Islamic Posturing for the Withdrawal of Foreign Forces from Iraq!
February 23, 2006
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The terrorist groups have discovered how to further divide the different sects in Iraq. They have been trying to inflame them against each other by killing numerous Shiite Muslims, trying to lead them to believe the Sunni Muslims did the killing – Up to this point that technique had not proven to be overly successful. But now the terrorists have blown the top over one of the most holy Shiite Mosques in Iraq, and it was highly successful in igniting Shiite fury against the Sunnis. One account today indicated up to 90 Sunni Mosques had been damaged in retaliation.
It has long been obvious to me that a “lasting” democratic government can never be established in Iraq. I applaud the efforts of our President and the valiant American troops who fought so valiantly to free Iraq from the grasp of the butcher Saddam Hussein, many having given their lives in the cause. And I praise the efforts of our forces in their training of Iraqi personnel to take charge of security when we withdraw. I have nothing but praise for our President and troops, but I must be honest as an analyst – There is no way a democratic government can ever exist after our troops pull out for more than a year.
From the beginning I was in favor of going into Iraq and getting rid of Saddam Hussein. But then I believed we should get out and let the Kurds, Sunnis, Shiites, and numerous other sects slug it
out for control of their zones of majority population. I was told that would be wrong because it would destabilize the Middle East but, quite frankly, I never believed that would be a bad thing. I have always believed it would be best for them to be fighting each other than us and Israel. I have lived among the different religious beliefs of the Middle East and, knowing the beliefs of the different sects, and the history of how Iraq came into existence as a modern country, I was acutely aware they could not come together to form a “lasting” democracy.
Our continued presence in Iraq, after we flushed out Saddam Hussein and his cronies, has allowed the terrorist groups to further inflame the Muslim world against us. They have convinced the Islamic world that we are like the Crusaders of the Middle Ages, come into the lands of Islam to enforce Christianity among them.
And our continued presence has been used to further inflame the Muslim world to believe their long standing claim that we are the big Devil and Israel is the Little Devil.
With the breakup of the colonial empires in the Middle East following WW 1, came the withdrawal of the controlling foreign powers, and the carving up of large segments of the Middle East into separate countries. Unfortunately, the borders of Iraq were carved out in such a way that it included large segments of Kurds, Sunni, and Shiites, plus a multiplicity of assorted other nationalities. Iraq was carved out of the old Ottoman Empire by France and Great Britain in the Sykes-Picot Agreement. On 11 November 1920 it became a League of Nations mandate under British control with the name “State of Iraq”.
The British government laid out the political and constitutional framework for Iraq’s government. Britain imposed a Hashimite monarchy on Iraq and defined the territorial limits of Iraq without taking into account the aspirations of the different ethnic and religious groups in the country, in particular those of the Kurds to the north.
All the ancient tribal hatreds between the different factions inside the borders of the new nation of Iraq made it impossible for any democratic government to stand very long. It was inevitable that a strong absolute dictator had to arise to control the factions by blood and terror. That leader was, of course, Saddam Hussein. I have never believed the real problem was Iraq – It was one man, Saddam Hussein. He held the Kurds and Shiites together with his Sunni government by some of the most brutal and terrifying acts of this present age.
The original mistake was made in the 1920 creation of Iraq by putting all three in the same box. They should have created three separate states,
one for the Kurds, one for the Sunnis, and one for the Shiites. That is why we should get out and let them slug it out to establish their own individual states.
I suspect the foreign forces will be withdrawn from Iraq by 2008, and the security turned over to the Iraqi forces now being trained to assume that responsibility.
I will be very surprised if the current government lasts more then a year, after the American troops pull out.
I believe it will break apart to become an Islamic Republic, and will be one of the 10 nations of Islam that eventually launch a Jihad against Israel.
The DEBKAfile Report, which follows, outlines the increasing month by month interaction within the terror crescent that stretches its tentacles outward from Iran into Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, the Gaza Strip, West Bank, and the Egyptian Sinai.
Begin DEBKAfile Report
DEBKAfile Exclusive: Iran extends its sponsorship of terrorists to Hamas, promising training facilities for Palestinians – on top of generous support for Abu Musab al Zarqawi’s Iraqi fighters
February 21, 2006, 11:48 PM (GMT+02:00)
This week’s Tehran visit by a Hamas delegation led by politburo chief Khaled Meshaal ushered in an era of close military collaboration between the Islamic republic and the Palestinian terrorists, according to DEBKAfile’s military sources.
Earlier this year DEBKA-Net-Weekly’s counter-terror sources uncovered Iran’s support in military training, logistical support, weapons and money for the terrorists fighting US forces in Iraq under Abu Musab al Zarqawi. It was the subject of US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad’s accusation at a news conference in Baghdad Monday, Feb. 20.
We reported earlier that Iranian agents in Iraq were: 1. Passing money and arms to Sunni guerillas in Iraq and choosing their Iraqi and US targets. 2. Running training camps for Zarqawi’s men. 3. Offering al Qaeda combat personnel three-week holidays at special rest and recuperation centers in Iran. 4. Providing hospital care in Iran for injured Iraqi Sunni insurgents and al Qaeda terrorists.
Ambassador Khalilzad said Monday Washington does not “want Iranian interference in Iraq, providing arms and training the militias and forces which are hostile to this new Iraq.” While Iraq and Iran maintained good relations, he warned “Iran has another policy as well, which is to work with the militias and extremist groups and provide training and weapons, direct or indirect.” He criticized Tehran`s demand for British forces to withdraw immediately from the southern city of Basra. Tehran’s hostility to Washington is unabashed.
So too is its hostility
to the Jewish state.
Israel should therefore expect the worst.
While Iranian officials talk big about making up the future Hamas government’s shortfall from an international aid cutoff, the money is not nearly on stream. According to DEBKAfile’s Iranian sources, Hamas leaders in Tehran played hard to get; they balked at putting themselves entirely in Iran’ s power or letting the Pale
stinian Authority become an Iranian dependency or outpost. However, Meshaal and party welcomed any assistance on offer for building a Hamas-controlled military force, available also to support any Tehran action against Israel, whether direct attacks or terrorism modeled on the Iraqi guerrilla-terrorist insurgency.
The Hamas delegation and Iranian leaders came to an agreement for Hamas military missions to be invited to Tehran and given all the formal honors of official Palestinian Authority delegations. The Islamic republic will also make training camps available for Ham as terrorists
as well as weapons and military aid.
End DEBKAfile Report
China also announced today that it would consider financial support to Hamas if they made a formal request to them for it.
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