Speech [Necessity to be ready Defense against the big powers and the Ba`ath regime of Iraq]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

First I should thank you, gentlemen, for your coming over here that we could see each other from near. Now we are in confrontation with the big powers. We have the relative defense power. In other words, we defend all those things that are achieved by our appraisal and our campaign, and likewise the aims of Islam and our Islamic country and all the things concerning Islam and our country. So, in a situation of defense, the squad of volunteers should be general. The holy war is something and defenses something else. The issue of holy war has its own conditions and it relates to some particular persons and to a particular group with particular conditions.

But the issue of defense is a common one. Male, female, elder, young and old, all are under obligation. It is the same as reason to dictators in case of assault to a house; the members of the house all together come out to defend. Likewise, if a town is attacked, the inhabitants of that town will all together defend it. As such, there is no condition to rule here. If our Islamic country is attacked and aggression takes place, it becomes a binding upon the population of the country, regardless of being old or young, male or female, to defend the country. As such, the conditions of defense differ with those of a holy war. The holy war is based on certain conditions, while defense has none. All should defend, even an old man bereft of vigor for any work, should defend as mush as he can.

Today, big powers and Satanic mischief is confronting us. Therefore, we must be ready and prepared for defense. It is likely that we may stand in need of militarily defense. But its likelihood is little. The big powers know that presently it is not proper to assault. Although the likelihood is little, but it is a matter of a country and Islam. Therefore, we must be girded with defense.

To be prepared means to be ready with force and power, whether it be that of individuals or any other one. The Holy Qur'an enjoins us in this regard. Our preparedness should be such that it should impart dread to those who have the intention of attack. In a country with a population of thirty and odd million, twenty million people must raise up to equip themselves with defense including all youths and those able to perform a job. The remaining ones to should join the defense if need arises.

You just imagine a day when the enemy faces you. The equipment too should be ready so as to be a dread to the enemy. We should be in all aspects ready, that is our force of military and army, terroristic and subterraneous. Above all, our power of faith should be increased.

An individual with the power of faith confronts a group equipped with tools but bereft of faith. And he even advances. You might have observed is Islam, in some battles a very little number of Muslims confronted a great number of Roman forces. As history narrates, the Muslim forces were thirty thousand. The Roman front line consisted of sixty thousand supported by eight or seven hundred thousand in the back lines. All equipped with the weaponry of the day, which Iran too had. When the force of sixty thousand confronted the Islamic soldiers, one of the Islamic commanders said that he will faced them by thirty men only. He said that if we could create fear among them and make them retreat with this thirty men alone, they will be defeated. His associate told him that it was impossible to turn back a huge number only be thirty men.

Finally, it was decided that sixty men, instead of thirty, to go to fight. Accordingly sixty youths got ready. They made a surprise attack in the night on the army camp of sixty thousand soldiers. Each faced a thousand. The Roman army was defeated. The Islamic army in spite of its littleness got victorious. This caused a retreat of eight hundred thousand that were in back rows.

This is the force of faith. A faithful, if he gets killed, his destination is heaven. He is well off and better there than here. Likewise, if he killed, he will meet the same reward. Such is the weapon of faith. He fear nothing. Martyrdom is everything to him. He seeks happiness in martyrdom.

Those who are against you have neither faith in beyond the nature, nor in the Judgment Day, not in heaven and hell. They fight for this world only. They have the world only. He who wants the world cannot fight because he fears the death and thereby would lose the world. He wants to keep himself saved in order to preserve the world.

A man who comes into the field for the sake of God and acts for divine goal, such a man is not for this world. Therefore, his heart is at peace. There is no fear init. You are prepared. Your friends too are ready. Those who want to have an Islamic training and the military one too, should get acquainted with this Islamic weapon which is faith. They should equip themselves with it. If they got equipped with this weapon of Faith, their opposite side, the enemy, will fear him. You have seen that two years ago these thirty-five or six million were not thinking of any campaign. They did not have any weapon too. But this was God's will that this population should become a squad of Faith. This change that took place was for God. It was God who transformed this thirty-five million into a population of faith and belief. The young generation had no fear of tanks or guns and the death that awaited them. They desired martyrdom. You know our youths are fond of martyrdom.

