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For thousands of Kuwaiti families, and many more in Iraq, this week is a week of pain and sad memories, as August 2, 1990, marks the anniversary of Saddam’s invasion and occupation of our beloved country.
It has been 34 years since one country carried out the most stupid invasion of another country, not to mention that the aggressor was the victim’s sister.
There is no logic in this and it has had disastrous consequences for Iraq and its people, as material losses exceed tens of billions of dollars and tens of thousands of civilians and several times that many military personnel have lost their lives in this absurd war, the largest in the region’s history.
The worst part is that no party knows or even cares about the death toll in Iraq, an act that represents a profound disregard for the human spirit and proof that under a dictatorial and oppressive regime, people have no meaning, no sense of existence… and ‘oh, how sweet is victory with God’!
Saddam’s mistake of invading Kuwait was fatal, for which he, his people and his family paid dearly. It made the fate and future of Iraq unclear and miserable for many years to come, it brought Iraq to the peak of despair and economic, intellectual and national bankruptcy, the demise of the Arab nationalist idea and the slogan of “one Arab state with a timeless message”, while all the leaders and founders of the state died without telling us what this message was!
It is not shocking to read what the late Dr. Ahmed Khatib mentioned in his memoirs, that he understood from his many meetings with the late Honorable Amir Abdullah Salim that he did not want Kuwait to have any relations with Iraq, whether water, financial or economic, because he had no confidence in the intentions of those who held power in Iraq, both during the Shah’s time, after Qassim’s bloody coup, and those who came after him.
But it seems that our destiny dictates that we live in a stable and secure Iraq, and that does not seem to be happening in the foreseeable future as we would like, or as every loyal Iraqi would like.
Nizar Hamdoun (1944-2003), who served in sensitive positions in Saddam’s government and has ended his term as ambassador to Washington, said in his memoirs that despite his Baathist and nationalist background and his belief in unity, it was a huge mistake to use force and force Kuwait to join Iraq.
Iraq’s treatment of Kuwait was also brutal, with many Kuwaitis who refused to cooperate with the occupiers being executed, especially Baathists such as Faisal Saniya, who opposed the occupation and refused to hold any ministerial positions.
He said how could a homeowner steal his own house when Saddam’s criminals Hussein Kamel, Sabawy Ibrahim, Ali Hassan Majid and others were rampaging in Kuwait, looting everything they could and carrying out massacres in a city that was supposed to be Iraq’s 19th province?
Hamton asked disapprovingly: “How does organized looting, mostly by the government, and the killing of innocent people fit into the notion that Kuwait is part of Iraq? How can we justify these criminals stealing traffic lights?”
He said the so-called “Arab solution” was nothing more than a stalling excuse to legitimize the invasion and keep Iraq in Kuwait forever.
The Arabs did not offer any solutions, and the entire Iraqi leadership was busy annexing all Kuwait’s property in a barbaric and ugly way!
And all the countries that called for an Arab solution, namely Libya, Jordan, Yemen, Sudan and Tunisia, either did not know Saddam’s true intentions or took these positions for their own reasons. If Iraq was interested in an Arab solution, it would not have entered Kuwait City in the first place!
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Author: Ahmed alsarraf
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