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Reflections on the 1 Gulf Conflict 'inc oo eration with G E ~ A KDA MAI and1 FORUM WHOSE WAR? WHAT PEACE? Reflections on the Gulf Conflict WHOSE WAR? WHAT PEACE? Reflections on the Gulf Conflict edited and compiled by Khoo Khay Jin Aliran Kesedaran Negara in cooperation with Gerak Damai Malaysia and Forum 1991 Published by: Aliran Kesedaran Malaysia P. 0.B ox 1049 10830 Penang Gerak Damai Malaysia Dr Ikmal Said, Secretary C/O Anthropology & Sociology Department University of Malaya 59100 Kuala Lumpur Forum 11 Jalan 11/4E 46200 Petaling Jaya Selangor, Malaysia Printer: Vinlin Press Sdn Bhd 56,Ist Floor, Jalan Radin Anum 1, Bandar Baru Seri Petaling 57000 Kuala Lumpur ISBN: 967-991 6-21-9 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. THE GULF CONFLICT: A BRIEF BACKGROUND 3. WHO WAS INTRANSIGENT? Noam Chomsky, Who Wanted Negotiations? Pierre Salinger, Arafat's Extra Mile for Peace John Pilger, Sins of Omission John Gittings, A Peaceful Settlement was Possible 4. BEHIND THE AMERICAN SHOW OF FORCE Saddam Hussein, Beware US Control of the Gulf Saddam Hussein, Oil is Our Wealth James Schlesinger, Oil and Power in the Nineties Abdul Amir Al-Anbari, A Hidden Agenda A WSJ,T otal Capitulation is the Appropriate Goal Noam Chomsky, US and British Interests in the Gulf 5. THE UN: TOOL OF THE US? Richard Falk, UN Being Made a Tool of US Foreign Policy Noam Chomsky, A Stand on Low Moral Ground M e y n de Silva, The Impotence of the UN Bhaskar Menon, UN Bent Out of Shape? Ramses Amer, The Inconsistencies of the UN 6. THE REACTION OF THE MASSES: WHY? Derek Brown, An Imperialist War Edward Said, Saddam the Symbol Noam Chomsky, Arabs Must Not Raise Their Heads Ang Swee Chi,S abra and Shatila Chandra Muzaffar, The Gulf War: Muslim Reactions 7. THE WAR Gilbert Sinden, Thinking the Worst of Arabs Alexander Cockburn, Moral Bluster Philip Knightley, Lies, Damned Lies and Military Briefings John Pilger, Turkey Shoot Killing Sheep Discount A-Bomb Ramsey Clark, Please Do Something 8. A NEW WORLD ORDER OR A NEW COLONIALISM? Noam Chomsky, The Enemy is the Third World Richard Gott, The Colonialists Never Give Up IHT, US ~GnOsP EC? NST, EEC Joins OPEC? Stansfield Turner, The Importance of Oil What About My Share? Who Got What? Henry Kissinger, The Post-War Agenda 9. MALAYSIA AND THE WAR Mahathir Mohamad, Why We Supported 678 Chnndra Muzaffar, Why We Shouldn't Have Supported 678 Isidoro Malmierca, Chronicle of a War Foretold 10. AFTERWORD SUGGESTED READINGS & USEFUL ADDRESSES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Acknowledgement is made to the following for the use of previously published material: American Humanist Society: Excerpt from "Bewildering the Herd by Rick Szykowny, The Humanist, November/December 1990. Asian Wall Street Journal: Excerpt from "Marshalling Forces", 10-11 August 1990. Central American Reporter: Excerpt from 'What Lies Ahead for Central America" by Noam Chomsky, July 1990. Christian Science Monitor: Excerpt from "Behind Saddam Hussein" by Edward Said, 15 August 1990. National Outlook: Excerpts from: 'Winners and Losers in the Gulf War" by Gilbert Sinden, November 1990. New Statesman and Society: Excerpts from: "Lies, Damned Lies and Military Briefings" by Philip Knightley, 8 February 1991; "Moral Bluster" by Alexander Cockburn, 8 February 1991; "Sins of Omission" and 'Turkey Shoot" by John Pilger, 8 February & 15 February 1991. i Newsweek: Excerpts from: 'The Post-War Agenda" by Henry Kissinger, 28 January 1991; "Discount A-Bomb", 25 February 1991. Pluto 'Press: Excerpts from The Fateful Triangle by Noam Chomsky, London 1983. The National Interest: Excerpt from "Oil and Power in the Nineties" by James Schlesinger, Spring 1990. The Guardian: Excerpts from: "A Stand on Low Moral Ground" by Noarn Chomsky, 10 January 1991; "UN Being Made a Tool of US Foreign Policy" by Richard Falk, 27 January 1991; "Faltering Steps in the Sand" by Pierre Salinger, 4 February 1991; "Saddam was Prepared to Agree Deal on Kuwait!' by John Gittings, 8 February 1991; 'Third World Casts Allies as Bully Boys" by Derek Brown, 10 February 1991; 'The Colonialists Never Give Up" by Richard Gott, 10 February 1991. Times Books International: Excerpt from From Beirut to Jerusalem by Ang Swee Chai, Singapore, 1989. Times of India: Excerpts from: "Gulf War Shows Up Impotence of UN", 4 February 1991; "UN Guilty of Omission, Commission" by Bhaskar Menon, 11 February 1991. To the people of Iraq, victims of a "new world order" 1 INTRODUCTION As we watched the recent display of the West's technology of destruction and the carnage it wreaked upon the 18.8 million people of a country one-and-a-half times the size of Malaysia, many of us wrung our hands in a mixture of sympathy, helplessness, dismay and anger. We asked and continue to ask ourselves: Why? What had the Iraqi people done to deserve such death and destruction - the bombing of their country "back to the 19th century", to borrow a phrase from the BBC World Service. Even as our minds boggle at the enormity of what has occurred, and we turn away from it to find some semblance of sanity in the familiar, we are drawn to asking what brought things to this horrendous state. This collection of excerpted articles is intended toehelp readers arrive at their own answers to the above questions. They provide information and arguments that have not been given much coverage by the mainstream media, whether Malaysian or Western. We believe that the information and arguments contained in them are essential in order that you, the reader, may be able to come to some judgement as to where the truth lies, for truth was the very first casualty in this conflict, indeed even before the first bomb was dropped. We hope that the excerpts reprinted here will provide the necessary balance to the bulk of reports with which we are familiar. The authors of the articles and extracts are people of considerable reputation. A number are noted academics and intellectuals, others are well-respected, independent journalists. Some have been senior officials in previous US governments.
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