On some occasions when I meet them, they swear by oath and the ladies too ask me to pray for them to attain martyrdom. I pray for them to obtain the reward of a martyr and become victorious. When you are equipped with the weapon of Faith and that Faith persuades you to arm yourself like that of your enemy, it is faith at which support you attain victory.

Attention towards God is the source of power to you and the reason of your victory. To you and all your friends who want to be prepared, I recommend the army of twenty million to create in yourself the power and the strength of Faith which will breed in your heart a full satisfaction and a rest and stable calm. The power of divine you try to create in you. It is the divine power that causes a terror in the hearts of those against you. No matter how many of them but the victory finally will rest with you.

I hope that you learn the things that are in military or terrorism and etc. The equipment in the extent of need of a country will be provided by the government. You should have the equipment for a time when necessary. Thanks God that Iran has those things- the modern equipment. Above all this, there is a weapon of Faith. You train yourself such as to possess it and have it. You should not conjecture nor calculate that you will wrangle one by your own strength. Or, you may not think of victory that you will gain at your own power or force.

But your attention should always concentrate that it is the divine power that makes you to advance. In other words, your hands, eyes, the self that is all the things you have, turn them form satanic vigor to divine power. A man at a mere ignorance or carelessness becomes his vigor and strength a Satanic one. Everything of his- hands, eyes etc- go under the dictation and domination of the Satan. But if he trained himself, they will be divine. All strength of yours will be divine. And, what is divine will certainly overrun all. May God grant you victory over the enemies of Islam.

Neither you nor Iran should ever have a least fear about the economic sanctions. They want to strike a surrounding of military around us. We do not fear any of them. One who thinks Islam and the Islamic campaign is the source of everything and wants to be in a holy war, will never fear that he will be assaulted nor would he fear a group that wants to attack Islam, the country and the sacred things.

Same as in the early days of Islam, one man stood against a thousand, you too, God willing, will face one to a thousand. You will defend your country without giving any importance to what they have and what not you have. They are like empty drums where in the empty place surpass the substance. Suppose, they have every thing but there is one thing to your advantage, that is, the fear in their hearts. Carter's endeavor to please the American nation and Europe.

A man whose attention is to be the president, brings forward all these things which are not really in question. Mr. Carter has done the same. The issue that what happens to America is a pretext to the real intention to stay in power for another four years. His purpose is only this. He wants to continue the crimes for the next term also. Although he has already failed in a sense but still tries in his imagination to go ahead with his mission as it success and prosperity is in store for him. He thinks that by doing so he can enhance the number of votes to his favor. It is not that they want to do something for their country. They only want to collect the votes. One such person will have neither intention nor energy to perform some useful deed. All of him- the mind, the plan, the plot and the design is concentrated on how to gain the largest share of votes. Therefore, now you see that he has announced that he will put the economic sanctions into effect.

But on the other hand, he is short of approval. Most probably, they do not undergo. It is not so that all are the obedient servants of Mr. Carter or affiliated to America. They are independent one. They have brains. It is vilifying to them to go behind Carter. What for? To garner and gather votes for Mr. Carter! All the Western countries come together, become of one mind and one opinion, put all their power and resources together that Mr. Carter could get more votes! And overrun his rivals! Strange it is! In a republic it is a matter of shame for a human being. Are not the Europeans or the heads of the European countries human beings? So, they should ponder a while that what this man wants! He has taken the bowl in his hand and starveling to beg here and there, to be with him in his actions against us. He wants the others' acceptance for his deed. He is just searching to gain the opinion. He wants the whole world to revile itself before him. His aim is also trouble to others. These follows claim that they endeavor for human rights. On the other hand, they want to confine a population of thirty-five million into economical blockade.

On another occasion, suppose they will put us into a military blockade. Why? What is all this for? Why are you doing these things? You want that Mr. Carter to get votes and be a criminal for another four years. I don't think one would like to undergo such commitment if he enjoys a little liberty of thought or an open and independent mind. How strange it is that a man in America wants to do something and in Europe all the heads of states are dissipating and squandering all their energy and power for his sake. On his account they are willing to purchase vilification for themselves among the nations and particularly the oppressed people whose number towers overall.

