U.S. Senate vote unites Iraqis in anger

[unhappycamper]

U.S. Senate vote unites Iraqis in anger
y Ned Parker and Raheem Salman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
October 1, 2007


BAGHDAD — Iraq's political leadership, in a rare show of unity, skewered a nonbinding U.S. Senate resolution passed last week that endorses the decentralization of Iraq through the establishment of semiautonomous regions.

The measure, which calls for a relatively weak central government and strong regional authorities in Sunni Arab, Shiite and Kurdish areas, has touched a nerve here, raising fears that the United States is planning to partition Iraq.

"The Congress adopted this proposal based on an incorrect reading and unrealistic estimations of the history, present and future of Iraq," said Izzat Shahbandar, a member of former interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's secular parliamentary bloc.

He was reading from a statement also signed by preeminent Shiite Muslim religious parties and the main Sunni Arab bloc.

"It represents a dangerous precedent to establishing the nature of the relationship between Iraq and the U.S.A.," the statement said, "and shows the Congress as if it were planning for a long-term occupation by their country's troops."

The nonbinding measure was approved in Washington on Wednesday, and resentment appears to be building daily in Iraq. Passed by senators, 75 to 23, it supports a "federal system" that would create regions dominated by sect and ethnicity.


Rest of article at: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq1oct01,1,873000.story?coll=la-headlines-world

[babylonsister]

1. Did you read this account? This is what some Iraqis think. It

is so sad.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x311090

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I heard someone whispering : " Did you hear about the partition plan ? "
The other responded : " Yes, maybe this will bring us Peace. Anything, let them do anything but let them give us Peace. "

So this is the price of your famous Peace. This was the plan of your Peace. This was the orchestrated diabolical blueprint for you Peace.

Kill them all to silence them into Peace. Murder them all so they can submit, surrender to Peace. Hunt them down, exile them and let them wish for a return to Peace. Give them divided pieces so you can shove Peace down their throats, like a cork before their grief explodes your Peace. Make them skeletons of Peace. Riddle them with Radiation, Bacterias, Germs, Viruses and they will swallow Peace. Imprison them and torture them till their skins fall off and form scabs of Peace. Starve them so you can see through their ribs and they will beg and eat Peace. Let them stutter with fear so they can murmur Peace. A beautiful peaceful Genocide. A silent, peaceful Holocaust from the makers of Peace.

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[unhappycamper]

2. I did read that thread.

The whole damn occupation is sad - for us, for them, for the world.

[Dhalgren]

3. Good morning, Iraqi parliament members! So glad you could join us!

"(S)hows the Congress as if it were planning for a long-term occupation by their country's troops." Ya think? As far as either political party in the US is concerned, Iraq belongs to the US, period. Neither Republicans nor Democrats have any intentions of leaving Iraq; the Iraqi people and the American people will just have to "lump" it...

[Demeter]

4. How I Wish the Headline Read: "Senate Vote Unites Americans In Anger"

Then we might see some real change for the better.