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Letters to the Editor October 18, 2002
Suspects
From Mr.
M.A. Hegazi,
Melbourne, Australia.
In the
aftermath of the
Bali blasts, the dubiously controlled American and
British mass media were quick to announce the "possible"
responsibility of one "Islamic" group or another.
Instead, could we contemplate
the possibility of CIA or Mossad responsibility? After all, they are
the only party to benefit from the post-carnage propaganda.
Historically, similar
occurrences were the responsibility of Zionist groups. The bombing of
occupied Jerusalem's King David hotel in 1946 was the work of the
Irgun gang headed by Menachem Begin.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor October 25, 2002
Global control
From Mr. M.A. Hegazi, Melbourne, Australia.
Once again, another massacre, this time in Bali. Yet again we were
quickly told that the likely perpetrators were "Islamist" groups. But
what do "Islamists" stand to gain here?
Killing Western tourists, mostly from Australia, is damaging to
relations between Australia and Indonesia. This is exactly what is
needed to give a false boost to the dwindling support in Australia for
the subservient foreign policy of its unpopular prime minister.
Killing tourism to Bali is a secondary aim. Further tarnishing the
image of Muslims and Islam is another overriding hidden factor.
Australian public opinion is strongly opposed to U.S. aggression
against Iraq. The Bali bombing was designed to reverse this trend.
Will it be successful? We will have to wait and see, while Australia
mourns the victims of hegemony and lust for global control.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor October 29, 2002
Moderation
From Mr. C.T. Mastroianni, Milford, Massachusetts, USA.
Regarding the atrocities in Bali, Mr. Hegazi ("Global control" Gulf
News Online, October 25) asks: "What do "Islamists" stand to gain
here?" and answers: "The Bali bombing was designed to reverse" the
lack of public support in Australia for "U.S. aggression against
Iraq."
Mr. Hegazi intimates that those who want Saddam Hussain removed from
power orchestrated the attacks in Bali to gain Australian support.
This is yet another example of the penchant for conspiracy theories
which seems so prevalent.
I
would urge Mr. Hegazi and others to read the statements of the various
Muslim groups; they all speak of worldwide Jihad to impose their rule.
Following the attack in Bali, Abu Bakar Bashir, leader of Jemaah
Islamiah, states: "My message to the families (of the victims) is
please convert to Islam as soon as possible."
Contrary to what Mr. Hegazi suggests, America does not seek "hegemony
and lust for global control." These are the stated goals of Islamic
terrorists.
To
combat them, America needs the continued support of peaceful and
moderate Muslims worldwide.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor November 1, 2002
Out of range
From Mr. M.A. Hegazi, Melbourne, Australia.
Mr. Mastroianni ("Moderation" Gulf News Online, October 29) says
America is not after the construction of an oil pipeline through
Afghanistan or grabbing Iraq's oil reserves. He wants us to believe in
the American red herrings of "fighting terrorism" and eliminating
"weapons of mass destruction" aimed at America. I am afraid such goods
cannot be sold to an Arab readership.
America cannot possibly be within range of any missiles that Iraq
could develop. European countries, which presumably would be within
reach, are not worried. We will never equate freedom fighters in
Palestine, Chechnya or Afghanistan as terrorists. This is the kind of
fallacy the Jewish-controlled mass media in the U.S. produces.
Mr. Mastroianni mentioned "Islamic terrorists". Yet I did not say
anything about the extremist Judaeo-Christians in America, who believe
in the creation of a Zionist state on Arab land. Bush turns a blind
eye to Israel, which is headed by a war criminal. Why is Israel
allowed to stockpile weapons of mass destruction?
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor November 5, 2002
Unsought role
From Mr.
C.T. Mastroianni,
Milford, Massachusetts, USA.
Mr.
Hegazi's original letter ("Global control" Gulf News Online,
October 25) spoke of responsibility for the
Bali bombings. He did not mention oil, weapons of
mass destruction or a pipeline in Afghanistan. Nor did I, contrary to
his assertion.
