On The Fifth Anniversary of the Occupation

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Wednesday April 09, 2008 18:37

by pat c

Here is a statement from the Iraq Freedom Congress on the fifth anniversary of the imperialist occupation of Iraq. The IFC wants to expel the US and its allied forces and dissolve all political, economic, military and paramilitary institutions set up by the US. It also wants to dissolve and disarm all armed and paramilitary groups linked to Islamic forces and lawless groups and confiscate all their weapons, resources and funds. The IFC stands for a Secular Democratic Iraq.

The 9th of April marks the fifth anniversary of the occupation. It is the anniversary of the genocide in which more than one million lives were lost and 4 million others were made homeless inside and ouside of Iraq. It is the anniversary of the destruction of everything that relates to humanity.

After 5 years, the occupation forces and allies have exhausted their lies and demonstrated to the world that wherever they land, the destruction, devastation and tragedy will land with them.

Let's declare that this day is a day of protest and objection. Lets declare on this day that "No security or stability without ending the occupation". "No security or stability without dissolving the institutions imposed by the occupation". No security or stability without revoking the occupation policy, a policy of ethnic and sectarian division of human beings in Iraq by imposing groups that gave legitimacy to all crimes committed by the occupation forces and their allies. Let's chant on this day "No Shiite… No Sunni. Occupation is the enemy of humanity", let's shout "despite the nose of occupation forces… No Shiite… No Sunni identity. Ours is a human identity" and "No to occupation ... No to sectarian gangs"

Let the occupying forces realize that April 9th is a day of protest against the occupation and its crimes and that they are responsible for the disasters that befell in Iraq and they must be expelled once and for all.

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