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SV Egyptian President Anwar Sadat speaking in English
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SADAT: "Saddam Hussein, it appears after the Iranian revolution started, it appears that he has suddenly remembered that he has surrendered certain lands and certain concessions in Shatt al Arab. The others in Iran, it appears also that they have found, and this is mainly because Khomeini has been ill-treated in Iraq before he left to France. And he was sent out on the demand of the Shah by Saddam Hussein, to France. So I wonder, the fate of the Arabs and Moslems in this area now is under certain complexes from Saddam towards Iran and from Khomeini towards Iraq and the Arab world. And as I said, it really is a tragedy to give the teenagers our problems."





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Background: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat predicted on Tuesday (23 September) that the conflict between Iran and Iraq would have a vast impact on Middle East affairs, and he described the two warring countries as "adolescents in arms". In an interview with Dutch Television President Sadat said the fighting had been motivated by personal grudges between Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein, and Iran's Revolutionary Leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.