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The repressive
measures adopted yesterday by the
provisory administration of Iraq
unveil the purposes of that
deformity spawned by the real
government – the United States’
occupation. By decreeing martial
law and making use of several
legal norms (sic!) in order to
outlaw opponents, the Iraqi
authorities reveal to the world
the mission they were assigned by
their creator. As the latter brags
about bringing democracy to a
place under the rule of a
dictatorship, the provisory
administration does the dirty work
of discretionarily persecuting the
patriots that fight against the
occupation of the country. Just a
few days after its inauguration,
the puppet administration reveals
its worst facet – that of the
scourge of its own people.
The
justification was mean – creating
conditions to promote elections in
January next year. That also
involves the implicit admission
that the so-called democratization
resulting from those elections is
false since, for a start, it
excludes broad sectors that oppose
the presence of foreign troops and
the transformation of Iraq into a
protectorate of the United States.
The decision was not easy or
exempt from contradictions that
lay inside the provisory
administration. In the days that
preceded that decision, many
debates took place and
contradictory declarations were
made. Some sectors advocated
exactly the contrary – they wanted
conversations with the resistance
forces, including the radical
Shiite sector of Muqtada Al Sadr.
It was certainly influenced by the
ignominy imposed by the unseated
president on the legal authorities
appointed by the aggressors and
the sympathy he gained. Another
relevant factor is the fear of
becoming targets to attacks from
the resistance. But the will and
the point of view of those who are
really in charge prevailed – and
those were the embassy of the
United States and the United
States’ command of the occupation
forces.
The
falsehood and inconsistency of
“returning sovereignty” to Iraq
and “power” to the local
authorities is therefore being
revealed. The division and
conflict factors will only tend to
increase as long as Iraq is under
foreign occupation. Under such
circumstances, the provisory
administration will always be seen
as a puppet government and the
resistance of patriots will be
justified. Also given the
imposition of the United States’
will to effectively hold power in
Iraq, the UN’s role will not be
one of supporting a new order or a
transition towards democracy and
sovereignty; instead, it will
legitimate an unacceptable
colonial policy.
The
political solution of the Iraqi
conflict presupposes the end of
the United States’ occupation and
the understanding of all of the
country’s political forces. The
repression combined with the
aggressive military actions of the
United States troops will plunge
Iraq into a long-term, unavoidable
conflict.
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