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Irak 1917: We will end a brutal regime by Dirk Adriaensens Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003 at 4:15 PM |
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Dit zijn de woorden van General F. S. Maude, commander of the British forces, to the people of Mesopotamia, March 19, 1917: Zoek de verschillen met de retoriek van George Bush en zijn hondje Blair. SOS Irak wenst alle Indymedia-lezers een vredevol 2004 en aan het Iraakse volk een einde van de brutale bezetting van hun land. We zien elkaar in april op het BRussells Tribunal?
“Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators. Your wealth has been stripped of you by unjust men. It is not the wish of our government to impose upon you alien institutions. It is our wish that you should prosper even as in the past when your lands were fertile, when your ancestors gave to the world literature, science and art, and when Baghdad city was one of the wonders of the world. It is the hope that the aspirations of your philosophers and writers shall be realized, and that once again the people of Baghdad shall flourish, enjoying their wealth and substance under institutions which are in consonance with their sacred laws and their ideals. The Arab race may rise once more to greatness!"
“The government of Iraq, and the future of your country, will soon belong to you. ... We will end a brutal regime ... so that Iraqis can live in security. We will respect your great religious traditions, whose principles of equality and compassion are essential to Iraq's future. We will help you build a peaceful and representative government that protects the rights of all citizens. And then our military forces will leave. Iraq will go forward as a unified, independent, and sovereign nation that has regained a respected place in the world. You are a good and gifted people -- the heirs of a great civilization that contributes to all humanity. “