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ER. The spokesman also gave the following war with Iraq to assist the Iranian General
information about the aircraft: Staff, some of whose leaders had had close
1. On July 11, 1981, the plane landed at links to Mossad, the Israeli intelligence
Larnaca Airport on a flight from Tel Aviv to service.
Tehran, earring 50 boxes weighing 6,750 On November 2, 1980, the British newspaper
kilograms. It was piloted by a Captain "The Observer" reported that “Israel” had sent
MacFerty. several shipments of military equipment to
2. On July 12, 1981, the aircraft returned to Iran, and that a cargo of spare parts had been
Larnaca from Tehran and left the same day for unloaded by ships sailing under non-Israeli
Tel Aviv, this time piloted by a Captain flags at Iran's three ports of Bandar Abbas,
Cordero. Shah Bahar and Bushahar.
3. On July 13, 1981, the plane again stopped Also on November 2, 1980, the West German
at Larnaca on a flight from Tel Aviv, and left newspaper "Die Welt" said that Israel was
early the next day, July 14, for Tehran. The supplying Iran with spare parts for American-
aircraft returned to Larnaca around noon on made weapons, especially the F-4 jet fighters.
July 14, and then proceeded to Tel Aviv, The newspaper added that the military
piloted by Captain Cordero. equipment was reaching Iran by sea, aboard
All these are facts that establish beyond any vessels that were following unusual routes to
doubt the existence of arms cooperation Iran.
between the Zionist entity and Iran. It did not The military relationship between Iran and
even need confirmation by Rafsanjani and Israel was also noted in "Al-Watan al-Araby,"
Bani-Sadr. The importance of what they said, an Arabic-language magazine published in
however, stems from the fact that they were Paris, on November 5, 1980; by the French
admissions by the highest authorities in Iran, magazine "VCD" on November 11, 1980, and
and thus not open to skepticism or error. by the French magazine "Jeune Afrique" on
Moreover, the crash of the Argentinean cargo November 14, 1980.
plane, its three round-trips between Tel Aviv Al-Watan al-Araby reported that an “Israeli”
and Tehran - as described by the spokesman vessel, loaded with weapons and spare parts,
for the Cypriot government - and the had stopped at the Belgian port of Antwerp
admissions of Bani-Sadr and Rafsanjani were and other European ports where its cargo was
not the only pieces of evidence about the unloaded for reshipment to Iran. VCD
existence of the arms cooperation arrangement magazine stressed that "Israel" had been
between Iran and the Zionist entity. Since the secretly supplying Iran with arms and spare
first month of the war that Iran launched parts for several months, following contacts
against Iraq in September, 1980, there has between “Israeli” and Iranian officials. Jeune
been a steady flow of information about secret Afrique reported that the “Israeli”-Iranian
contacts, both direct and indirect, between arms negotiations had been conducted in the
Iranian and "Israeli" officials involving arms Netherlands.
deals between Iran and the Zionist entity. On March 31, 1981, the Kuwaiti newspaper
The information that reached the news media "Al-Siyassah" quoted informed sources in
of several countries left no doubt that an Paris as saying that Israel was repairing jet
Iranian-“Israeli” military arrangement existed. engines for Iran, and that six F-15 engines had
On October 21, 1980, the French-language been returned to Iran after maintenance in
magazine "Afrique-Asie" published in Paris Israel. This particular deal was said to have
carried a report by its correspondent in Tehran been arranged through a European country
that Israeli military and civilian experts had with close ties to Israel.
arrived in Iran three days after the start of the

