[Marxism] An anatomy of the Iraqi resistance

[Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx>]

Lou posted:

> Counterpunch Weekend Edition
> May 21 / 22, 2005
> The Resistance in Context
> An Anatomy of the Resistance to the American Occupation in Iraq
>
> By LAITH AL-SAUD
<snip>
> full: http://www.counterpunch.com/laith05212005.html

Laith al-Saud writes:

<blockquote>Secondly, the Iraqi resistance has been vibrant in
organizing itself politically not only inside Iraq but outside as
well. I will mention two events in this regard: the meeting of the
Higher Committee for National Forces Rejecting the Occupation and the
16th Arab National Congress held in Algiers. With the former there
was even greater consolidation amongst Iraqi resistance groups; the
implication of course is that a national liberation front is
beginning to emerge that possesses a mandate and doctrine. Few, if
any journalists have concerned themselves with the ideas or political
ambitions of such an alliance.

The Higher Committee is, however, dedicated to several major things:

a) the right of the Iraqis to defend themselves against foreign
aggression and imperialism,

b) the right of Iraq to demand a political process untainted by
occupation and that reflects the uninhibited will of the Iraqi people
and

c) a pluralistic and democratic Iraq.

Needless to say the Higher Committee is a variegated and diverse
membership and emphasizes Iraq's diversity -- which never was an
issue in the country until the Americans arrived. There are several
things to which the Committee is adamantly opposed to as well:

a) the continued occupation of Iraq and the establishment of any
permanent basis in the country,

b) the privatization of the Iraqi economy and foreign corporations'
unrestricted access to Iraq's resources and business community and

c) the federation of Iraq. </blockquote>

<blockquote>Furthermore, unlike US evidence which refers to phantoms
and their websites, individuals that no one has access to or ever see
in Iraq, members of the Association of Muslim Scholars or the
People's Struggle Movement, amongst others, are available for comment
or elaboration and can provide definitive accounts of the Iraqi
resistance, its nature and goals. In addition all such groups have
adamantly condemned the targeting of Iraqi civilians, after all, why
would they not, they are Iraqis.</blockquote>

Relations between Iraqi guerrillas and the four organizations
mentioned above are left unclear.  Do a majority of Iraqi guerrillas
answer to any of the aforementioned organizations?  I doubt it,
though that would have to be the case if a national liberation front
were to emerge.  What are the Higher Committee for National Forces
Rejecting the Occupation and the People's Struggle Movement?
--
Yoshie

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