His Excellency
The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom
Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur
Dear Sir,
Again and as ever before, we strongly protest the United
Kingdom's continuing actions in prolonging the suffering of an entire nation. This time
your country has again colluded and collaborated to bombard a defenceless nation. Whatever
reasons you may have, it is inconceivable that Iraq is in any position to defend itself
let alone become an aggressor. It has now been reduced over the years as a plausible
political diversion (purely an American domestic predicament), an example of international
extortion and a victim of "neo-colonial" bravado of the highest culpability.
That the UN arms inspectors cannot even convince the UN Security Council for this latest
act of aggression shows the level of disregard for accepted international law and norms in
committing military moves. Surely, the sanctions itself has made this country kneel in
submission being undernourished and in deprivation. In effect, this is a siege to slowly
torment a whole nation into a state of helplessness and misery so that it can never again
return to international importance as well as an example to the rest of the world to toe
the American line with British collusion.
In the name of humanity, please stop all destructive means, refrain from the policies of
devastation and place human life above US administration local political diversions and
try to contain that inherent prejudicial malice.
Surely, the United Kingdom having been to the Muslim World before as imperial colonialists
do not intend to repeat its notorious past treating Muslims as if sheep for slaughter!
"Mankind, heed your Lord who has created you from a single soul, and created
its mate from it, and propagated so many men and women from them both. Heed God through
Whom you hold one another responsible, as well as any ties of kinship. God is watching
over you." Al Qur'an 4:1.
Sincerely,
Hamdan Muhammad Hassan
19 December 1998.
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[Currently, he is a Senior Civil Engineer at the University Science of Malaysia. He is
involved in youth activities with the Muslim Youth Movement in Malaysia. He is also the
President for the Muslim Staff Association in his university.]