He now states: "We will
never equate freedom fighters in Palestine, Chechnya or Afghanistan
with terrorists" ("Out of range" Gulf News, November 1).
Afghanistan is again becoming a
civil society thanks to troops from America, its allies and
Afghanistan, which defeated Al Qaida and the Taliban. If a pipeline is
built, Afghans will benefit.
Oil was not an issue
when America and Nato rescued Muslims in Bosnia and Kosovo. If oil was
its objective, America has the capacity to "grab" oil fields and could
have done so in Kuwait and Iraq in 1991.
Most
Palestinians now recognise that suicide bombings have damaged their
cause. Similarly, threatening to blow up people in a theatre will
achieve nothing for Chechens. The futility of these actions was well
expressed in Arab Perspective (Gulf News, November 1).
America now confronts
global terrorism. It is not a role we sought. But a world rid of
dictators and terrorists will help ensure energy supplies and benefit
economies worldwide.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor November 9, 2002
U.S. misinformation campaigns
From Mr. M.A. Hegazi, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
It
is not my problem that Mr. Mastroianni ("Unsought Role" Gulf News
Online, November 5) could not see a link between America's hegemony,
aggression against Iraq, plans to control Gulf oil reserves and CIA
staged bombings here and there, for the sake of giving Americans and
the world a false impression that "Islamic terror" is rife and on the
loose.
American extremists in the government and the media try to justify the
bombing of Afghanistan, killing many civilians. They tried to justify
the unwarranted madness and war-mongering about Iraq, a country far
from the U.S.
Contrary to Mr. Mastroianni's notion about Afghanistan, America and
its allies are suffering the slow depletion of undeclared casualties.
Otherwise, the job would have been done "in a few days" as initially
declared by Bush.
Nothing has changed in Afghanistan except a return to opium production
and increasing hostility towards the invaders.
Americans will be stuck in this quagmire for many years to come before
getting kicked out, like the Russians and the British before them, by
the tenacious Afghan resistance that is building up.
Suicide bombing remains the only tactic against Israeli squatters in
Palestine. It might take 50 or more years before the racist Zionist
entity is dismantled, but it will be, as long as there are
Palestinians willing to sacrifice their lives for their stolen
country.
As
to America's role in creating "a world rid of dictators", I would
inform Mr. Mastroianni that I come from Egypt, where corrupt dictators
were propped up and physically guarded by the CIA.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor November 12, 2002
Disservice
From Ms
P. Coviello,
Massachusetts, USA.
Mr.
Hegazi offers a great deal of information but quotes no sources ("U.S.
misinformation campaigns" Gulf News Online, November 9). I know
a number of the American servicemen in Afghanistan and have had no
word of any "mysterious depletion" in their number.
I
suppose it could always be the CIA answering their wives' letters. As
we only have about 1,500-2,000 special forces remaining in
Afghanistan it will be
quite some time before the U.S. armed services are "depleted".
It may
also have escaped Mr. Hegazi's notice that
Germany and Turkey have taken over peacekeeping
duties in Afghanistan.
I would
be interested to know how Mr. Hegazi came about the information on the
CIA staging bombings. If this information was something other than the
product of his imagination it would be worthwhile to investigate.
If American hegemony was the true cause of
Muslim extremism, and not a smokescreen for an ideological battle, why
would anyone attack Australian tourists?
Statements referring to the dismantling of the
Zionist entity only reinforce the Western perception that the
Palestinian struggle for justice has no merit. Mr. Hegazi does a
disservice to those he claims to defend.
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Gulf
News
Letters to the Editor November 17, 2002
Mythical
From Mr.
M.A. Hegazi,
Greenaborough, Victoria, Australia.
Ms
Coviello ("Disservice" Gulf News Online, November 12) indulges
in flimsy semantics that twist what I said.
