From: anwar+@cs.cmu.edu (Anwar Mohammed)
Subject: My final words on A. Jaber
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 02:03:03 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon


...I swear;->

I noted with some satisfaction that three articles from A. Jaber
were killed today.  Doubtlessly, they are dedicated to painting me
and Fouad Ajami once again as rabid Khomeinists.  A quote in one
of Nora Rivkis's posts confirms this at least partially.

Behnam Sadeghi might be amused to find out that both I and Fouad 
Ajami are Khomeinists;->  I can think of nothing sillier and more 
illogical than painting someone who has advocated military action 
against the Khomeini regime for its actions against Kuwait, Gulf 
shipping, and U.S. interests (ie. the taking of the U.S. embassy)
...me, for example.  But there is a more serious reason for my 
anger regarding this incident.

I find it a rather sad trend that Shi'a are continually discriminated
against by those with the arbitrary sectarian biases of A. Jaber.  I can 
obviously see that Jaber's accusations are a result of the Shi'a religion of 
my family (and obviously Fouad Ajami's), in spite of the fact that I am 
completely areligious.

From a Kuwaiti perspective, this approach isn't really too surprising but
it is a little dated.  After a long period of relatively peaceful coexistence 
between Kuwaiti Shi'a and Sunni, there was considerable tension between Shi'a
and Sunni in the eighties. Kuwaiti Shi'a extremists were responsible
for several attacks on government institutions and embassies, while 
the government discriminated against Shi'a in governmental and military 
positions.

In the aftermath of the Gulf war, during which Shi'a and Sunni 
fought side-by-side in the resistance and big Shi'a neighborhoods
were especially difficult territory for Iraqi patrols, I've 
been hopeful that these tensions could've been alleviated.
There is a small measure of hope that both communities can overcome
their differences, if the likes of A. Jaber don't get in the way.

A. Jaber's tactics are no doubt based on the tensions of the eighties.   
He is obviously trying to exploit this past tension at the expense of 
the truth and at the expense of the potential harmonious coexistence 
of Kuwaitis.  This from someone who in the past identified khaligeen 
as woman abusers, justified the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, and justified the 
depopulation practices and brutal techniques of the Iraqi occupying army 
(a lot of concern for the average Kuwaiti there;->).  How pathetically
destructive.  

As a Kuwaiti patriot, as someone whose family has been in Kuwait for over 
100 years and has sweated and toiled to help build the country, even before 
oil was discovered there, I deeply resent the way his ridiculous accusations 
and lies distort my (and indeed all Shi'a's) dedication to creating a peaceful 
and thriving Kuwait along with our Sunni brothers and sisters.  I know of
neighbors and friends of my family who were kidnapped, killed and tortured 
by the Iraqi occupying army.  My uncles sent their children out of the 
country, not knowing if they would see them again, when Iraqi troops 
tortured and then shot two neighbor's children in front of their parents, 
commanding that the bodies be left out in the street for a day.  
We didn't care whether those neighbors and friends were Shi'a or Sunni, our 
hearts bled for them just the same.

It's so sad that you are so bitter that you have to use lies and hate
to divide and set peoples against each other.  And I am angered beyond
belief that you would try to use me to accomplish this evil thing.

Time magazine once referred to Saudi Shi'a as "poorer cousins".  Indeed, one
might extend this to most of the Arab world.  Fortunately, in Kuwait the situation 
is markedly better than in most countries.  I'd like to see Kuwait become
a model of sectarian harmony.  Does this somehow make me a Khomeinist?
How convoluted is your definition?  I still think you are a lying and deceiving
idiot whom I refuse to listen to, but, please, inform the rest of this group
how you define a Khomeinist.  

I apologize to everyone for my use of vulgarities language in previous posts 
regarding A. Jaber, but I have very little respect for him as a human being.  
This is all I have to say on the subject.

-anwar
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