You Must Know
Ibrahim Ebeid
Iraq, the easternmost
region of the Arab world, was the central seat of the Arab Abbasid Moslem State
that stretched from the borders of France to the borders of China. It was the
home of the first world civilization. Under the Caliphate of Baghdad, Iraq again
became the center of learning and progress that contributed to the advancement
of science, mathematics, medicine, philosophy and literature.
Under the leadership
of the Arab Baath Socialist Party Iraq started to take its place on the world
stage. The economy flourished, science and modern technology were advancing and
Iraq became the most flourished county in the entire Arab World. The hope of the
Arab people for Unity, Liberation and Independence was restored to them. Baghdad
became the Mecca of hope and aspiration.
Western Imperialism
was always hostile to any progress or to any unity among the Arab people. Arab
Unity in one single state was not acceptable. Soon after the fall of the Ottoman
Empire the Arab World fell under Western occupation, then later on new mini
states were created and the West appointed new rulers.
Several portions of
the Arab land were cut of and given to neighboring countries. Palestine was
usurped and given to the Zionists and a new entity replaced Palestine The
Palestinians were evicted and became refugees. The saga of wars and terror
continued against the Palestinians and the neighboring Arab countries.
The aggression that
started on January 1991 was intended not to evict Iraq from its territory,
Kuwait, which was usurped from Iraq by Colonel Wilcox by a stroke of a red pen,
but to kill any hope and aspiration for unity and liberation. It was prelude for
invasion and occupation, which was fulfilled on April 9, 2003.
The Arab rulers who
rallied behind the Anglo-American aggression in 1991 are the same rulers who
facilitated the invasion of Iraq in 2003. The price of this invasion was very
heavy. Iraq was ruined, its institutions were destroyed, its people are starving
and its children are dying. They brought misery and disaster to the entire
region. They offered the Arab wealth to the Imperialist powers and “Arab Oil
for Arab People” became “Arab Oil for Bush, Dick Cheney and Halliburton”.
These rulers forgot Palestine and the Zionist entity became stronger and its
influence was strengthened by their barbaric acts. They put the Arab World under
Anglo-American-Zionist occupation and domination.
The invasion went
further beyond Iraq and its occupation. It engulfed the entire region, its
culture and religion. Islam and its teachings are targeted and labeled as
intolerant and terrorist. George W. Bush became the "grand mufti" of
the Arab rulers. His words are "legitimate" and "final".
Programs of schools are being
changed. History is being distorted. Changes and distortion are being tailored
to fit the Imperialist and Zionist aims.
The appointed Iraqi
Council will fail like those puppets that ruled Iraq under the British
occupation. Its members were fashioned to meet the needs of London, Tel-Aviv,
and Washington. They were the driving force behind the bloodshed in their
country and they are responsible for that catastrophe.
The hope of the
Imperialist Bush to reap the spoils of his invasion of Iraq will end in a
devastated defeat for him and for his allies as well. The death of innocent
Iraqis and American soldiers will haunt him for years to come. The American
people will realize that the war and occupation is not worth the death of their
children in this senseless blatant war.
The Iraqi National
Resistance was able to inflict severe blows to the occupation forces, to their
allies and stooges. Halliburton is not able to accomplish anything besides
robbing the Iraqi people from their wealth. The Iraqi people are behind the
resistance and against the occupation. The tanks, missiles and sophisticated
choppers cannot protect the aggressors from the rage of the Iraqi Freedom
Fighters.
The Bush greed and
the unwise decision to build an Imperialist Empire are being shattered. His
soldiers and the Bremmer Administration are demoralized.
The Iraqi resistance is forcing Bush to retreat and refer to the United
Nations, but the Iraqi Resistance made it very clear that internationalizing the
Iraqi occupation is unacceptable and rejected by the Iraqi people.
The progressive and
peace and justice organizations must fully support the Iraqi National
Resistance. Internationalizing the Iraqi occupation is unacceptable and
rejected. Let us call things as they are, Aggression is aggression, occupation
is occupation. Iraq is occupied. Occupation must be immediately terminated. The
Iraqi prisoners of war must be freed. Negotiations and plans for unconditional
withdrawal must be discussed with the members of the legitimate Iraqi leadership
who are prisoners of war.