I never claimed I was privy to CIA planning or
their role in September 11 and other pretexts for the scare campaigns
undertaken by the
U.S. administration.
My
opinions are based on deduction, not on
U.S. propaganda or misinformation. I never claimed
I counted American body bags leaving Afghanistan, but Americans
continue to lie about their casualties and attribute their losses to
accidents and "friendly fire".
Palestine is Palestinian
from the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea. If the Zionist squatters do
not leave soon, a day will come when they would find themselves as
dead as the Dead Sea itself, no matter how distant that day might be.
We Arabs
do not believe in the Biblical myth that
Palestine should be transformed into the "land of
Israel".
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor November 19, 2002
Contradictory
From Mr.
C.T. Mastroianni,
Milford, Massachusetts, USA.
Contrary
to Mr. Hegazi's assertion ("U.S.
misinformation campaigns" Gulf News Online, November 9)
President Bush never said nor implied that problems in Afghanistan
would be solved "in a few days".
Bush
prepared
America and its allies for a long war against
terrorism worldwide and counselled patience.
Mr.
Hegazi states: "Americans will be stuck in this quagmire for many
years to come before getting kicked out, like the Russians and the
British before them, by the tenacious Afghan resistance that is
building up."
It is not clear whether Mr. Hegazi is
supporting a new Taliban regime, the return of Al Qaida, or those who
have recently attacked and burned girls' schools.
He neglects to mention the return of nearly
two million refugees who can envision a better life without Mr.
Hegazi's "building resistance".
On
Israel, Mr. Hegazi states: "It might take 50 or
more years before the racist Zionist entity is dismantled, but it will
be, as long as there are Palestinians willing to sacrifice their lives
for their stolen country."
As
disturbing as Mr. Hegazi's comments are, I am more concerned that no
Arab or other Muslim voice has contradicted him.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor November 22, 2002
Not credible
From Mr.
M.A. Hegazi,
Greensborough, Victoria, Australia.
Ms Menon
has indeed hit the nail on the head ("Good for nothing" Gulf News
Online, November 18). Biased reporting is a familiar feature of
U.S. media, but Fox News
stands out as the main source of unfounded propaganda. I cannot stand
the empty 24 hours of barking by their presenters and reporters.
Retired generals and low calibre political ghosts like Henry Kissinger
haunt their viewers with gibberish dressed as serious "analysis".
Bush once had the
audacity to say, "The UN must do its job or we will do it." The more
Bush wears that serious look on his face, the more he loses
credibility. The gist of what North Korea declared lately was, "Unlike
Iraq, which is accused of the possibility of having weapons of mass
destruction, we admit to possessing them." I ask Bush: What are you
going to do about it? Bush will be able to do nothing. He was left
empty muttering statements about Iraq until the world got sick of
listening.
Blair is
now keeping quiet. Instead, he is satisfied with the theatricals
performed in
London about the eminent threat of "Islamic
terrorism" and the gassing of the underground railway system.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor November 23, 2002
Obstacles
From Mr.
A.M. Alawadi,
Dubai.
If Mr.
Mastroianni ("Contradi-ctory" Gulf News, November 19) is
concerned that no Arab or Muslim voice has contradicted Mr. Hegazi's
comments, he along with Messrs. Kepler and Kuntz ("In defence" and
"truth hurts" Gulf News, November 16) should first try to enlighten us
with their stance on the
Palestinian Occupied Territories. They should
inform us by what legal rights is Israel having to continue to occupy
them?
Mr. Kuntz should be aware that
there are many examples in history of leaders who fought occupation
through armed struggle using all necessary and available means. Why is
he so keen to only mention one unique example like Gandhi and
recommend that Arafat follow suit?
Since 1973 there were
communications between Arafat and Israel. However, terrorists like
Menachem Begin (still wanted by the British government for terrorist
crimes) and the world leader in terrorism Ariel Sharon were the main
obstacles in these negotiations.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor November 24, 2002
U.S. propaganda
From Mr.
