NEAR EAST/SOUTH ASIA REPORT
HIZBALLAH ISSUES 'OPEN LETTER' ON GOALS, PRINCIPLES
[Place of publication unknown] NASSALAH AL-MAFTUHAH ALLATI WAJJAHAHAA AL-MUSTAD'AFIN FI LUBNAN KAAM in Arabic dated [...]
[Text of Open Letter Addressed by Hizballah to Downtrodden in Lebanon and World]
Koran: [...] perfected your religion for you, [...] have completed My blessing upon you [...] have approved Islam."
Therefore, what befalls the Muslims in Afghanistan, Iraq, the Philippines or elsewhere befalls the body of our Islamic nation of which we are an indivisible part and we move to confront it [...] religious duty primarily and in the light [...] general political visualization decided by the leader jurisprudent.
The main sources of our culture are the venerable Koran, the infallible Sunna and the decisions and religious opinions made by the jurisprudent who is the authority on tradition among us. These sources are clear, uncomplicated and accessible to all without exception and they need no theorization or philosophy. All they need is abidance and application.
As to our military power, nobody can imagine its dimensions because we do not [...] military agency separate from the other parts of our body. Each of us [...] combat soldier when the call of Jihad demands it and each of us undertakes his task in the battle in accordance with his lawful assignment within the framework of action under the guardianship of the leader jurisprudent. God is behind us, supporting us with His care, putting fear in our enemies' hearts and giving us His dear and resounding victory against them.
Arrogant World Is in Agreement on Fighting Us
Free downtrodden men.
The countries of the tyrannical arrogant world in the west and the east have agreed to fight us and have been instigating their agents against us, trying to distort our reputation and to fabricate lies against us [...] malicious attempt to [...] wedge between us and good [...] and downtrodden men and in an endeavor to dwarf and deface the important major accomplishments we have made at the level of our confrontation with the United States and its allies.
Through its local agents, the United States has tried to give people the [...] that those who have put an end to its arrogance in Lebanon, who drove [...] humiliated and frustrated, and who crushed its plot against the [...] this country are no more [...] handful of fanatics and terrorists who [...] concerned with blowing up drinking, gambling and entertainment spots [...] such [...]
But we were confident that such insinuations will never deceive our nation because the entire world knows that whoever thinks of confronting the United States and world arrogance do not resort to such peripheral acts which [...] them with the tail and make them forget the head.
America Behind All Our Catastrophes
We are moving in the direction of fighting the roots of vice and the first root of vice is America. All the endeavors to drag us into marginal action will be futile when compared with the confrontation against the United States.
Imam Khomeyni, the leader, has repeatedly stressed that America is the [...] of all our catastrophes and the source of all malice. By fighting it, we are only exercising our legitimate right to defend our Islam and the dignity of our nation.
We declare frankly and clearly that we [...] nation that fears only God and that does not accept tyranny, aggression and humiliation. America and its allies in and the Zionist entity that has usurped the sacred Islamic land of Palestine have engaged and continue to engage in constant aggression against us and are working to constantly humiliate us. Therefore, we are [...] state of constant and escalating preparedness to repel the aggression and to defend our religion, existence and dignity.
They have attacked our country, destroyed our villages, massacred our children, violated our sanctities and installed over our heads criminal henchmen who have perpetrated terrible massacres against our nation. They are still supporting these butchers who are Israel's allies and preventing us from [...] our destiny with our free will.
Their bombs fell on our kinsmen like rain during the Zionist invasion of [...] and the Beirut blockade. Their planes raided our civilians, [...] and wounded day and night whereas the areas of the agent Phalangists [...] safe from the enemy's bombardment [...] center for directing and [...] enemy
We appealed to the world's conscience but heard nothing from it and found no trace of it.
This conscience which we missed the days of tribulation is the same conscience that was mobilized and alerted when the criminal Phalangists were blockaded in the city of Zahlah in al-Biqa' and when the allies of Israel in Dayr al-Qamar, in al-Shuf, were besieged. We were horrified and then realized that this world conscience stirs only at the request of the strong and in response to the interests of arrogance.
The Israelis and Phalangists massacred several thousands of our fathers, children, women and brothers in Sabra and Shatila [...] single night but no practical renunciation or condemnation was expressed by any international organization or authority against this heinous massacre which was perpetrated in coordination with the NATO forces who, [...] few days, rather hours, had departed from the camps which the 'defeated' [Palestinians] agreed to put under the protection of the wolf in response to the maneuver of Philip Habib, fox.
