Al-Watan: intellectuals stress Saudi Arabia's unity, condemns US intervention
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 8/16/2002

Several intellectuals in Saudi Arabia are embarking on collecting signatures of a draft statement under the title "together in the trench of honored," in which they reject all forms of intervention in the internal affairs of any country in the world, calling on all "honest people" to "unmask and condemn what have been there in the American administration of thoughts on interfering in the Kingdom's affairs under titles and justifications like drying the springs of terrorism and human rights issues."

The Saudi daily al-Watan said on Wednesday that the statement's draft stresses "commitment to the Kingdom's unity and sovereignty and resisting all forms of interference in our affairs." However, Saudi- American relations increasing in tension last week after the Washington Post spoke of a report submitted to the Pentagon which described the Kingdom as an "enemy" state and a supporter of terrorism. The American administration, later, denied this report.

The statement's draft condemned the "policy of power and arrogance and the double- standard policy practiced by the American government against people, and their results in flagrant violations of principles of right and justice at the economic, political, cultural and security levels." The statement indicated the US rejection to ratify several international agreements like Durban and Kyoto agreements besides its rejection to take part in the membership of the "International Criminal Court."

The statement draft also supports the statements made by German intellectuals and the message of the American citizens to their friends in Europe and others, all rejecting the alleged moral justifications concerning the war which has been launched under the titles of fighting terrorism in several areas of the world.

The statement, which is considered the fifth in the series of statements issued by the Saudi intellectuals and writers since September 11, to condemn the " immoral practices of the American policy and its unlimited support to the Zionist massacres and terrorism in the occupied Palestinian and Arab territories and its support to the Israeli policy of humiliation, and siege imposed on the Palestinians."

At the internal level, the intellectuals stressed the need of "proceeding into the reform operations in all walks of life " in the Kingdom and also hailed the "noble and just stances taken by individuals and organizations of the civil societies."

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