M.A. Hegazi,
Greensborough, Victoria, Australia.
Mr.
Mastroianni illustrates American arrogance ("Contradictory" Gulf
News Online, November 19). The Afghan and Iraqi people should be
left alone. They can sort out their internal affairs without
America poking its
fingers into their affairs.
Countries might suffer years of
turmoil before reaching their own solutions. It is much better for
them than the interference of foreign aggressors bent on no good.
People like George W.
Bush survive and thrive on blood and destruction. A long war against
terrorism worldwide is the Trojan horse created by U.S. propaganda and
CIA/Mossad staged terror. Subservient governments are contributing to
the intensified scare campaign.
The U.S. propaganda spin
machine is already propagating the theory that Iraq should be attacked
regardless, the argument being that even if Iraq does not possess
weapons of mass destruction, it would soon acquire them if the
sanctions were lifted.
As to my stand against
the racist Zionist entity in Palestine, this is the opinion of the
overwhelming majority of Arabs.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor November 27, 2002
Meddlesome
From Mr. M.A. Hegazi, Greensborough, Victoria, Australia.
Ms
Al Mehairbi ("Dangerous man" Gulf News Online, November 23) misses the
point. America has no right, whatever the pretext, to interfere with
the internal affairs of Iraq or any other nation.
This international law principle overrides any other argument. Whether
Iraq's president is a devil or an angel is irrelevant.
There is no love lost between America and any Arab country. Americans
are after Iraq's oil reserves. They are not concerned about the
welfare of Iraqis or Kuwaitis.
Had the Americans been concerned about the well being of any oppressed
people, we would have seen a solution to the problems of Palestinians.
Instead Bush has branded them terrorists.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor November 28, 2002
Resolution
From Mr.
C.T. Mastroainni,
Milford, Massachusetts, USA.
I refer
to Mr. Alawadi's letter ("Obstacles" Gulf News Online, November
23). Extremist groups who target civilians must be dismantled. The
rehashing of history does nothing to end the killing and misery.
Mr. Hegazi ("U.S.
misinformation campaigns" Gulf News Online, November 9) advocated the
overthrow of the Afghan government, yet no one expressed outrage.
Afghans are emerging from years of oppression and need continuing
moral and financial support from all of us.
UN
Resolution 242 obligates both
Israel and Palestine. It calls for ending
belligerence and "respect for and acknowledgement of the sovereignty
and the territorial integrity and political independence of every
State in the area and their right to live in peace within secure and
recognised boundaries free from threats or acts of force." Israel has
made and kept its agreements with Egypt and Jordan.
The
Saudi peace plan, endorsed by many on these pages, called for normal
relations with
Israel.
Yet Mr.
Hegazi's comment: "It might take 50 or more years before the racist
Zionist entity is dismantled," went unchallenged.
U.S. policy envisions a
Palestinian state. But until Americans know that Israel's survival is
assured, U.S. policy cannot be balanced.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor December 1, 2002
Tit-for-tat
From Mr.
M.A. Hegazi,
Greensborough, Victoria, Australia.
Western
corporate media invented the clichι "Israel's
right to exist". Who gave such right to a parasitic racist entity that
was carved by force in 1948?
It is no
coincidence that Arabs surround
Israel on all sides. The land on which Israel was
concocted belonged to the Palestinian Arabs, who lived there for the
past 2,000 years.
The
claim by Israeli Jews to the
land of Palestine, based on a fictional divine
promise or the premise that their ancestors lived there 2,000 years
ago, is absurd.
The fact
that Palestinians lived in
Palestine for the past 2,000 years is more relevant
and much more meaningful.
Young
Palestinians are willing to die for their country, using the only
weapon available to them, suicide strikes. It is the noblest form of
self-sacrifice.
The conflict is a tit-for-tat exchange; you
kill our civilians, we kill yours. Palestinians will persist and will
eventually prevail.