Too forbid, if once they commit such a foolhardy and stupidity then the defeat will be that of Europe along with America. The East and West belongs to those who are oppressed. So they are not with them because the nations are with us, by our side. Those who are against us are the governments only. For example, Iraq. Not all of them, some of them.

The government of Iraq was never a government since beginning. They have no parliament either. Do you think that they have a government? Is it a government? A few army men gathered together, sat together, sat together to do together whatever they like. They have neither links nor any communication with the people. They are addling ones. This Saddam Husayn too has no sound brains. They are putrid and rotten. They just design plots. Their only word is that they are `Arabic Islam- we don't want. We are Arab; the meaning of this all Muslims must know that is we don't want Islam. He who says this means that what the Arabs will be. Arabs once stood against Islam. They say that they want to resuscitate the glory of Bani Ummayyah. Well, all saw, history too saw Bani Ummayyah what they did to Islam. They want to go back to those old days of the ignorance of Arabs. The power of Arabs excluding Islam is their aim. Furthermore, they have no belief in Islam. The Arab nation knows that His Holiness Hakim had issued a decree of pagenhood. They are a handful junta of pagans. The Arab nation should act as per God has said. They should not obey them. The army is from this Sunni nation as well as Shi`ah. They are Muslims. Well, this army, which is from Muslims, will campaign. Whether do they prefer being Arab to Islam. Or, they want Islam? Islam has embraced Arabs as well as `Ajams (non -`Arabs). They are anti-Islam. So the noble nation of Iraq should emancipate itself from their grip. The Iraqi military too should do the same as did the military of Iran. When the people of Iran saw that the Shah is a war with Islam, they upraised and campaigned. The military too joined the nation. They got rid of the Shah. The Iraqi military also should do the same. This is a war against Islam. Does the military of Iraq want to go on war against Islam? Is the Iraqi army ready to raise Qur'an at the lances? This is an obligation upon the Iraqi nation and the Iraqi military as well as to turn their backs to this non-Islamic party and these a few persons whose number is less. In the same manner, as the Iranian military did, you too should do.

You have no excuse before God. This army that has drawn its lances and brought the guns and tanks with the people and wants to enter into war with Iran- an Islamic country- it is in fact at war with Islam. They want to assault and attack. This is a war with Islam, with Qur'an and with the Prophet of God. Iran today hosts an Islamic campaign. It is an Islamic country with Islamic law and Islamic government. All the members of this country have Islamic opinion. We want to create an Islamic country. We want to bring Arabs, `Ajams, Turks and all other categories under the banner of Islam. Why they are so idle? Why the tribes of Arab are in a slumber? They are killing their youth in groups. They have transgressed their land and country. And these tribes just looking at them?! Why the Iraqi army is sitting idle? They support one who is anti-Islam, anti-Qur'an and anti to every principle of Islam. Don't they know that they will be killed against Islam? Don't they know the consequence of him who gets killed against Islam for the sake of pagan hood? Don't they know that it they transgress Iran; Iran will perish and crush them? Iran will advance up to Baghdad. Iran endears the nation but it will eradicate the government. On that occasion the Islamic army is prosperous, no matter whether it kills or gets killed.

As for those who have stood against Islam, they have stood against the Qur'an. Our country is a country of" Allahu Akbar" (God is Greater). It is a country of Qur'an. So they have stood against Islam and Qur'an. The Iraqi army should be vigilant enough to eradicate them. In the Iraqi army there are very good and virtuous officers. They should perform a coup d'etat. It is a religious prohibition upon them to pace behind this cursed man even one step. So it is upon them to campaign and turn their country Islamic. It should not be as before, a group of four-five persons gather together and take the destiny and fate of a nation. The nation is Muslim and the four persons at the head pagans- followers of Michael `Aflaq who is not even a Christian. They shouldn't perform a deed against us and Islam. May God the Almighty help you, proper you and bestow upon you victory over the hidden and apparent Satans.