In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
His Excellency Colonel Mu`ammar Qadhdhafi, President of the Peoples Republic of Libya,
I received the congratulatory message of His Excellency on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran for which I thank you. Unfortunately, this genuine and Islamic Revolution that has sprung from the spirit of the sacred tenets of the glorious Qur'an and the beloved Islam and depends on the deprived and Muslim masses of all the world and belongs to them, has become the target of the hostilities and opposition of many of the reactionary rulers of the region. They regard themselves to be the leaders of the Muslims and they do not desist from any conspiracy against this Revolution and place all kinds of assistance at the disposal of our enemies. The imposed war of Saddam is a case in point. With their generous material and military aid to the declining regime of Iraq, they are becoming obstacles to the ending of the war and the salvation of the deprived people of Iraq from the evil of the bloodthirsty regime. I pray to the Almighty God for the glory of Islam and the Muslims and the extermination of the enemies. May God's peace be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Jamadi al-Awwal 17,1403 AH