Palestine lies in the region between the
Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, not on the disjointed bits
offered in phony perpetual peace talks.
Historical precedent dictates that
Palestinians will free their land. Until then, there will be no
respite in the letting of blood on both sides.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor December 3, 2002
Liberate
From Mr. A.M. Alawadi, Dubai.
I agree with Mr. Mastroainni
("Resolution" Gulf News, November 28). Extremism must be dealt with
and wiped out from this world so we can live in peace.
Bush also called for the same
during his last visit to some North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
countries. This is a golden opportunity for Bush to set an example for
this by liberating his country from extremists like Dick Cheney,
Condoleezza Rice and Donald Rumsfeld.
Then, Bush should prove to the
world that he is serious about global extremism. He should stop all
contacts with Ariel Sharon and his ilk in Israel.
As for civilians targeted in
the Middle East conflict, both sides are suffering but I only see
condemnations from writers who share Mr. Mastroainni's views after
Israeli casualties.
At least Mr. Hegazi has the guts
to show what he really believes in and does not hide behind generic
statements.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor December 4, 2002
Rebutter
From Mr. M.A. Hegazi, Greensborough, Victoria, Australia.
I
am coming to the conclusion that the Letters column of Gulf News has
an active CIA press officer chasing his tail under several pen-names
in a desperate attempt to impart some logic on the illogical
imperialist stand of America and its satellites.
I
will stop responding to his comments because of the futility of an
exchange with a person with such an agenda who stubbornly refuses to
understand that readers of this newspaper are either Arabs or Western
expatriates who have reached a high level of awareness in this era of
flowing information.
Gulf News readers are not American simpletons willing to swallow
regular morsels of U.S. government lies and distortions. Gone are the
days when the BBC or CNN were the main sources of news and
information.
Feed any Internet search engine simple words such as "U.S. hegemony"
to get many articles explaining the devious aims of U.S. and UK
governments.
The Internet is indeed the "weapon of mass instruction" in the 21st
century. So, CIA press officers should try to do better in an uphill
information battle. They are too conspicuous to have any credibility.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor December 6, 2002
Attitude
From Mr.
M.A. Hegazi,
Greensborough, Victoria, Australia.
The
belligerent attitude of
America will eventually make it unsafe for all
Americans anywhere. Having a technological edge is not a licence to
wage war and inflict death and destruction.
The
declared pretexts for war against
Iraq and Palestine can only convince American
simpletons, driven by their abominable media of propaganda, hate and
xenophobia. Long-term consequences of U.S. policy in the Middle East
are really grim. Continued support for Israel is the source of all
evil in the region. Israel is an alien body imposed on Arab soil. This
racist entity will not last the test of time. Fifty years of shaky
existence is no guarantee of continued survival. There will be no
respite for them while there are Palestinians yearning for their
country.
A war
against
Iraq will be met with anger and indignation. Gone
are the days when war crimes passed unchallenged. Many peaceful
demonstrators could turn nasty. Governments subservient to America via
threats or trade incentives might find themselves at unprecedented
levels of confrontation with their own people. There is no telling
what could happen then.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor December 8, 2002
Discreditable
From A
Reader,
Abu Dhabi.
I have
never laughed so hard in my life. The Gulf News Letters column
had metamorphosed into the humour section. Mr. Hegazi's latest rant
("Rebutter" Gulf News, December 4) claiming the CIA is crafting
propaganda for placement in Gulf News is incredible! Anybody
taking it seriously certainly is a "simpleton".
Maybe he should do his next web search on
"Arab conspiracy theories".
The reality is,
America can't win. When America tried to stand
aside, as we once did in Israel, cries for America to "do something"
emerge.
When we
tried to do the right thing like in
Somalia or Kosovo, we get absolutely no credit at
all. Now, by taking steps to do the obvious and remove a heinous
tyrant like Saddam Hussain we only provoke uninformed outrage.
Is a man
who tortures, starves and exterminates his own people really someone
Arabs want to proudly defend?