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Evolution of Arab Revolutionary secret, we need only to call to mind the
Ideology conflicts, which opposed the various
ideologies prevalent in Arab territory
Dr. Elias Farah throughout the history of the present Arab
struggle.
We On the one hand, the total inability of the
proudly previous dominant ideologies to grasp the
introduce reality of this particular phase of history
Dr. Elias stands revealed. These, in fact, succeeded
Farah, one in defining neither its essential
of the contradictions nor the general laws
most imposed by the struggle, on which the life
renowned of the Nation hinges today. In other
Arab words, they proved incapable of
thinkers perceiving the meaning of the polemics
who wrote over the contemporary Arab experience or
these articles in Arabic in the seventies. of understanding the bond linking it with
Here Dr. Farah explains the theories, the new revolutionary current in the
principles and the ideology of the Arab countries of the Third World; here nations
Baath Socialist Party. He worked closely and proletarian masses -victims of
with Professor Michel Aflaq for decades injustice- have associated class-struggle
and was able to explain the thoughts of against exploitation and under-
the founder of the Baath Party eloquently development with the struggle for
and in depth. national freedom, in the face of
We will continue to publish some of the colonialism and fragmentation.
literature of this important and very On the other hand, this ideology, to which
impressive movement that introduced a both a movement and a party are
revolutionary vision to the masses of the affiliated, has become the supreme guide
Arab World to liberate and reunify their for revolutionary action of the Arab Nation
Homeland in a single state that stretches in its entirety, because it expresses
from the Arab Gulf in the East to faithfully and precisely the aspirations of
Mauritania in the West. the people and the proletarian Arab
Ibrahim Ebeid masses; it has, moreover, outlined the
path for the Arab struggle and defined
Introduction both its line of conduct and its objectives.
Arab revolutionary ideology has at last,
To gauge the measure and the power of
Arab revolutionary ideology and pierce its

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after passing through various stages, character; these were stamped by political
reached maturity. It is now following its opportunism and were devoid of socialist
natural evolution, which will lead to full planning and a national dimension.
development and renewal and which Changes were, consequently, restricted to
corresponds to that of historic reality and a few Regions, unrelated to the Nation as
thought in the Arab world. a whole, and were in opposition to the
A study of the evolution of Arab teaching of global Arab revolution. These
revolutionary ideology cannot be changes appear as heterogeneous and
separated from the study of the demagogic improvisations, unrelated to
movement, which has developed and the revolutionary values on which Arab
grown under its impetus. This ideology, revolutionary ideology has always insisted,
while contributing to the success of the remained superficial and even discredited
Arab revolutionary movement, was them in the eyes of the popular masses.
concerned with both the positive and Opportunists and climbers, thinking only
negative experiments of the movement. of themselves and the preservation of
Arab revolutionary ideology crystallized their own interests, made of power a
and developed parallel to the movement's counter-revolutionary force, in
evolution. It was, therefore, inevitable contradiction with the interests of the
that it should suffer the consequences of Arab revolution. During the sixties their
the crises shaking it. From the very outset, role was confined to slowing down the
the practical application of the ideology activity of true militants -those who
with its watchwords Unity, Freedom and soldered their destiny to that of the Arab
Socialism, brought about a crisis which revolution and the proletarian masses,
revealed the backwardness of the Arab those who fought under the flag of Arab
revolutionary movement in relation to its revolutionary ideology. Opportunists who
theory .In spite of attempts to draw the spread confusion were, however, doomed
lesson from constant modifications, the to fail. They accused Arab revolutionary
movement was unable to master or ideology of being the cause of their ill
amend the situation or change its course. success and taxed it with backwardness,
This backwardness of theory was the inefficiency and obsolescence; they
cause of the deterioration created by the accused it of stagnation and made the
political and economic changes, which doctrine out to be incapable of renewal.
took place in certain Arab Regions during Their desire was to wrench it from its
the sixties. Political and economic principles and alienate it from its vocation.
decisions, which have often been revised, They also attributed to it principles
lost their scientific revolutionary belonging elsewhere.

