The resistance movement led by Arab nationalist and Shia cleric al Sadr is now ready to head a post-Occupation Iraq in accord with the Sunni resistance, and the Sadrists and their Sunni allies will not stand for a permanent occupation or a split-up Iraq. So US and Occupation talk of a 'drawdown' in US troop numbers is nothing but an equivocation in attempt to placate some Iraqis and influence opinion on the American homefront. However, the US national security state plans for Iraq are:
-permanent occupation, -a weak 'federal' structure leading to collapse at the Arab centre, -collaboration with centrifugal elements (Kurds, Shia separatists in the south who want an exclusive deal on oil revenues, largey secular), -and an Iraq re-built (i.e. occupied) only enough to quarter their troops and airmen, So all-out armed resistance and civil disobedience campaigns may be the only way for the Iraqi nationalists and co-religionists to salvage their country (I say 'co-religionists', since the core elements of the Sunni, Shia and Kurd resistance to occupation and break-up are Islamists with far more in common than not). http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=174417 Tuesday, July 26, 2005 Sunni cleric holds talks with Al Sadr AP Najaf : An influential Sunni Arab cleric met on Sunday with radical Shiite preacher Moqtada Al Sadr and afterward said Iraqis cannot produce a constitution freely as long as foreign troops remain in the country. The meeting between Al Sadr and Abdul Salam Al Kobeisi of the Association of Muslim Scholars was a sign that two rival religious groups are exploring ways to cooperate in the common goal of limiting US influence in the preparation of the constitution. Both Al Sadr and the association oppose the presence of foreign troops. "The presence of the occupier will not allow us to write our constitution with Iraqi hands," Al Kobeisi told reporters after the meeting. "It will be incantations from the occupier like what happened in the interim constitution." ------------------ C. Jannuzzi Fukui, Japan _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
