MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CALLS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF

UNCLAS CAIRO 05521 LONDON FOR MILLIKAN,PARIS FOR ROSENBLATT CENTCOM FOR POLAD NICOSIA FOR BEIRUT SUPPORT OFFICE E.O. 12356: DECL:OADR 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