity to Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.
In brief, I would like to say how we reached this glorious day.
The entry to this union is modest, characterized with all realism
that takes regionalism into account. But if it is not a source of
enthusiasm at its beginning, it is a source of hope and optimism.
Not all that is a source of enthusiasm realizes hope.
Morocco has been isolated, as I told you this morning, for 300
years; Libya became isolated about 1911, isolated by Italian
colonialism. Three quarters of a century of regionalism in Libya,
300 years of regionalism in Morocco. The Egyptians say that they
are 5,000 years old, taking into account the first dynasties of
ancient Egyptians which commenced 3,200 years before the birth
of Christ. A country which was isolated for 300 years from the
other Arab countries to approve today in its millions a federation
with another Arab people who are located in the middle of Africa
-and the two peoples are separated by thousands of kilometers
- this is a passive decision [as heard]. But this gives hope that,
whatever the distance and whatever the duration of regionalism,
this federation confirmed at an immortal hour, this nation con-
firmed at an immortal hour that it is united. There was no
enthusiasm, but there were great hopes in this federation. Actu-
ally, this federation is built on confidence more than it is built on
written treaties. There are many written treaties, and As-Sadat
swore the constitutional oath before the Federal National Assem-
bly. Millions queued to create the Federation of Arab Republics
on 1 September in the year -what year was it? 1971 ? - on 1
September 1971 millions queued in Syria, Egypt and Libya to
create the federation. As-Sadat took the constitutional oath
before the National Assembly. But As-Sadat betrayed [words
indistinct]. (?The federation) is actually built on trust, because
the documents with As-Sadat and his taking the oath did not stop
him from opting out and betrayal.
The most important thing in this treaty is that it reaffirms the
unity of the Arab nation between nonadjacent countries. This
nation is one nation, a nation that challenges geography, chal-
lenges regionalism, and challenges all elements that contradict
the unity of the Arab nation. Even if the federation fails [word
indistinct], it confirms that the peoples are trying to rally, and
the nation is trying to collect itself anew whenever it is divided.
Today is a historic chance, the Moroccan and Libyan peoples
implemented a federation between them. There were elements of
oppression, internal and external, to kill this federation, but
always whenever a chance appears the masses will opt for Arab
unity. We said that we are one nation whose interest lies in unity.
But someone might oppresses us and forces us to dissolve this
federation.
I have found sincere intentions in King Hassan II. I am confident
that he is sincere and full of enthusiasm for this federation. Also,
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this is the first time that our brothers in Morocco have tried to
negotiate, and sign and establish a federation with us. In fact, all
our intentions were directed toward the Arab East, because the
Arab East was raising the flag of the unity of the Arab nation,
so that is why we addressed ourselves to it immediately. Now we
have started to address ourselves to the Arab Maghreb, because
the Arabs of the Maghreb are more serious than the Arabs in the
East.
Then the treaty includes the formation of a federal court so that
if someone works against or breaks this federation, the role of the
court appears. The court will condemn whoever betrays the issue
of the federation. If there had been a court to try As-Sadat
constitutionally, it would have voided all his actions and would
even have given them the justification for stopping As-Sadat.
Actually, this extra guarantee was insistently requested by me,
despite the fact that King Hassan considered that the trust
between us is enough. But I am not talking about friends -the
two of us trust each other, and we both declared this federation.
These peoples said yes, but other situations and circumstances
might occur, even after us.
This made me suggest forming a federal court to try anyone who
would violate the federation treaty. Furthermore, I requested
that we exchange letters to inform the International Court of
Justic that we have concluded a treaty with such stipulations, and
have formed a court; and if this court was unable at anytime to
arbitrate any problem concerning the federation, then either
party would be able to file a case before the International Court
of Justice and we would accept its ruling, which would be binding.
For example, let us suppose that there was a separation. God
forbid; we would ask who was responsible for the separation, and
file a case at the federal court. Let us suppose that the federal
court was obstructed by one of the parties which prevented those
from either Libya or Morocco from coming forward, so it was
unable to [words indistinct], and the court was unable to perform
its tasks. In such an instance, either side would be able to file a
case before the International Court of Justice. We shall say that
the treaty we informed you of some time ago [words indistinct]
and now we have a problem, (?and we want you to arbitrate). The
International Court of Justice will investigate, and no one can
hinder the (?activities) of the International Court of Justice
[words indistinct]. The International Court of Justice will make
its ruling that either Libya or Morocco is the cause or so and so
is the cause and its decision will be binding.