* Name withheld by request.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor December 14, 2002
Naοve
From Mr.
D. Mullings,
Dubai.
Far from
Mr. Hegazi being a simpleton, it is the writer ("Discreditable" Gulf
News, December 8), who is not only a simpleton but also naive and
foolish to think the CIA, or any intelligence agency for that matter,
does not have "favourable material" placed in the media.
I have absolutely no idea what he means by "do
the right thing" in
Somalia and Kosovo. Is this the same "right thing"
America was doing in Iran 1953, Guatemala 1954, Philippines 1956,
Congo 1960, Vietnam 1964, Laos 1967, Chile 1973, Grenada 1985 - shall
I go on?
Does the
writer have proof that Saddam Hussain "starves his own people"? Or did
the CIA tell CNN to inform the writer that? And could I be as simple,
naοve and foolish as he is and say perhaps he is writing from the
CIA's public relations company offices? At least I have the guts to
publish my name.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor December 30, 2002
In disguise
From Mr.
M.A. Hegazi,
Greensborough, Victoria, Australia.
Australia is part of the
Asia-Pacific region. Its vital interests should be safeguarded by
co-operation and good friendly relations with its Asian neighbours.
However, Australia has been plagued by generations of prime ministers
who are subservient to extremist Jewish supremacists in New York.
Australia has witnessed a steady decline of its economy demonstrated
by the deterioration of its health and social services and a fall in
the standard of living of average Australians.
Every
time there is a war to promote the interests of Wall Street usurers,
Australian prime ministers offer unsolicited support. Australia sent
troops to Vietnam, the Gulf,
East Timor and Afghanistan. Its current prime
minister cannot keep quiet on Iraq and North Korea. His latest stunt
is a proposed Washington-style campaign of advertisements in
Australian mass media requesting Australians to "report any suspicious
behaviour".
It is an
attempt to extend the
U.S. scare-campaign to Australia. It is another
service to world Jewish supremacists, in their endeavour to promote
their phoney "war on terror". They do it by promoting a universal fear
of terror, which, in itself, is a form of terrorism.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor January 2, 2003
Propaganda
From Mr.
M.A. Hegazi,
Greensborough, Victoria, Australia.
The
ultimate in
America's flimsy propaganda is when it quotes a
source "on condition of anonymity". This means that no one really said
anything. So, when it is quoted, anonymity style, that Saddam Hussain
was offered "sanctuary in an Arab country", rest assured that the man
is safe and sound and that the silly idea never crossed his mind. It
is only American propagandists' wishful thinking.
America will not change
its aggressive stand on waging wars until body bags begin to arrive
home. It must have been some time since Vietnam. Americans in
Afghanistan managed to delegate the job of sending body bags home to
German and Turkish mercenaries. To do the same in a war on Iraqis is
really farfetched.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor January 9, 2003
Real rulers
From Mr.
M.A. Hegazi,
Greensborough, Victoria, Australia.
George
W. Bush must indeed be the worst president in American history. He
seems to lack that air of wisdom and statesmanship. He looks more of a
schoolboy out of uniform. His arrogant gestures and mannerisms are
almost saying, "Believe ye me, I am a great man, although I don't
believe it myself."
His empty rhetoric about
North Korea has stripped him of the fig leaf.
America's claim to democracy and freedom is flawed. Democracy is the
rule by the people, for the people. Is America really ruled by the
people? Far from it, an elite clique of capitalist Jews, who do not
care about any people, rules America. America is willing to spend
billions on war and destruction rather than on health and education.
America
is a decaying empire, crippled by its own inadequacies. If you want to
measure the speed of the setting decay, keep an eye on the price of
the American dollar against major currencies. The old trick of waging
war at the expense of others will not bail
America out this time. No one is there to foot the
bill.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor January 23, 2003
Holocaust day
From Mr.
M.A. Hegazi,
Greensborough, Victoria, Australia.
