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The Prince George Citizen - Friday, March 1,1991 - 9 International Peace may follow elusive path in Gulf pessimistic observation just hoursbia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait out of the region, they leave be­East peace process, and finding a Israel says it will deal with Arab An analysis way to make Palestinians believe states individually, but won’t par­ by PETER BAKOGEORGE after the ceasefire. and the United Arab Emirates — hind some of their arms. along with Syria and Egypt have they’re not once again the region’s Southam News “ This (Arab) nation finds itself That’s an acknowledgement that ticipate in an international peace driven at least 50 years back be­ already had a meeting here on a a key to any peace is a new mili­forgotten problem. conference — which the Soviet CAIRO — The view beyond the cause of a mad adventure.” new pact for keeping peace. tary balance. That would include Former Egyptian diplomat Ash-Union prefers and the United military victory is a sobering one. U.S. Secretary of State James They will talk again next week making the new Arab alliance raf Ghorbal was quoted here this States would agree to. After battlefield fighting de­ Baker will travel to the Middle in Damascus. strong enough to defend againstweek as saying that to postpone scribed as “rapid warfare in its East next week, where it is ex­ aggressors, and even make sure dealingit with the issue of Palestine If Israel can’t be convinced to finest hour,” the search for a last­ Their new alliance, though, may talk seriously about peace, but still pected he will be told peace has a be full of explosives which can becould defend the now weakened “ would be to render it explosive; ing peace may take on the appear­ receives the expected U.S. help in better chance if his country’s easily detonated. Iraq. to put it off after dealing so effec­ ance of a grinding, minute-by-troops leave the region. Baker has spoken of an ongoingtively with the Gulf crisis would its military build-up, any amount Syria has only recently made up minute move through a minefield “ Egypt and other Arab countries U.S. military presence in the re­ be an unforgivable shame.” of good will Washington won in with Egypt, which it had con­ of classic Middle East obstacles. reject the presence of foreign gion, but that would come with But the first problem to be dealt the war will dissipate. Who will keep the peace, and demned for making peace with forces in the region after they have high risks. with is determining who speaks for Saddam Hussein lost the war, what is the proper regional mili­ Israel. the Palestinians. completed their task,” Egypt’s Winning the war doesn’t mean but he proved again that Israel is tary balance which will help it en­ deputy prime minister, Esmat The alliance could quickly lose Washington won the hearts of the One of the losers in the war was the flashpoint of the region, and dure? Abdel-Meguid said here this week. its popular support if the poorArab in nation at large. the Palestine Liberation Organiza­ the question of the Palestinians Can Arab-Israeli distrust be dealt “The Arabs themselves are re­ Syria and Egypt rebel against the tion, which backed Iraq, and now Radical groups throughout the living under its occupation has to with in any real way, and is there sponsible for future Arab secu­wide disparities in wealth in the region have publicly targetedfinds itself discredited. be solved before there can be any an attainable solution to the ques­rity.” Arab world. American interests for terrorist at­ If the U.S. and others in the in­ overall peace. tion of Palestine? Some of the key players have al­ One of the lessons of the Gulftacks. And the United States, ternational community seek to Does the United States have the ready started to piece together crisis is that many Arabs who sup­ which lost 247 Marines to a bomb pressure Israel into finding a solu­The quick war created, or stomach for another gamble ofwhat they hope will be that new ported Saddam’s overthrow of attack in Lebanon in 1983, knowstion to the question of Palestine,brought into focus, other problems leaving a military presence in thearrangement. Kuwait did so because the tiny the difficulty of guaranteeingthey will have to help ensure there which could plague the region. Middle East, and if so, will it be Simply put, Egypt and Syria canGulf state was widely considered safety — even for its own is a capable voice to speak for tolerated by the new regionalprovide the military protection; theto be too rich, but not very gener­peacekeepers — in the volatile Palestinians. If there is a postwar domestic powers? weaker Gulf states can afford to ous to fellow Arabs. Middle East. No less troublesome is finding upheavala in Iraq, will the well-or­ “The Arab house will take de­ pay for it with their oil wealth. Egypt’s Al-Ahram newspaper Washington’s more pressingforum and enough goodwill ganizedfor Kurds seize on the insta­ cades to be put in order again,” The countries of the Gulf Co­has reported the new alliance will postwar concerns will be finding peacea talks between Israel and its bility in Baghdad to carve out their said the Egyptian Gazette in aoperation Council — Saudi Ara­ask that as coalition members pull way to nudge along the MiddleMiddle East neighbors. long-sought state? Kuwaitis tell tales of terror works at Mubarak Hospital in the hanged still had a twisted blue said each family she knew in by MARIAM ISA capital. cord around his neck. Kuwait had lost two or three KUWAIT CITY (Reuter) — “We received so many bodies “This is only the tip of the ice­ people. Mutilated bodies waiting to bc that most of us stopped counting. claimed from hospital morgues and berg,” Babhani said. “They (Iraqi soldiers) detained We saw evidence of torture and my cousin for two weeks. They re­ harrowing accounts of torture, rapethey mutilated the bodies after Dr. Abdulrahim, at the smaller and murder are the most disturbing turned him and said nothing was they died. We tried to bury them Ameri Hospital, said it had re­ wrong. Then the next day they reminders of seven months of Iraqias soon as we got them.” ceived the remains of 30 to 40 occupation in this battered capital. Kuwaitis killed by Iraqi soldiers, came back and shot him in front of Officials at the hospital said they Kuwaitis — many venturing out­ including 19 in February alone.all of us,” she said. had received around 250 bodies of doors for the first time in weeks Photographs showed most of the Kuwaitis killed by Iraqi soldiers — and doctors at two hospitals victims had been tortured and then Masoud Mohammed, 18, said 85 since last August. which I visited on Thursday said shot people were executed in his home the Iraqi soldiers stepped up a They showed reporters five district of al-Ahmadi 10 days ago. badly mutilated male bodies kept One showed only the badly campaign of terror in the last two bruised face of a young woman weeks before they withdrew. in drawers in the basement “They just took them out of morgue. who the doctor said had been People were picked up off the their houses and shot them in front raped. of the supermarket . we were streets and taken to schools or pol­ The body of an 18-year-old boy Most of the Kuwaitis out cele­ too afraid,” he said. ice stations where they were tor­ was completely burned. Babhani tured and finally killed, usually brating the departure of the Iraqis said they could not tell whether he said they felt like they had been let The ABC network, monitored in with a shot to the head, they said. had been set on fire before or after out of jail. New York, showed a group of Frequently Iraqi soldiers would he was executed. The flesh from Iraqis behind bars. One of them Christian Brando talksa with member of his defence team. “It was deadly, it was like we bring a detainee back to his family his left leg had disappeared, leav­ told an interviewer through a and shoot him in front of them. At were in prison. I never slept well ing a shrivelled stump of bone. translator that the allegations of other times, the bodies were and we didn’t feel safe even in our There was a wound where his tortures are true. dumped in the streets as a warninggenitals had been. His nose had houses,” said Manar al-Ghanem, a Brando gets 10 yearsto others. been battered. 23-year-old student. Asked why the Iraqis had done Iraqi soldiers warned that no one LOS ANGELES (Reuter) — that he may have failed as a father. Another body was shot through Rana, a 23-year-old Palestiniansuch things, he was quoted as say­ could touch the bodies for 12 Christian Brando, son of film star the ear, had a gaping gash in thefrom Nablus, described the last ing; “ We are soldiers. We get the “Most people have some goodhours. If they were not found by Marlon Brando, was sentenced chest and small black cigarette seven months as a “disaster” and order from the big boss.” and bad aspects,” he said. “His immediate relatives, someone Thursday to 10 years in prison for bums and a large bruise on the mother came as close to being a would eventually pick them up and shooting the lover of his half sis­ stomach.

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