I consider this a safeguard so that the federation will not be
(?considered) a game as was the case with the Federation of Arab
Republics. However, I sent a message to all Arab leaders, even
to Egypt (?which was then under As-Sadat's rule). We sent them
a copy via the United Nations and we even sent the Sudan a copy
by mail. This message said that the time had come to work
seriously to save the future of the Arab nation and think seriously
about the unity of the Arab nation. This was the main point of
the message I sent.
Israel wrote and announced that we produced more than 200
nuclear warheads. Now they are making missiles with a
4,000-km range to reach any Arab capital. They are building
large frigates to close Bab al-Mandeb and Gibraltar and control
sea routes at these two straits to search everything that enters or
leaves the Arab homeland. If you buy iron and steel products or
nuclear products, they could find them in a shop from Scandina-
via enroute to Libya and could say the products are prohibited
from entering the Arab world. This (?will) happen and they have
announced it. The Israelis are following a very hellish way inside
the Arab nation and continue so, and we wait until they kill us.
Indeed you saw [words indistinctJ.
I sent this letter to the Arabs [?calling for] serious work, to
achieve a unity of thought, the unity of the Arab nation in any
form and the liberation of Palestine. We received many replies.
Here is a reply from Chadli Bendjedid -agreeing with the need
to create a joint Arab nation to bring the Arab capabilities
together and defend the fateful and strategic issues - an urgent
demand. This is the essence [word indistinct].
Here is a reply from King Fahd. We must consecrete all Arab
efforts for the confrontation of our enemies and all the attempts
aimed at obstructing the joint Arab action. He says Arab minis-
terial committees should be set up to study the most important
issues and topics on the agenda of the forthcoming Arab summit,
to (?study) the Arab-Zionist conflict and study the various alter-
natives for the development of the joint Arab action toward a
desirable goal. In brief he is saying these are matters we will
submit to the forthcoming summit conference.
The reply of President Bourguiba declares that he had studied
this message with every care and consideration [words indistinct]
and I share your preoccupation with these matters and I imagine
as you do the gloominess looming ahead -the dark view of the
future, and I also adopt your [word indistinct] analysis of the
Israeli expansionist plan and of its [word indistinct] and repercus-
sions at present and in the future. There is no difference between
us, that a serious pursuit of the matter is needed because the
factor of time, as you have mentioned, is not in favor of the Arabs.
Thus [word indistinct] makes our backwardness graver and our
problems more difficult. The issue of unity and Palestine have
become organically linked and they cannot be separated. I do not
see any objection to holding (?official) meetings under the
umbrella of the Arab League devoted to discussing this issue.
Such was the reply of Preident Bourguiba [words indistinct].
And here is the reply of the amir of Kuwait. I share without doubt
the feelings about the weak position reached by the Arab nation
to the extent that its enemies belittle it and work continuously to
weaken and splinter it. We all share the aspirations and expecta-
tions and strive to see the Arab nation united. The issue of unity
or union between the Arab countries is a fateful issue which
requires a balanced discussion at the level of decision makers who
can reach an agreement on the first practical steps. We do not
differ with you on these objectives and desires which are the
aspirations and expectations of every sincere Arab.
President `Ali Nasir Muhammad replies: The proposals and
visualization which you presented in this context constitute a
positive framework for the confrontation of the current chal-
lenges facing the Arab nation and its legitimate causes, foremost
the Palestine cause which [words indistinct] the seeds of the
Arab-Zionist conflict. We appreciate and support your valuable
initiative which you presented to the Arab states as a draft plan
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for Arab action to be adopted by the coming summit conference.
We, as the revolution, must make your sincere initiative a success
in view of these facts.
This is a reply from the President of Mauritania. I share with you
the opinion that the time has come for the Arab states to
reconsider their stand and shoulder their pan-Arab responsibil-
ities toward the Zionist danger, especially during this period
when danger has reached its climax as represented in the continu-
ing occupation of the Arab territories and expulsion of the
Palestinian Arab people from its national soil while ignoring all
the opinion and resolutions of the international community which
are aimed at the achievement of peace and justice in this region.