The UN
weapons inspectors, who say they have found no "smoking gun" to
challenge
Iraq's denial of possessing any banned weapons, are
to present a report to the UN Security Council on January 27.
On
January 27, Jews celebrate "Holocaust Memorial Day" - the new
religious holiday imposed on non-Jews in
Europe and America. Is the inspectors' choice of
day mere coincidence? Whether the "Holocaust" really took place, or
whether it was a hoax for milking sympathy and reparations, is
immaterial. The fact remains that it is being imposed on school
curricula and the calendar in every country where Jewish minorities
are in control. Holocaust museums have been erected in most major
cities worldwide.
In the
present circumstances, such museums are becoming more of a constant
reminder of what Zionist Jews are doing to Palestinians. The alleged
Nazi atrocities are now too old to remember, regardless of the flood
of black and white films that will hit the screens once again on
"Holocaust Memorial Day".
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor January 29, 2003
Freedom
From
Mrs. B.J. Turner,
Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA.
It is
outright bigotry like Mr. Hegazi's ("Holocaust day" Gulf News
Online, January 23) that fuels the fires of hate and ignorance.
The new religious holiday, "Holocaust Day," is not forced on Americans
or museums.
As a religious American, I am free to choose
the holidays I wish to celebrate. No one forces me to watch certain
films or enter museums.
As for
Iraq, it is up to that government to prove it has
destroyed specified weaponry according to previous agreements. A peace
treaty has never been signed with Iraq since 1991. America and Iraq
will be at war until UN conditions assigned to Iraq are met by Iraq,
not by America.
It is
not up to
America to solve the world's problems. It already
offers support to 137 countries, many of them Arab.
Americans I know don't boast about being a "superpower" or talk of
world domination as our goal, because it isn't. Freedom is; free of
despots, tyrants and hate so people and countries may fulfil their
potential.
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Gulf News
]
Letters to the Editor May 17, 2004
Fight
for freedom
From Mr. M.A. Hegazi,
Greensborough, Victoria, Australia
US
propagandists call the snowballing Iraqi resistance "insurgents",
"Sunni triangulars", "thugs", and "Saddam loyalists".
Iraqi
fighters are nationalist who are determined to free their country from
vile foreign occupation by greedy and ruthless invaders.
Historical precedent has it that if a people
are so intent on liberating their country, they will. The invaders can
say goodbye to their grand Zionist project.
They will never be able to control the world,
or even the
Middle East. Their war of terror failed dismally.
We owe it to those brave Iraqis fighting for their freedom.
Their
moment of final victory is approaching.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor May 29, 2004
War of attrition
From Mr.
M.A. Hegazi,
Greensborough, Victoria, Australia
The
Anglo-American war on
Iraq has failed. It was a miscalculated venture
that relied on lies and underestimated the resolve of Iraqis. Blair is
not back-pedalling fast enough, and Bush is still in denial that his
army is being humiliated in a brilliant war of attrition.
Iraqis
will not lay down their arms until the last American is out of their
country. No amount of waffle by Bush or Blair will change facts on the
ground. The sooner the aggressors leave, the less humiliation they
will suffer.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor June 5, 2004
Covered up
From Mr.
M.A. Hegazi, Greensborough, Victoria, Australia
In a recent press conference, US
Attorney-General John Ashcroft lectured the media on the great
significance of apprehending Abu Hamza Al Masri, saying they obtained
information about Al Masri from reliable intelligence sources.
A shrewd journalist asked if the sources were
the same "reliable sources" that supplied information about Saddam's
weapons of mass destruction. At this point, both CNN and the BBC cut
off the sound and replaced it with some waffle by their programme's
presenters. This is how Zionist media spin operates currently. Did any
one hear Ashcroft's response?
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor June 12, 2004
Expected resolution
From Mr.
M.A. Hegazi,
Greensborough, Victoria, Australia
The United Nations
Security Council resolution on Iraq did not come as a surprise. After
all, the UN is the same body that imposed sanctions on Iraq for a
decade. It has also approved the establishment of Israel on
Palestinian land in 1947.
