Greetings,
The following is my translation of news from Voices of Iraq on 10/24/07
Sectarian violence declines 70%
Iraqi Commander of operation in Baghdad announced that sectarian violence has declined 70% in Baghdad over the last 8 months and Iraqi forces will take over 50% of Baghdad’s security by years end.
Brigadier Abood Qanbar announced in a joint pres conference with General Raymond Odierno. ‘The number of sectarian violence incidences has declined 70%, car bombs declined 65% since the start of operation rule of law (the surge) in Mid February’. Qanbar added, ‘Violent incidences against civilians have declined 59%, against Iraqi forces have declined 62%, against journalist have declined 70%, in the months after implementing operation Rule of Law, by the Iraqi defense ministry, with cooperation from the interior ministry and support from the Multi National Forces (MNF), as of the end of September.’
Qanbar presented data showing the decline in violence as well as the decline in physical damage done by car bombs. Damage due to car bombs has declined 81% and decline in civilian wounded was 80%. Iraqi forces have conducted operations in Al-Fadhil district in Baghdad from September 17 until October 12. This resulted in the deaths of 48 terrorists and the return of 58 families to their homes’.
U.S. General Odierno of MNF-Iraq said’ “Iraqi forces are ready to take over security responsibility for ½ of Baghdad by the end of the year. MNF have developed 34 security centers all over Baghdad, which will be gradually turned over to the Iraqis. MNF will continue to train Iraqi security forces so they may eventually take over security. Odierno credited the decline in bombings and violence in Baghdad to agreements and accords reached all over Baghdad.
And from Iraq’s Nahrian on 10-24-07:
Muslims demonstrate at UN Geneva headquarters against Takfiries, and Wahabis.
The world now knows of the Takfiries and Wahabi crimes in Iraq today and 9-11 in the USA and Spain and Britain and many other places. It brings us extreme sorrow that the UN has not issued any resolution criminalizing this Takfiri and Wahabi Nazi like movement and stopping it spreading its ideas of sectarianism, no respect for life or human rights. We are also saddened to see the Saudi government not taking new stances to prevent the spread of the Wahabi Takfiri ideas as well as their fatwa’s on their media, Mosques, universities and religious centers in the Kingdom and elsewhere. Ibin Jubrien and his ilk continue issuing fatwas to spill innocent blood and destroy places of worship of all who do not share the Wahabi Takfiri beliefs.
We feel responsibility to speak out as Muslims who love Islam and defend human rights to call on all who are free to stand with us at the UN headquarters in Geneva to request the UN and the Security Council to live up to their legal and moral responsibility (while we hope that they will) and fulfill our requests.
Our request:
In the name of Muslims who love Islam and defend human rights and all who are free in this world, we request the UN and the Security Council the following adopt the following:
1- Criminalize and prevent the Wahabi Takfiri movement. Because it is no different from the negative effect the Nazi movement had on society.
2- Adopt laws to prevent the Takfiri movement and withdraw all their privileges in all countries. Because Takfiries are movements which spread terrorism, hatred, animosity and sectarianism. As well as recruit and train terrorists and send them to the world hot spots such as Iraq and other areas to kill the innocent, women and children.
3- Create an International tribunal to which these Takfiris and those who issue Fatwa’s to kill can be taken. Such as Ibin Jabrien and to demand that the Saudi government fully co-operate.
4- Request the politicians, the Media and all civil societies not accept these Takfiries as Representing Islam especially since Muslims are their first and largest victims.
Signed the Samara protest group Europe.
My comments:
Good news from Iraq is beginning to trickle through the mass media. Operation rule of law or the surge is having solid measurable positive results. The surge is not only defeating terror and sectarianism it is also instilling unity, ownership, self-confidence and the rule of law in Iraqi society. Hope (which was never lost amongst Iraqis) is the strongest I am seeing, reading and hearing since our liberation of Iraq in 2003. Iraq’s different sects, religions and races are returning to the harmony in which they lived before the Baathist and Takfiri disturbances. Iraqi security is becoming stronger, more confidant and most of all receiving the support of the average citizen. They are doing this while respecting the rule of law and serving their citizens, thanks to our training and relentless hard work of our men and women in Iraq.
Free Muslims in Europe, and in more moderate countries with large Muslim populations, are speaking out loudly condemning and demanding that Takfiries and Hirabah be criminalized, perused and brought to justice. I have been reading about demonstrations against Takfiries and their terrorist murderous ways by Muslims in Morocco, Algeria, Libya (surprisingly), Gulf states, Pakistan and of course Iraq and India (India’s has the second largest population of Muslims in the world, 175 million almost 20% of Indians are Muslim).
Regards
Haider Ajina
McKinleyville CA