From this premise I bless any initiative capable of uniting and
closing the ranks to escape the present predicament and achieve
the desired objective, foremost, the recovery of the usurped land
and injured dignity and returning the expelled people to their
homeland. This was Ould Haydala.
Now the reply of President Hassan Gouled of Djibouti: We are
certain that the proposals which you presented are capable of
dealing with the Arab situation from which our Arab nation
suffers. [as heard]
After he wrote this letter he sent the speaker of the house of
deputies to explain his stand.
The reply of the amir of Bahrain. He confirmed that the state of
Bahrain is in agreement with the message, sent his regret for the
[word indistinct] which the Arab nation is living and which is
threatening it with extinction, and conflict with external forces
or infighting, and that there is a need for a serious stand to
straighten matters out.
The reply of the amir of Qatar [words indistinct] and expressed
his appreciation of what I had presented. He says that the current
Arab atmosphere and the deterioration from which the Arab
nation is suffering dictates that their intentions toward each
other be cleared to have the desire and serious determination to
present the problems among the Arab countries and solve them
and then to (?reach) agreement on the objectives of the Arab
nation.
The President Hafiz al-Asad says his attitude is ours. I spoke to
him even before the arrival of the message. President Amin
al-Jumayyil, president of Lebanon, confirmed Lebanon's
endorsement of the Libyan initiative. The king of Jordan
expressed approval of the plan and confirmed that there was no
alternative to joint Arab action at present. The president of the
PNC said there is no doubt that their side approved its content.
Some of the replies were written, some were verbal, and some
were personal [words indistinct]. The reply by King Hassan (?led
to this result) - he responded immediately and proposed the
creation of a union between Libya and Morocco. [Applause]
After the king had said he was ready for the creation of unity in
truth, l told him at the start that there was a strong contradiction
between Libya and Morocco. Libya is a Jamahiriyah, the summit
of the revolutionary camp, and Morocco is a kingdom and, as
King Hassan has put it, leader of the conservative group. I even
told him that as Arab brothers we can understand each other;
one is called Mu`ammar and the other is Hassan, but [words
indistinct]. He says that generally the points which I have raised
indicate that I have seriously considered his proposal. It also
indicates a sense of responsibility should unity indeed be estab-
lished between the two countries. I also discussed what America
would say and what the other Arab countries and Israel would
say. [Words indistinct] and neither America nor any other state
can dissuade Morocco from its pan-Arab resolution. [applause]
Consultations began. At the beginning they were in secret at
Morocco's request so that enemies and the rancorous could not
interfere and abort the action. Later it was Morocco who pre-
sentedthis introduction, the preamble which you have read in the
treaty, and [words indistinct] that the union would be set up in
this form.
As a matter of fact, I did not intervene much in amending the
Moroccan proposal because I wanted the responsibility to be with
Morocco. Morocco is the one who called for union. Its (?response)
was the setting up of a union between Libya and Morocco, a
union by means of a treaty in this form. So the responsibility is
borne by Morocco. Morocco, you have asked for a union. We
have agreed. You have proposed that the union be in such a form
and that it be called such. We have agreed, but the responsibility
is borne by Morocco. If, God forbid, something happens tomor-
row, one would not say that, by God, this is because you have
entered and your proposal was such [sentence as heard]. At the
beginning we told you that your proposal (word indistinct]. From
the beginning we told you that the union should not be in this
form. I told King Hassan: You [word indistinct] all the concep-
tions that you deem will make a successful union between two
states like Libya and Morocco.
In fact, I did discuss a lot with him. I made minor amendments
only. The essential thing is the court of justice and the budget.
The union should have a development budget and an administra-
tive one. In other words, Libya has part of the budget and
Morocco has part of the budget. These will then be made into
one unionist budget which will spend money on common projects,
on unionist projects linking the two countries. If another state
joins ar-d accepts this budget, then the budget becomes like that
of the United States, like the budget of the Soviet Union, or like
the budget of any large state.
Consultations were held later with Syria, Algeria and Tunisia.