The
recent resolution imparts quasi legitimacy on US/UK military
occupation of
Iraq. It aims at offering the embattled occupation
some respite. It also serves as a face saving device for Bush and
Blair. This resolution will not sway Iraqi resistance that will
continue to harass the forces of aggression until the last
American/British mercenary is out of Iraq on a one-way ticket.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor June 19, 2004
Insurgency or resistance?
From Mr. M.A. Hegazi, Greensborough, Victoria, Australia
Shortly after a recent attack on a convoy of foreign mercenaries in
Iraq, Iraqis in the vicinity held up the remains of destroyed vehicles
shouting "down with America". How much proof is needed for the
American spin-doctors, in media and government, to admit that the word
"insurgency" is a misnomer for popular Iraqi resistance? How many
lives must be lost before the gang misleading America and the world
admits failure and political bankruptcy?
The world can clearly see that the greedy and evil forces of invasion
are not welcome in Iraq. Iraq is simply Vietnam Revisited.
Historically, Iraq has always been a grave for foreign invaders, and a
grave for arrogant Americans it will be.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor - July 2, 2004
Questionable sovereignty
From Mr. M.A. Hegazi,
Greensborough, Victoria, Australia
The theatricals performed in
front of TV cameras did not impart any significance to the
much-vaunted sham "transfer of sovereignty" in Iraq.
The withdrawal of United
States occupation troops into isolated fortified barracks will not
make them immune to the strong and committed popular liberation
movement.
The problems of Iraq cannot
be solved by a symbolic handover to a CIA operative, who is begging
for the occupation forces to stay for his own protection. The outcome
is quite obvious.
Iyad Allawi will not be able
to survive under occupation. The occupation will not be able to
survive under the auspices of Allawi.
Eventually, committed,
genuine Iraqi nationalists will wrench the freedom of Iraq out from US
invaders.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor - July
11, 2004
The new Gestapo regime
From Mr. M.A. Hegazi,
Greensborough, Victoria, Australia
It is obvious now that 9/11
had been a covert operation by rogue elements from within the US
military and intelligence.
The sophisticated planning
and execution, the number of personnel involved, and the technical
requirements cannot be totally attributed to the mythical cave dweller
Osama bin Laden.
The 9/11 attacks paved the
way further for an aggression against Iraq to drive a wedge between
the west and Muslims worldwide, and to try to stop a global economic
recovery that would have challenged Anglo-American global economic
hegemony.
The ensuing fabrication of a
"war on terror" helped the creation of a police state in the United
States itself. Now, the US is mounting a Gestapo-like terror campaign
on its own citizens.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor - July
15, 2004
Jest for
laughs
From Mr. P. Roberts, Dubai
Thank you for the lead letter
from Mr. Hegazi ("The new Gestapo regime" Gulf News, July 11),
which, despite all the gloom in the news, had me guffawing out loud.
May we look forward to more letters from the same correspondent?
Possibly he could next address such issues as proving that the moon
really is made of cheese or offering unequivocal proof of the
existence of the Tooth Fairy.
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Gulf News
Letters to the Editor - July
27, 2004
Rogue
state
From Mr.
M.A. Hegazi, Greensborough, Victoria, Australia
US media
spinners are not as subtle as they might think. Their hackneyed
technique is to attack the messenger rather than try to refute the
message.
To them,
serious argument is often conducive to fits of laughter. I refer to
the cheesy letter of Mr. Roberts ("Jest for laughs" Gulf News Online,
July 15). He can laugh his head off; no one else is amused.
As far as
we Arabs are concerned, the US is evolving into a rogue state
controlled by vicious war freaks. With all the might of US military,
they will be defeated and kicked out of Iraq.
Sixteen
months of daily humiliation at the hands of the brave Iraqi resistance
is enough proof.
