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Iraq safer once US leaves, says Iraqi anti-war activist
I thought everyone could use a laugh... or a sob... FOREIGN workers in Iraq, including Filipinos, can look forward to a "safer'' time in the violence-wracked country once the United States military leaves, according to an anti-war activist representing Iraq's biggest labor union. "Believe me, within two to three months all the criminals will be back in prison'' if the Iraqis are left alone to enforce the law, said Farouk Sadik Isma'al, foreign affairs secretary of the Southern Oil Co. Union, the labor union of Iraq's largest firm. Translation: He is a communist. Isma'al was in Manila last week as a guest of the Iraq Solidarity Campaign (Philippines), which marked the second anniversary of the US "occupation" of Iraq on March 20. "For 20 years, since the 1980s when Iraq was at war with Iran, we have plenty of foreign workers, especially from Philippines, and for this reason we like the Filipino people and would like to invite them to work with us,'' Isma'al said in an interview. He said the continuing violence in his country was largely the work of criminals who were able to leave prison after Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was toppled. Your buddy Saddam *let* them out Isma'al. Isma'al took part in a protest rally on T. M. Kalaw St. on Friday staged by militant groups demanding the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. Anti-riot police prevented the protesters from going to the US Embassy. In a forum at the University of the Philippines on Thursday, the Iraqi labor leader said that "if you want to help us rebuild our country, help us end its occupation by the United States and its allies." Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-03-20 |
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