We found that Syria and Libya were still in the union of Arab
republics; (? it might continue as it is). [applause) It is believed
that Algeria might join later. With these developments the
number of Arab nation members began to increase. It had been
decreasing to a level where there would only be disappearance
unless we obliged ourselves to make the count go up. By God,
today is indeed considered to be a historical day where perhaps
the count will increase for a fragmented, wronged and oppressed
nation, harassed by its enemies.
The Americans, the Israelis and the French have humiliated us.
They daily inflict humiliations. American planes come from
America to drop their wastes and their bombs on the Arab land
in Egypt and over Sudan. The AWACS spy planes fly over and
desecrate Arab airspace.
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Libya Releases Two British Detainees
LD02/527 Tripoli JANA in English 1447 GMT 2 Sep 84
[Text] Tripoli, Dhu al-Hijjah 6, Sept 2, JAMAHIRIYAH
NEWS AGENCY -Two Britons were released in Tripoli last
night, George Bush and Douglas Ledingham who were convicted
[on charges of] violating the security of the revolution in the
Jamahiriyah. The British citizens were released in the presence
of Mufta Ku`aybah, secretary of the General People's Commit-
tee for Justice and members of the British labour delegation
visiting Jamahiriyah to participate in the celebrations of Libyan
Arab people marking the 15th anniversary of the Great Al-Fatih
revolution as well as in the presence of many world journalists.
Mufta Ku'aybah, secretary of the General People's Committee
for Justice, said in a statement he read out to the journalists: The
release of the British citizens is on purely humanitarian grounds
to express the extent of the tolerance of the Libyan Arab people
and its goodwill for establishing good relations with the British
people.
He added: The British Government initially strained Libyan
Arab-British relations and destroyed its basis and principles,
because it harboured and helped cliques of terror of Libyan
fugitives who are wanted by the Interpol.
He also said: We are concerned about and dissatisfied with the
stand of the British Government against the Jamahiriyah people
as it opposes the Libyan citizens in Britain.
He mentioned that the Jamahiriyah received more than 11,000
British citizens who enjoy their full rights, live in peace and
security and [who all]receive total respect, welcome, and good
treatment by the Libyan people.
Voting Statistics in Treaty Referendum Reported
LD312342 Rabat Domestic Service in Arabic 2200 GMT
31 Aug 84
[Excerpts] The Ministry of Interior has begun to give the first
results of the referendum which took place today in all parts of
the Kingdom in connection with the Arab-African federation
treaty. Attendance at the polling places took place in an atmo-
sphere of national enthusiasm, which has always reflected the
attitudes of the Moroccan people toward historic events.
The final results recorded in some regions have reflected the
approval and complete response to the action of His Majesty
King Hassan II which he had taken to strengthen Arab-African
solidarity. An international media delegation consisting of 150
newsmen including the Libyan media delegation, is conveying
the results of the referendum to the Libyan Jamahiriyah. The
final results of the voting is as follows:
Registered voters: 223,992
Votes cast: 221,036
Cancelled votes: 191
Expressed votes: 220,865
Affirmative votes: 220,865
The voting was 100 per cent. Ouarzazate Region consists of 32
(electoral) districts.
Registered voters: 220,772?
Votes cast: 194,840
Cancelled votes: 54
Expressed votes: 193,994
Affirmative votes: 193,994
Votes cast were 87 per cent. Voting average was ] 00 per cent.
Taza Region includes 27 districts.
Registered voters: 256,931
Votes cast: 255,670
Cancelled votes: 23
Expressed votes: 255,647
Affirmative votes: 255,647
Attendance was 93.2 percent. Average attendance was 100
percent. Safi consists of 22 districts.
Registered voters: 162,919
Votes cast: 153,664
Cancelled votes: 201
Expressed votes: 153,463
Affirmative votes: 153,384
Average attendance 98.12 percent. Attendance average was
(93.95 percent). Azilal consists of 23 districts.
Registered voters: 320,047
Votes cast: 217,319
Cancelled votes: 209
Expressed votes: 299,510
Affirmative votes: 299,505
Average attendance was 98.56 percent. Affirmative vote average
was 99.99. El Jadida has 27 districts.
Registered voters: 43,239
Votes cast: 42,640
Cancelled votes: 1060
Expressed votes: 41,580
Affirmative votes: 41,580
Average attendance 98.61 percent. Average attendance 100
percent. The region consists of 7 districts.
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