Cablegate: Muslim Brotherhood Calls for Withdrawal Of

P 280857Z MAR 91
FM AMEMBASSY CAIRO
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9865
INFO RUEHWW/GULF WAR COLLECTIVE
AMEMBASSY KUWAIT
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TAGS: KISL PINS PGOV PREL SA KU EG
SUBJECT: MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CALLS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF
FOREIGN FORCES FROM THE GULF

1. IN A STATEMENT ISSUED ON THE EVENING OF MARCH 26,
EGYPTIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SUPREME GUIDE HAMED ABU
AL-NASR ISSUED A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF HIS ORGANIZATION
DENOUNCING THE "MALICIOUS PLOT" THAT HAS PRODUCED THE
INVASION OF KUWAIT, THE DESTRUCTION OF IRAQ'S
CAPABILITIES, AND THE POSSIBLE FRAGMENTATION OF IRAQ. THE
STATEMENT PREDICTABLY ASCRIBES THE REGION'S PROBLEMS TO A
LACK OF ISLAMIC RULE. TEXT OF STATEMENT FOLLOWS IN PARA 2.

2. BEGIN TEXT:

A STATEMENT REGARDING THE EVENTS IN IRAQ

THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, DISTRESSED BY WHAT HAPPENED IN
KUWAIT DUE TO THE IRAQI INVASION AND THE (ATTENDANT)
WRECKAGE, DESTRUCTION, AND HUMILIATION OF THE KUWAITI
PEOPLE, AND DISTRESSED BY THE COMPLETE DESTRUCTION TO
WHICH THE ARMY AND VITAL UTILITIES OF THE FRATERNAL IRAQI
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED AT THE HANDS OF THE AMERICAN
AND FOREIGN FORCES, DENOUNCE THE VICIOUS PLOT TO FINISH
OFF WHAT REMAINS OF THE COHESION OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE AND
TO SEGMENT IRAQ INTO WEAK STATELETS.

THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED HAD IRAQ BEEN RULED ACCORDING
TO ISLAMIC SHURA, HEADED BY A GOD-FEARING RULER. THE
DICTATOR OF IRAQ WOULD NOT (HAVE BEEN ABLE TO) DESTROY THE
LAND AND MEN OF HIS COUNTRY BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE
WAR.

THE AMERICAN AND FOREIGN FORCES IN IRAQ AND THE GULF ARE
PLAYING A SLY, DESTRUCTIVE ROLE IN OUR ARAB REGION. THE
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD STRESSES THAT, IN ORDER TO PRESERVE
HUMAN RIGHTS, THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE (ARAB) NATIONS, AND
THEIR STABILITY AND PROGRESS, THOSE FORCES MUST DEPART
(ARABIC "RAHEEL"). WE FURTHER IMPLORE THE MEN OF THE ARAB
NATION TO RETURN TO ISLAM AS A STRAIGHT PATH AND MEANS BY
WHICH THE ARAB NATION CAN STAND AS A SINGLE RANK BEFORE
THE DECEIT OF THE ENEMIES AND THE GREEDY.

THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IS CERTAIN THAT THE ABANDONMENT OF
ISLAMIC ACTION AND "SHARI'A" ARE BEHIND WHAT HAPPENED IN
KUWAIT AND IRAQ, (AS WELL AS) WHAT IS OCCURRING NOW, AND
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.

SALVATION LIES IN RETURNING TO GOD AND HIS RULE.

"GOD WILL ACHIEVE HIS ORDER, BUT MOST PEOPLE DO NOT
REALIZE THIS..." (QURANIC QUOTE)

MOHAMMED HAMED ABU AL-NASR
SUPREME GUIDE OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
10 RAMADAN 1411 HEGIRA, 26 MARCH 1991 GREGORIAN

END TEXT OF STATEMENT.

3. MINIMIZE CONSIDERED.

WISNER

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