送信日時 :2001年 10月 14日 日曜日 8:27 AM
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『亜空間通信』40号(2001/10/13)
【世界6位富豪サウジ王子12億円寄付をNY市長突き返し米中東政策批判表面化】
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転送、転載、引用、訳出、大歓迎！
2001.10.22.追記：
http://www.house.gov/mckinney/news/pr011012.htm
Letter to His Royal Highness Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
アルワイード・ビン・タラル王子殿下への手紙
October 12, 2001
2001年10月12日
[中略]
親愛なる王子アルワイード・ビン・タラル様:I would like to take just a moment to thank you for your recent demonstration of empathy with those suffering from the devastating and heinous September 11 attacks on the United States Pentagon and the World Trade Center.
私は、あなたが最近、アメリカ・ペンタゴンと世界貿易センターに対する壊滅的で極悪な9月11日の攻撃に苦しむ人々に対して共感を示されたことに感謝する。
I would especially like to thank you for your most generous offer of $10 million to assist those Americans in need as a result of those attacks.
私は特に、それらの攻撃の結果に苦しむアメリカ人のために、あなたが1000万ドルの寛大な支援を申し出られたことに感謝したい。
I was disappointed that Mayor Giuliani chose to decline your generous offer and instead criticize you for your observations of events in the Middle East.
私は、ジュリアーニ市長が、あなたの寛大な申し出を断わり、その代わりに、中東における諸事件に対するあなたの論評に関して、あなたを非難したので失望した。
Whether he agreed with you or not I think he should have recognized your right to speak and make observations about a part of the world which you know so well.
彼とあなたの意見が一致するか否かに関わりなく、私は彼が、あなたが非常によく知っている国際社会の問題について論評する権利を、尊重するべきだったと思う。
[中略]
Cynthia McKinney
シンシア・マッキーニーMember of Congress
国会議員
『朝日新聞』(2001.10.12)
「サウジ王子12億円寄付／直後「米政策がテロを招いた／NY市長怒り突き返す」上記の「米企業への巨額の投資で知られる」王子の秘めた魂胆は、推測する他はないが、アメリカに滞在していたサウジ王家関係者が一斉に帰国しているなど、影響は大きいと思われる。
アメリカの歴史見直し論者、ブラッドレイ・スミス教授が主宰し、学生が協力しているCODOH（わが電網宝庫にリンクあり）には、大手メディアでもこう報じているという主旨の記事紹介があるが、以下も、それである。
http://news.excite.com/news/ap/011013/13/attacks-saudi-prince
Saudi Prince Blames 'Jewish Pressure'
Updated: Sat, Oct 13 1:07 PM EDT
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - A Saudi prince has blamed "Jewish pressure" for the rejection of his $10 million donation to a New York relief fund. New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who accepted the donation from billionaire Saudi investor Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal on Thursday, ordered the money returned when he learned about a statement Alwaleed had made on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
"The whole issue is that I spoke about their position (on the Middle East conflict) and they didn't like it because there are Jewish pressures and they were afraid of them," Alwaleed said in remarks published in the daily Okaz.
He said Giuliani "can say what he wants. My comments were welcomed in Palestinian circles, and (Palestinian Authority) President Yasser Arafat sent me a thank you letter." During his visit to the wreckage of the World Trade Center on Thursday Alwaleed called the Sept. 11 terrorist attack "a tremendous crime" and said Osama bin Laden, a Saudi dissident who is the prime suspect, "does not belong to Islam."
But in a written statement handed out by his publicist during the visit, the prince added: "At times like this one, we must address some of the issues that led to such a criminal attack. I believe the government of the United States of America should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause."
Alwaleed told The Associated Press on Friday that Israeli attacks on Palestinians were "an important factor destabilizing the region," a view widely held by Arabs throughout the region. Despite Giuliani's rejection of his donation, Alwaleed said he respected the mayor for the "spectacular job" he has done in the month since the attack.
"My policies and actions are an indisputable part of those of my country and I cannot contradict them," Okaz quoted him as saying.
Many Arabs are angry with the United States, accusing it of unfairly siding with Israel in the conflict with the Palestinians.