Saddam's War of Words: Politics, Religion, and the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait

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INDEX Abbas, al- (missile), 71, 114 Abbasid Empire, 29, 52, 65, 109, 111, 209n84 abd (worshipper, servant), 220n88 abd al-Salaam Faraj, Muhammad, 142 Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz (crown prince of Saudi Arabia), 40 Abdullah bin Faisal, 196n6
abid, al- (missile), 86, 215n16 See also Tammuz (satellite launch vehicle) Abraha, 116–119 Abu Abbas, Mahmoud, 199n34, 234n35 Abu Dhabi, 33 abu-l-Iraq al-jaheed (father of the new Iraq), 78 a bu massaddess (‘‘He of the Gun’’), 57 Aburish, Said, 56, 59, 206n52 Abu-Rughal, 116–119, 132 ACC. See Arab Cooperation Council Achille Lauro, 33 Adams, Linda S., 231n69 Afghanistan, 145 Aflaq, Michel, 19, 64, 89, 222n123 Islam and Arabism, on linkage of, 54, 66–67 nationalism, theorist of, 47–48 Ahmad, Qazi Hussein, 127, 157 Ahmad ibn abd Allah, Muhammad, 141 Ahram, Al (Egyptian newspaper), 24, 37, 160, 161, 165, 196n3 Ajami, Fouad, 18, 28 Alami, Sad al-Din al-, 136 Alexandria (Egypt), 133 Algeria, 162 AMU, member of, 192n29 invasion of Kuwait, response to, 140, 142 Arab League Resolution 195, abstention from, 26 Arab League Resolution 3036, support for, 25 condemnation, 150 Saddam, marches in support of, 24, 139 Saddam, support for, mixed with local politics, 140 World Islamic Popular Gathering, member of, 127 See also Algiers; Islamic Salvation Front Algiers, 87, 139, 140 Algiers Accord (1975), 10, 177, 190n11 al-Hudaybi, Mamun, 146, 148, 150, 155, 174–175 Ali (first Shia imam), 54, 63, 64, 74 Ali, Muhammad, 127, 132 Aliran (Malaysian publication), 158 Allahu Akbar (God is most great) Iraqi flag, added to, 119, 138 Iraqi rallying cry, 91, 93, 137 Saddam, used by, 114 al-Nahda. See Renaissance Party Amal (Organization of Islamic Action), 150 Amman, 127, 128, 154, 157, 234n35 Amman University, 157 Amnesty International, 132 amr al-mu
minin (commander of the faithful), 220n92 AMU. See Arab Maghreb Union Anfal campaign, 49, 71, 203n15 Aoun, Michel, 38 Aqsa, al- (mosque), 88, 98, 182 Arab Cold War, 2 Arab Cooperation Council (ACC), 15–16, 17, 192n29 Arabism, 131, 153, 228n32 Fahd as betrayer of, 132 Islam, linked with, 19, 46, 67–68, 88–91, 94, 95, 97, 98, 100, 109, 120–121, 137, 166, 219n74, 234n35 Jordanian, 38 Kuwait’s appeal to, 81 Tseng 2004.1.9 09:57 6983 Long / SADDAM’S WAR OF WORDS / sheet 271 of 288 Saddam as proponent of, 16 Saddam defended on the basis of, 153 See also Arab nationalism; panArabism Arab League, 36, 126, 148, 174 Charter (Article 6), 40 Iraq, defender of, 16 Iraq-Kuwait dispute, mediator of, 20–21, 179, 191n20 meeting (28–30 May 1990), 17–19 meeting (3 August 1990), 23, 25, 40 Resolution 3036, 25, 26, 151 meeting (10 August 1990), 23, 25, 39, 40, 96, 103, 105, 123, 134 Resolution 195, 26, 96, 143, 152, 197n13, 217n46 military force of, 13 Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), 192n29 Arab nationalism, 180, 193n40 Bathism and, 86, 89 Islam, distinct from, 55, 67 Islam, linked with, 3, 60, 167, 187n4 Kuwait’s appeal to, 81 Saddam as advocate of, 19, 208n80 Saddam defended on the basis of, 154 Syrian, 38 umma and, 197n22 See also Arabism; pan-Arabism Arab street, 171, 178, 229n37 Egyptian, 36 Saddam condemned by, 151 Saddam supported by, 31, 34, 140, 149 Saudi, 41 Arafat, Yasir, 159, 172, 215n18, 235n49 intifada and, 33, 86 Israel, relations with, 33–34, 86, 214n10 Palestinian terrorism and, 33, 199n34 PLO ‘‘declaration of independence’’ and, 87 Saddam, supporter of, 18, 36, 84, 176, 195n51 ardh (land), 48 Aref, Abd al-Salam, 57 Argentina, 192n32 asabiyya (loyalty to a kinship group), 28 Ashrawi, Hanan, 33, 175 Ashtal, Abdalla Saleh al-, 153 Ashura (Shia festival), 46, 211n103, 216n32 Assad, Hafiz al-, 38, 69, 173–174 as-salaamu aleykum (peace be with you), 85 Assyrians, 52 Azaidah, Ahmad al-, 169 Azhar University, al-, 126, 170 Aziz, Tariq, 15, 21, 130, 135, 209n82, 217n46 assassination of, attempted, 62, 68, 72, 209n87 Kuwait, threatening of, 90 oil policies of gulf states, protest against, 19–20 Azzam, Maha, 169, 234n35 B-52, 1 Babylon, rebuilt by Saddam, 52–53 Babylonians, 52 Badr, Battle of, 71, 114 Baghdad, 8, 9, 61, 163 destruction of, in 1258, 69 founding by al-Mansur, 109 site of conferences during Gulf War, 125–131, 136 Baghdad Betty, 133 Baghdad Summit (1978), 192n32 baghi (injustice), 139 Bahrain, 192n29 Baker, James A., III, 135 Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al-, 9, 47, 48 Balfour Declaration, 163 Bandar bin Sultan (Saudi Arabian...