Excerpts from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's speech to the Kuwaiti people broadcast Saturday by Iraqi state television. The remarks were delivered in Arabic and translated by The Associated Press."We are saying what we are saying not out of weakness or as a tactic to an illegitimate end but to clarify facts as we see them. ... On that basis, we apologize to God for any action that may anger the Almighty if such an action took place in the past, unbeknownst to us but considered to be our responsibility, and to you (Kuwaitis) we apologize on this basis as well. O, you brothers, what we wish for is what we are working to achieve for your brothers in Iraq: to live free, without foreign control of your destiny, will, decisions, wealth, present and future." "We're really sorry we took your country away from you and tried to wreck it. It wasn't our fault. We're not sure how it happened. Y'see, we really like you guys. All we want is to get along: we'll oppress our people, you can oppress your people.""Kuwaiti officials said that they meet the (Iraqi) opposition for consultations. What kind of consultation is this other than conspiring against Iraq and interfering in its internal affairs under foreign supervision?" "You don't want to have anything to do with those guys. There's no telling what they'll do...""Doesn't any Iraqi or Kuwaiti have the right to say ... why don't the believers, loyalists and holy warriors get together with their counterparts in Iraq under the tent of their creator - instead of the tent of London, Washington and the Zionist entity - to discuss first and foremost jihad against the occupying infidel armies to cleanse the shame and harm inflicted on the people of Kuwait or Iraq?" "Let's all us Muslims get together and get some jihad goin'. I mean, you wouldn't want to support a bunch of Jews and Westerners and infidels against fellow members of the Master Race, wouldja?""Our behavior was prompted by so many actions starting with the joint military maneuvers in October 1989 in Kuwait under the auspices of the Americans. Then General Schwarzkopf, in February 1990, said that there was a need to increase the American presence in the Gulf area ... and then (Kuwait's) lowering the prices of crude oil despite OPEC's warning." "So, y'see, it really wasn't our fault! It was all Norm's doing...""For those and other reasons, it was clear to us that danger for Iraq was in the offing and that it could not be solved through political channels. Therefore, under the framework of self protection and protecting everything that is dear, the events of Aug. 2 1990, took place." "I mean, those infidels were invading everybody in sight, so what could we do? Kuwait was just sittin' there, and then somebody said, 'Hey, you guys should invade Kuwait to keep the Merkins from taking it over,' and we thought he was a Kuwaiti or somethin', so there we were! It was only later that I noticed he was one of my nephews.""As you can see, the foreigners are occupying your country...and as you know, when the foreigners occupy a country, they do not only desecrate the soil but the soul, the religion and the mind." "So where are you now? Sittin' around with a bunch of infidels running around, with tanks and guns and such. You think they're directed at us, but we know better, don't we? They'll soon be sniffin' around your womenfolk and everything. Just you wait.""We and the people of Iraq salute those young believers who stand up to the foreign occupier with arms and those who see or believe that it is a shame that requires the cleansing of the land, and of the people, by fire and other means." "We salute them, just like we saluted the Young Revolutionaries who invited us to gobble up Kuwait ten years ago, even if they were my nephews and his friends. You guys should go out and kill some Merkins, and then the rest of them will go away. And then things'll be back to normal, but we won't invade you again. Really we won't."
Nope. Still doesn't make any sense. |