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The state of uneasiness that followed on without ever conjugating its efforts to
the failure of the experiment in unity (and fathom its real content. The day the
revealed the need to return to the origins movement was forced to go into action, it
of the ideological crises which had shaken encountered a crisis, which buffeted it just
the Arab revolutionary movement was as much as its ideology. Those in power,
accompanied by a feeling of resignation who regarded the Arab revolutionary
and, at the same time, by one of hatred movement and its ideology as a means to
for the movement itself. The latter their own ends and to ensure success,
became the target of attempts to destroy gave full rein to their hatred for the
and defame it and of falsifications aiming movement's ideology "like backward
at the annihilation of its strength. In other children who expect their father to
words, these maneuvers attacked the provide for all their needs or like juvenile
movement's ideology. Out of this state of delinquents who commit crimes to
things, confusion was born between revenge themselves on their fathers for
sincere desires for genuine renewal on the giving them life".
one hand and, on the other, attempts, Some of these offspring became
hidden behind a call to resurgence, which professional liars and slanderers and tried
were simply a parody and a deformation to avenge themselves in a thousand and
of truth. one ways on the ideology, which forms
The Arab revolutionary movement was the basis of the Arab revolutionary
unable to rise to the level required by its movement. The most treacherous of these
ideology, but the latter, on the other was lip service to the ideology, while doing
hand, was able to hold its ground at the everything possible to distort, destroy and
level required by the particular phase in plot against it.
history. The movement, in fact, deviated The aim of our present study is to
from its own basic theory and failed to denounce the conspiracies being hatched
submit it to necessary study and analysis. against Arab revolutionary ideology and
Its analytical methods did not enable it to which try to deviate it from its vocation,
discover the close, reciprocal bonds, which retard its evolution and veil the
link together Unity, Freedom and contradictions which exist between Union
Socialism, and it failed to solder these in theory and its practical application in
objectives indissolubly with a skilful the framework of the Arab revolutionary
tactical strategy for political struggle. The experiment. It also aims at indicating the
movement was kept prisoner by the very healthy, natural way for this experiment
genius of its ideology — of which it was to evolve.
proud and which it continued to defend —

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Saddam Hussein, the President, he asked us to call him
Ba’athist Leader Comrade Saddam or Abu Udai,
everyone was very pleased and open,
Saddam Hussein, the Ba’athist and the discussion went on in a
Leader democratic way, every comrade raised
his / her concerns directly and frankly.
By: Ibrahim Ebeid, from the Ba’athist His answers were very straight, even
Archive he told one of the Comrades, “If you do
not like or agree with us, or with the
I had the honor to meet and to talk to Leadership, in the next conference, do
Saddam Hussein several times, before not vote for us and we will
and after he assumed the Presidency. I abide.
found in him several qualities that
shaped him to be a leader. He was
very humble, very intelligent and above
all he made you feel close to him and
that he was part of the people, not
above the people. Every time I met him
I felt at ease, as I was in presence of a
friend.

I recall a meeting with him in a large In one of his meetings in the
hall in Baghdad; he was talking to Presidential Palace with Baath Party
Baathists from various parts of the Organizations from Europe, Canada,
World. He refused to be called Mr. and the US he stood up in the middle
of the hall and asked the Comrades to
gather around him and not to sit on
chairs and couches because we were
not guests, he wanted the atmosphere
to be friendlier and warm. It was a hot
day in July and the student
organizations were helping building a
modern village for Egyptian farmers in
lands given to them by the Iraqi
Government, Saddam asked the
comrades to extend their stay in Iraq

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and to participate in building the the people, safeguarding the nation
village. It was an experience that I will and eradicating injustice.
cherish for the rest of my life.
Comrade Abu Haitham (Ahmad
I will never forget the day when he Hassan al Bakr) has given up his
accepted the task to be the President official responsibilities in the Party and
and the leader of Iraq when he the State, but he remains in our hearts
appeared on Television saying “I will the father and the leader whose long
not call on my comrades in the struggle we admire and look up to, and
Command and in the Party, or on my who has rendered the greatest service
brothers, the people, to do anything I to his Party and his nation. I, and my
would not do myself, or forbid them comrades in the Command, wish him
anything I would not forbid myself. Our good health and well-being so that he
duty is to strive for justice and to may remain long by our side, our father
struggle against oppression. We will and our comrade. Comrade Ahmad
not accept that any comrade in our Hassan Bakr has struggled throughout
Party, or any member of the people, be his life in order to ensure freedom,
humiliated. justice and dignity for our people and
did not hesitate to sacrifice all for its
We will overcome tyranny in all its sake; the people will always look up to
forms; we will safeguard justice when him, in appreciation of his service to
called on to do so. Power is not the nation.”
wielded for self-satisfaction; it is a
burden we carry in order to translate He was a true leader, a humble and
principles into reality in the service of honorable one. He was a courageous
man, a Revolutionary Leader who
believed in the integrity and love to his
people and his country. “Long Live Iraq
and Long live Palestine Arab and free,
from the river to the sea” were his last
words when he marched proudly to the
gallows.

The struggle will continue. Iraq and
Palestine will be free and Saddam
Hussein will be with us forever.

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