『亜空間通信』424号(2002/11/05)を再録(阿修羅投稿

イラクは日本じゃないサダムは裕仁じゃないサウジ外相が米国に警告イラン報道

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『亜空間通信』424号(2002/11/05)
【イラクは日本じゃないサダムは裕仁じゃないサウジ外相が米国に警告イラン報道】

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転送、転載、引用、訳出、大歓迎!

 ああ、私は、日本国籍を自ら望んで得たのではないのだ!

 ああ、恥ずかしい。

 イランのテヘラン・タイムズ報道によると、サウジアラビアの外務大臣、アル・サウド・ファイアル王子は、アメリカのイラク攻撃に基地を使わせない、などと強い口調でCNNに語り、歴史に照らせば、外国の軍隊の駐留によって永久的に変革することは出来ない、などと論じた。

 そこで、突然、日本が出てきた。アメリカによるイラクの占領政策の前例として、日本の名が、すでに出ていたのである。このことは、全世界に知られている。

 そして、ファイアル王子は、こう言ったのである。

「イラクは日本じゃない。サダムは裕仁じゃない」。
"Iraq is not Japan. Saddam Hussein is not the Emperor Hirohito,"

 おい、おい、どうするね。天皇崇拝主義者どもよ!
 宮内庁よ!

 聞け!
 以下、全文紹介する。

http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=11/5/02&Cat=2&Num=014

Saudi Arabia Sends Strong Anti-War Message to U.S.
RIYADH -- Saudi Arabia has sent yet another strong message to the United States, its main Western ally, that it will not allow the use of its military facilities in threatened U.S. strikes against Iraq.

Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said Sunday Riyadh would not allow Washington to use its territory or airspace to attack Iraq even if the United Nations were to endorse military action.

"We will cooperate with the (UN) Security Council, but as to entering the conflict or using the facilities as part of the conflict, that's something else," Prince Saud told CNN in an interview.

Saudi Arabia played a critical role in providing bases and air support to the U.S.-led coalition during the 1991 Persian Gulf War which liberated Kuwait from Iraqi occupation.

The United States was also allowed to use the command and control systems at Prince Sultan Air Space in Al-Kharj, south of Riyadh, during the war in Afghanistan last year.

"Saudi Arabia and the United States have strategic relations ... based on mutual interests. In this case, Riyadh does not see any interest in attacking Iraq," said Anwar Eshki, head of the Jeddah-based Middle East Center for Strategic and Legal Studies.

"The kingdom believes that a war against Iraq serves American interests alone and puts the Iraqi people at risk.

For this reason, the kingdom is adamant it will not participate," Eshki told AFP.

Riyadh has repeatedly refused to cooperate with Washington in its plans to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein because the Saudis are worried about U.S. occupation of its Arab neighbor.

"History tells us that whatever change you believe you can bring to the country that you occupy, you can never make a permanent change through occupation by a foreign force in the country," Prince Saud said.

"Iraq is not Japan. Saddam Hussein is not the Emperor Hirohito," he said, referring to World War II.

Eshki said that even though Saddam might be oppressing the Iraqi people and might not be a good leader, Saudi Arabia does not want to see a foreign power changing a neighboring regime.

"Changing the regime in Baghdad is not our business, and the kingdom will not agree that it is changed by a foreign power, even if that was the United States.

"Overthrowing Saddam will create a very dangerous precedent and will lead to major political turmoil in the region and other parts of the world," Eshki warned.

Saudi Arabia, which is home to around 6,000 U.S. troops, has warned of a human tragedy if Washington attacks Iraq, and has called for resolving the crisis through diplomacy.

"We think it is feasible. Iraq has made a very clear and unambiguous promise to the Arab countries that it will abide by the United Nations resolutions and so we think the road is set for that," Prince Saud said.

Saudi Arabia, along with the other five members of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), has called on Iraq to heed any new UN resolution on disarmament.

"I hope Iraq will honor (any) new UN resolution," PGCC Secretary General Abdulrahman al-Attiya told AFP in Muscat.

"I would like diplomatic efforts to succeed instead of any chance for an attack," Attiya said.

U.S. President George W. Bush has stepped up pressure for a new British-supported UN resolution that would set tough new conditions for starting UN weapons inspections in Iraq.

 以上。


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