Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies and one of the so-called “anti-war” movement leaders in the US wrote (ZNet, June 28, 2005) recently: “Anti-war organizing that began within days of September 11th and kicked into high gear in the run-up to Bush's war in Iraq is paying off” ..... “The most significant aspect is that a large majority of people in this country now believe some or all U.S. troops should be withdrawn from Iraq ”.

Nothing could be further from the truth. The “anti-war” movement record is that it has not only failed to stop the US-Britain from instigated an illegal war of aggression against the people of Iraq, the “anti-war” movement has also failed to prevent those who committed the crime from re-elected to high office. This deliberate denial by the “anti-war” movement of the existence of indigenous Iraqi Resistance against imperialist forces is embedded in the West ignorance and imagined superiority and consistent with the Bush administration. One has to be living on another planet in order to believe that the “anti-war” movement and not to the sacrifices of the Iraqi people and the Iraqi Resistance who are forcing the US-British public to rethink the crimes of their governments. Like the Bush administration and its allies, the leaders of the “anti-war” movement are disconnected from reality.

The “anti-war” movement takes no credit from the failure of the US imperial agenda in Iraq . Had it not been for the Iraqi Resistance and the sacrifices of the Iraqi people against US Occupation, Syria and Iran would have been attacked by now. Is the US administration afraid from attacking Iran or Syria because of the “anti-war” movement? Is the dramatic decline in enlistees for the US Army a result of the “anti-war” movement? Are the 6000 US conscientious objectors afraid of the “anti-war” movement? Are Bechtel, Halliburton and all the oil corporations freezing their looting of Iraqi resources because they are worried about the “anti-war” movement?

The Iraqi people and the Iraqi Resistance do not need recognition from the “anti-war” movement, the Bush administration and the US army have recognised and publicly acknowledge the existence of the Iraqi Resistance.

Organisers of the “anti-war” movement should use their ‘democratic rights’ to resist and disassemble the new draconian and undemocratic “ anti-terror” legislations introduced by their governments in order to curtail freedom and civil liberties in the name of potential terrorist attacks. Here in Australia, ‘ counter terrorism’ raids by Special Forces on homes of innocent Muslim Australians are very common and carried out for political reasons in order to create a climate of fear against the Muslim community with tacit support of biased judicial system. In today’s “global” war of terror, being a Muslim or having a Muslim name can get you in serious trouble. A strong “anti-war” movement should use the overwhelming prima facia evidence to formally indict those who committed this international war crime against the Iraqi people.

From the first day of the Occupation, the US and its allies have use a policy of pitting Iraqis against each other in order to create a climate of fear and benefit from any ethnic and religious divisions that will weaken the Iraqi nation. Fear is the powerful weapons of terrorism and occupation. In addition, the most advanced technology and sophistication have been used to destroy Iraq and loot the nation’s natural resources. The Occupation forces have failed to provide Iraqis with anything close to peace and freedom. Iraq is disintegrating with every passing day of the Occupation. The US aim in Iraq is the creation of a colonial dictatorship in order to re-colonise Iraq economically and institutionally to serve US interests.

Like any act of terrorism, the violent US attack on Iraq is political. It is about power. The US is able to manipulate the outcome of the violence it created by altering the very language of politics. The war on Iraq is not about fighting “terrorism”; it is a war of terror to enhance US imperial control. There are conscious efforts by Western media and Western pundits to discredit the images of the Iraqi people and the Resistance against the Occupation. The Iraqi Resistance made up of local fighters and not "terrorists" who target civilians. Those who target civilians (Iraqis and non-Iraqis) are foreign intelligence agents and collaborators with the Occupation forces.

Billion of dollars have been spent to destroy the fabric of the Iraqi society and divide the Iraqi people. The marketing of civil strife or ‘civil war’ is also brought into Iraq with the Occupation. Since the Occupation, Iraqis living conditions have worsened; freedom and the rules of law have disappeared all together. The Occupation brought with it the current misery, violence and a culture of mass corruption. The Occupation has no solution, it is the problem. All Iraqis are united for an independent Iraq , and for an immediate end to the Occupation of their country.

The truth about the Bush war of “pre-emptive” terrorism is that it will continue unless it is resisted by people committed to building a civilised world free from the fear of terrorism in all its forms and shapes. The US cannot continue its violent Occupation in Iraq pretends to fight “terrorists”. If there are “terrorists” in Iraq , they are in Iraq because of the Occupation. Once the Occupation forces withdraw from Iraq , the phantom of “terrorists” will withdraw with them. Iraqis will be able to negotiate a peaceful solution that serves their nation interests and the interests of their communities without the interference of foreign forces.

Ghali Hassan lives in Perth , Western Australia . He can be reached by e-mail G.Hassan@mwcnews.net

Notes:

[1] US Army Operational Concept for Terrorism Counteraction (TRADOC Pamphlet No. 525-37, 1984).

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