Ayoon Wa Azan (I Warn of The Upcoming)
Jihad el-Khazen Al-Hayat - 24/12/06//
The situation in Iraq is bad, but is it going to be worse?
I intend to answer this question. My answer is: Yes, the situation in Iraq is going to further worsen, thanks to US President George Bush and some Iraqi politicians.
Announcing that victory was still possible in Iraq, the US president did not heed scores of reports, including the Baker-Hamilton Commission's. He said he interpreted the midterm election's results "as people not satisfied with the progress…" I ask him: what progress? He added that the Americans do not say" withdraw now", they rather want us to meet the goals. I ask him: what goals?
May God help Iraq and the Iraqi people against the president, who put off his speech about a new policy in Iraq to next month - simply because he does not have one. He turned down proposals to cut down the number of US troops in Iraq and change their mission there to only training and consulting. He refused to give Iran and Syria a role in the search for a solution. He backs the government of (Iraqi Prime Minister) Nouri al-Maliki, and at the same time supports Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, who is trying to overthrow al-Maliki.
How can we persuade President Bush that he is not winning or achieving goals in Iraq? He had lost the war already, and everything is over! I do not think we can do that because he lives in another world of his own. Congressman Rahm Emanuel was right when he described him as "stubborn and isolated".
But this is Bush, what about the Iraqi people? They cannot blame Bush and his administration if they slip into fierce civil war, which has loomed in the horizon following the attacks on the shrines of Imam Ali al-Hadi and Imam al-Hassan al-Askari in February. The attacks gave rise to escalated sectarian confrontations, during which many innocent Muslims were killed by fellow Muslims.
Everyone is responsible, especially the terrorists of al-Qaeda network who are working hard to spark sedition, which is much worse than slaughter - actually civil wars have always been the most atrocious. Also, I blame the Badr Brigades, al-Mahdi Army and anyone who lift an arm to kill his fellowmen on bases of ethnicity. This has added to the ordeal of Iraq, as though the US military occupation was not enough.
I am not Iraqi, but I am Arab. I consider all Arab countries my homeland. I want Iraq to enjoy the peace, welfare and leading role it deserves. Yet, there are some stances adopted by Iraqi politicians that make me worried. I noticed that Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr had tried to turn over a new leaf with the Sunni leaderships in the country. Reciprocal fatwas have been issued to prohibit the killing of Muslims (actually Islam also prohibits the killing of those non-Muslims who were promised security according to a treaty with a Muslim ruler. Prophet Muhammad had said: "Do not betray and do not steal from the booty"). Consequently, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, head of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, went to the US and received the blessing of President Bush.
Al-Haim had lived for years exiled in Iran, while Muqtada al-Sadr continued to live in Iraq after the killing of his father. While al-Hakim advocates federalism and partitioning Iraq, al-Sadr stresses the unity of Iraq against the conspiracy of federalism. Al-Hakim still cherishes hopes to gain control over the south, where Iran today is very influential to the extent that Persian is challenging Arabic there.
Al-Hakim cooperated with the US occupation forces.
Al-Sadr led a resistance against occupation, and entered armed confrontations against US troops.
Al-Hakim wants the US to stay in Iraq, through its military or any other form.
Al-Sadr wants a timetable for a US withdrawal from Iraq. He collected the signatures of 131 Iraqi MPs in support of his call for the US troops to leave.
Should I choose between al-Hakim and al-Sadr, I would choose whatever is in the interest of Iraq and its people. I consider al-Sadr, who backs the government of al-Maliki, an Iraqi patriot, whereas al-Hakim represents alternative stances to enforce policies that I do not trust. He is inclined support the US and Iran.
Al-Sadr has committed many mistakes, but they are a lesser evil, in my opinion which I hope is objective, compared with al-Hakim's old and continuing attempts to set up a US-Shiite alliance against Sunnis in Iraq and the whore region.
Iraq cannot stand the ignorance and obstinacy of President Bush, the plans by Israelis in the administration and around it to destroy the country and the region, and, at the same time, the competition between Iraqi politicians. Some politicians have even contrived to serve their own interests at the expense of the whole country.
After discovering and destroying the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, defeating al-Qaeda in Iraq, enforcing democracy that made Iraq a beacon of guidance for the whole world, there is nothing left for President Bush, who wants to achieve goals, except to make the whole region follow the example of Iraq in order to complete the Israeli goals. Meanwhile, some Iraqi politicians are slipping into civil war with their eyes wide open, and some of them are not even loyal to Iraq.
Iraq needs a miracle like the miracles of the Torah. But, alas, the time of miracles has gone. I have nothing but to I warn of the upcoming!
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