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Posted on 04/15/2003 10:05:40 AM PDT by BunnySlippers
Iraqis Seek Democracy, Rule of Law, Women's Role, Document Says
Washington, April 15 (Bloomberg) -- Participants in the first meeting of future Iraqi leaders, including Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites, issued the following statement at the end of the session convened by the U.S.-led coalition near Nasiriyah. The group will meet again in 10 days. U.S. Central Command, which is leading the war and rebuilding efforts, released the statement:
1. Iraq must be democratic.
2. The future government of Iraq should not be based on communal identity.
3. A future government should be organized as a democratic federal system, but on the basis of countrywide consultation.
4. The rule of law must be paramount.
5. That Iraq must be built on respect for diversity including respect for the role of women.
6. The meeting discusses the role of religion in state and society.
7. The meeting discussed the principle that Iraqis must choose their leaders, not have them imposed from outside.
8. That political violence must be rejected, and that Iraqis must immediately organize themselves for the task of reconstruction at both the local and national levels.
9. That Iraqis and the coalition must work together to tackle the immediate issues of restoring security and basic services.
10. That the Baath party must be dissolved and its effects on society must be eliminated.
11. That there should be an open dialogue with all national political groups to bring them into the process.
12. That the meeting condemns the looting that has taken place and the destruction of documents.
13. The Iraqi participation in the Nasiriyah meeting voted that there should be another meeting in 10 days in a location to be determined with additional Iraqi participants and to discuss procedures for developing an Iraqi interim authority.
--The Washington newsroom
-0- (BN ) Apr/15/2003 16:26 GMT
That ought to drive the Dems nuts - their entire political philosophy is based on group identity, especially victim groups.
A1: Resolved that France, Russia, Germany comprise an Axis of Weasels and if allowed to participate in the reconstruction should be spat upon with vengeance at every available opportunity.
A2: Resolved that Human Shields and Western Liberal types are WANKERS and worthy of considerable shame and mocking.
Without a Judeo-Christian ethical regime, the best they can hope for is some kind of mixed-socialist economy like those of pagan Europe or Japan.
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