4. 前路透社駐伊拉克首席特派員Andrew McGregor
Marshall 指出主流媒體將國際新聞當成血腥娛樂。
以爆炸案、屠殺博版面。卻刻意隱蔽事件背後的
脈胳。
‘What we’d done in Iraq had been fairly useless’ – ex-Reuters bureau chief in
Iraq — RT Op-Edge http://rt.com/op-edge/185360-reuters-chief-iraq-useless/#.
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5. 近東(Far East)在第一次世界大戰結束前
原為鄂圖曼帝國的領土。英國選中先知穆
罕默德後人Hussein bin ali 為合作對象,
推翻鄂圖曼帝國。英國承諾讓Hussein
bin ali 在鄂圖曼帝國的阿拉伯省分成立
一個阿拉伯人的國家。第一次世界大戰結
束後,英國僅承認Hussein bin ali在現
今阿拉伯半島西部Hejaz地區的統治權
(Hejaz王國)。
6. 在此同時,英國扶植Ibn Saud 和Wahhabi
教派,並策動Ibn Saud 和Wahhabi派推翻
Hussein bin ali。其後,英國再枎植
Hussein bin ali的二個兒子,Faisal 為
伊拉克國王,Abdullah為外約旦國王,此
舉可使沙國、伊拉克、外約旦相互牽制。
T.E. Lawrence 明言,英國支持Hussein
bin ali的目的旨在在分化伊斯蘭。參見
下圖。
12. 西方帝國主義勢力製造的伊斯蘭教派之爭
1921年6月14日Winston Churchill在下議院表示,Ibn
Saud及其族人皆信奉Wahhabi派。Wahhabi以噬血著稱。
Wahhabi派信徒不僅殺害異教徒,也殺害拒絕信奉
Wahhabi教義的穆斯林。男人因喝酒、抽菸遭殺害。女
人因為在街上拋頭露面遭到殺害。
Churchill明言,Ibn Saud和Wahhabi派的興起會使伊
拉克陷入火海。英國支持Ibn Saud 正是因為Ibn Saud
與Hussein bin ali時有衝突。Ibn Saud對英國言聽計
從。
13. Churchill proclaimed on 14 June 1921 the alliance of Ibn saud &
Wahhabism was in the service of British imperialism.
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1921/jun/14/middle-eastern-
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Bin Saud … has long been in a state of warfare, raid, and reprisal
with King Hussein and with his neighbours generally. A large
number of Bin Saud's followers belong to the Wahabi sect…. The
Wahabis … they rigorously enforce on others [what they practise
themselves]. They hold it as an article of duty, as well as of faith, to
kill all who do not share their opinions and to make slaves of their
wives and children. Women have been put to death in Wahabi
villages for simply appearing in the streets. It is a penal offence to
wear a silk garment. Men have been killed for smoking a cigarette,
and as for the crime of alcohol…. Austere, intolerant, well-armed,
and bloodthirsty, in their own regions the Wahabis are a distinct
factor which must be taken into account.
14. The Emir Bin Saud has shown himself capable of leading and,
within considerable limits, of controlling these formidable
sectaries. He has always shown himself well disposed towards
Great Britain and has long been in intimate relations with Sir
Percy Cox.
Bin Saud has … received from the British Government of
£60,000 a year, together with a lump sum of £20,000. […] The
religious views with which he [Bin Saud] is identified, and which
his followers would be bound to enforce, would, of course, have
set the whole of Mesopotamia in a blaze. On the other hand, we
desire to live on friendly and amicable terms with this potentate
and not to be disturbed by him, particularly at a time when we
are seeking to withdraw so large a proportion of our garrison
from the country.
28. 主要參考書籍
A Century of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order
Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam
The Battle for Saudi Arabia: Royalty, Fundamentalism, and Global Power
All the Shah's Men
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Patrick Cockburn
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Mondoweiss - The War of Ideas in the Middle East
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