Those criminal attacks came only to reaffirm our firm belief that "you will find that those most hostile to the faithful are the Jew and the idolators."
We Have No Alternative To Confrontation
Thus, we have seen that aggression can be repelled only with sacrifices and dignity gained only with the sacrifice of blood and that freedom is not given but regained with the sacrifice of both heart and soul.
[...] and constant [...] and its allies and to Zionism [...] the whole Phalangists [...] have [...] liberate our country, to drive the imperialists and the [...] out [...] and to determine our fate by our own hands.
We could not endure more than we have endured. Our tragedy is more than [...] years old and all we have seen so far are the covetous, hypocritical and
Zionist-Phalange Coordination
[...] is the number of the victims of the crimes perpetrated against us by America, Israel and the Phalange.
Nearly one half Billion Muslims have been displaced and their quarters of al-Nab'ah, Burj Hammud, al-Dikwanah, Tall [...] Sibnayah, al-Ghawarinah and in Jubayl have been almost totally destroyed. Our kinsmen staying in Jubayl are still exposed to the tragedy [...] single international [...] moving to rescue them.
The Zionist occupation continues to usurp the lands of the Muslims, extending over more than one third of Lebanon's area in prior coordination and full agreement with the Phalange, who have denounced the attempts to confront the invading forces and have taken part in implementing some of Israel's schemes so as to complete Israel's plan and to give it what it wishes in return for its leading them to power.
Thus, butcher Bashir al-Jumayyil had attained the presidency with the help of Israel, of the Arab oil countries and of the Muslim deputies who are [...] to the Phalange. He gained this presidency in the wake [...] skillfull maneuver to beautify his image [...] surgery room called the salvation committee which is no more than an American-Israeli bridge over which the Phalange crossed to oppress the downtrodden.
But our people were not willing to endure this humiliation and they wiped out the dreams of the Zionists and their allies. But America persisted in its rashness and brought Amin al-Jumayyil to succeed his buried brother. Amin's first accomplishment was to destroy the homes of the evacuees, to attack the Muslim's mosques, to order the army to demolish the quarters of the [...] on the heads of their occupants, to enlist the help of NATO forces against us and to conclude the ill-fated [...] day accord when turned Lebanon into an Israeli protectorate and an American colony.
Our Basic Enemies
Our people could not withstand all this treason and decided to confront the imams of infidelity of America, France and Israel. The first punishment against these forces was carried out on [...] and the second on [...] By that [...] real war had started against the Israeli occupation forces, rising to the level of destroying two main centers of the enemy's military rulers. Our people also escalated their popular and military Islamic resistance to the point where they forced the [...] to make its decision on [...] phased withdrawal [...] decision which Israel was compelled to adopt for [...] first time in the history of the so-called Arab-Israeli conflict.
For the sake of the truth, we declare that the sons of Hizballah's nation have come to know well their basic enemies in the area: Israel, America, France and the Phalange.
Our Objectives in Lebanon
Our sons are now [...] state of ever-escalating confrontation against these enemies until the following objectives are achieved:
Israel's final departure from Lebanon [...] prelude to its final obliteration from existence and the liberation of venerable Jerusalem from the talons of occupation.
The final departure of America, France and their allies from Lebanon and the termination of the influence of any imperialist power in the country.
Submission by the Phalange to just rule and their trial for the crimes they have committed against both Muslims and Christians with the encouragement of America and Israel.
Giving all our people the opportunity to determine their fate and to choose with full freedom the system of government they want, [...] keeping in mind that we do not hide our commitment to the rule of Islam and that we urge to choose the Islamic system which alone guarantees justice and dignity for all and prevents any new imperialist attempt to infiltrate our country.
Friends
These are our objectives in Lebanon and these our enemies. As for our friends, they are all the world's downtrodden peoples and all those who fight our enemies and who are eager not to harm us, be they individuals, parties or organizations. We especially address this letter to them to say:
O partisans and organized people, wherever you are in Lebanon and whatever your ideas, we agree with you on major and important goals embodied in the need to topple the American domination of the country, to expel the Zionist occupation that bears down heavily on the people's lives and to strike all the Phalangist endeavors to control government and administrative affairs, even though we may disagree with you on the methods and level of confrontation.
Come, let us rise above quarreling over minor issues and let us open wide the doors of competition for achieving the major goals.
It is not important [...] certain party control the street. What is [...] is that the masses interact with this party.