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IRAQ HAS THE RIGHT TO RESIST OUR OCCUPATION
"Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience…therefore [individual citizens] have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes against peace and humanity from occurring." - Nuremberg War Crime Tribunal, 1950
I cringe when I hear George Bush describe the Iraq insurgency as terrorists when, in reality, they are freedom fighters . They have every right to prevent our illegal and deceptive invasion and occupation of their country.
No one on the left has taken up this cry except ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism), which takes the following position, in response to a query on May 27:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8968.htm
"We support the right of self-determination in the struggle against imperialist domination, and believe the Iraqi people have the right to resist occupation by any means chosen. The right to resist occupation is a concept enshrined in international law. . . . This is not a matter of political or ideological affinity. Nor is it an issue of the tactics of war --all of which are ugly. It boils down to this simple equation: On the one side are all the forces fighting a war against colonialism and occupation, and on the other side are the colonialists, neo-colonialists and their Iraqi agents. In that struggle we take an unambiguous position opposing the colonizers. To do otherwise would be to put entirely secondary issues --ideology, war tactics, etc. --at the forefront, while ignoring the core issue of colonialism in Iraq and elsewhere. Moreover, since we are a U.S. antiwar movement, and it is our country that has invaded Iraq, we are obligated to be crystal clear on this issue."
And that is how simple it is ~ if you are anti-war you must be crystal clear that you are also anti-occupation and that the so called ' terrorists' are, in actuality, freedom fighters who are more than justified in resisting and defending their country against our illegal colonialism, occupation and stage - managed ' pseudo ' Democracy.
To do anything less would be cowardly.
Allen L Roland
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