Islamists fear Iraq situation catastrophic

UPI ^ | 4/12/03 | UPI International Desk

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Islamists fear Iraq situation catastrophic
From the International Desk
Published 4/12/2003 12:57 PM

AMMAN, Jordan, April 12 (UPI) -- Jordan's Islamic movement Saturday described the downfall of Iraq as "a huge catastrophe that was planned" and warned other countries in the region are vulnerable to a similar fate.

The head of the Islamic Action Front's Shura (consultative) Council, Abdul Latif Arabiyat, told reporters the chaos that has swept Iraqi cities was "a conspiracy aimed at destroying Iraq and its resources, and not its liberation."

He said "what happened in Iraq might reach other countries in the region," calling on Arabs and Muslims to "expel the invaders from their lands," in reference to U.S. and British forces based in Arab Gulf countries from where the war on Iraq was launched.

The Islamic Action Front, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, is the largest opposition party in Jordan.

Arabiyat said Arab countries "should be aware of this truth and know they are not immune from American plans."

The Islamic movement has repeatedly warned against allowing U.S. and British forces to invade Iraq and issued fatwas, or religious decrees, forbidding assisting the coalition.

It has also criticized the Jordanian government for what it saw as its lame position on the war and called on the expulsion of U.S. troops from the kingdom.

Meanwhile, Jordan's Baathists said Saturday the end of the collapse of the ruling Baath Party in Iraq led by Saddam Hussein did not mean the end of party principles.

The secretary-general of the Jordan Baath Socialist Party, Tayseer al-Homsi, told United Press International "if the rule of the party collapsed in Iraq after long years of rule, it does not in any way mean the end of the party and its principles."

He said that all parties "go through phases of rising and setbacks, and we see the fall of the Baath rule in Iraq from that angle."

Al-Homsi said his party would "not in any way be affected by the fall of the Baath in Iraq," adding his group did not have organizational links with the Baath Party in Iraq despite their common principles.

A statement issued by Jordan's Baath Party said "the great setback that befell Iraq is not due to the collapse of the Baath rule there, but dude to the American occupation of one of the greatest Arab countries."

It called on "exerting official and popular Arab efforts to save Iraq from the American and British occupation."

In addition to the Baath Socialist Party, Jordan also has the Arab Progressive Baath Party, which takes its lead from the Syrian party.

The two parties are among 14 opposition parties in the kingdom.

Copyright © 2001-2003 United Press International

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Soviet Socialist, National Socialist, Baath Socialist.

Anybody else see a pattern here? And why doesn't the word socialist ever get attached to Saddam's form of government?

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[demosthenes the elder]

because it would make the leftist mantra that Saddam was "our" dog hard to swallow.
Funny, how the Left never sees fit to mention that almost all of Saddam's military gear is Soviet/ChiCom in origin... if he had been OUR dog that would not have been the case.

[whadizit]

"...calling on Arabs and Muslims to expel the invaders..."

That must have been what was behind that "protest" at the Palestine Hotel earlier today. No telling how many organized groups, such as Ramsey Clark's, are going to be paid to stir up trouble.

[Monty22]

So now they are saying they meant for iraq to be toppled in all this. Yeah right.

These guys are like democrats, constantly changing their story and position about foreign policy and serious stuff after the fact. Annoying.

Also, I think 9/11 will go down as one of the greatest blunders in history. It made a lot of people, who otherwise wouldn't care (like me), hate islam and all it stands for. Big mistake.

[limitedgov]

Abdul Latif Arabiyat, told reporters the chaos that has swept Iraqi cities was "a conspiracy aimed at destroying Iraq and its resources, and not its liberation."

Abdul is obviously a student of Baghdad Bob.

[TLBSHOW]

islam has teamed up with russia commies for the finale push against America, but they didn't take into account that America would wake up from the Clinton deep sleep!

Islam and the Commies are one, and the enemy!

[spokeshave]

Sounds like the jihadists were quagmired

[stripes1776]

Jordan's Islamic movement Saturday described the downfall of Iraq as "a huge catastrophe that was planned" and warned other countries in the region are vulnerable to a similar fate.

Now the liberals are really going to get mad because we made someone vulnerable.

[Arpege92]

Why can't these people reach out to the Iraqi's and try to understand the horror they lived with for so many years?

[gcruse]

We should move our bases in Saudi to Iraq. I wonder if the new Iraqi govt will invite us to do so, or will it be the Muslim same old, same old, as Colin caves?

[Arkinsaw]

Also, I think 9/11 will go down as one of the greatest blunders in history.

Osama engineered this. He wanted a stand up fight between the US and the Arab world. He wanted to fire us up and get us to invade and then, in his mind, the whole Arab world would rise up and unite in one great big Muslim union.

He believed his own propaganda and the propaganda of Arab self-delusion. What he got for his trouble was this result in Iraq and the dashed Nazi dreams of a lot of Arabs.

If the Arabs want to blame someone for the loss of the "most historic Arab city" then they can point a finger directly at Osama bin Laden.......or his remaining DNA.

[Monty22]

I think you're right.

The Japanese had the same delusions about their stuff too in the 30's. It took 2 nukes to knock them out of it. This war is far from over, and it appears it'll go into Syria any day now. I just hope it stays conventional (although 9/11 was certainly an unconventional WMD attack).

[McGavin999]

We should move our bases in Saudi to Iraq. I wonder if the new Iraqi govt will invite us to do so, or will it be the Muslim same old, same old, as Colin caves?

We don't need to. We have bases in Kuwait and in Qatar. Both countries want us there. We should leave Iraq because it will prove to the people of the region that we are NOT occupiers. Iraq knows that we'll be there for them, and that's what's important.

[gcruse]

It just seems a large US base in Northern Iraq would put us within striking distance of Syria and could provide a better detterent to Turkey's attempts to undermine the Iraqi Kurds.

[Southack]

The problem with most of these nutcases is that they have absolutely no mental grasp on the *consequences* to their actions.

Shouting "Jihad!" twice a day, burning American flags, blowing up American embassies in Kenya and bombing U.S. ships like the Cole, and using our own civilian airliners as weapons against our own civilian buildings, all during peacetime, are not actions that we will forever permit to be free of consequences.

Thus, if they didn't want the U.S. vaporizing the Taliban leadership, liberating Afghanistan, killing thousands of al-qaeda, liberating Iraq, and stationing even more of our military in that part of the world, well then they should have *thought* about all of that prior to attacking us during peacetime.

But sadly, so many people in that region of the world simply aren't capable of comprehending the consequences of any of their actions, so no doubt they will ignorantly proceed to poke the sleeping giant with a sharp stick, unaware that the hulk might just wake up and swat them down.

[peter the great]

They will not reach out to the people of Iraq because they believe that their way of life is the ultimate end in itself. These people see us and our way of life as evil and something that must be overcome. Perhaps the only way to deal with these people is to leave them alone as we did with Iran.

[Monty22]

The 'leaving alone' philosophy didn't work. We got 9/11 for that.

Action, so far, seems to be a completely better option.

[Blue Collar Christian]

When will these...whatever they are...come to understand that they can't win the wars they start by rattling sabers?

[Publius6961]

calling on Arabs and Muslims to "expel the invaders from their lands," in reference to U.S. and British forces based in Arab Gulf countries from where the war on Iraq was launched.

This sandmaggot-cockroach hybrid can rant in complete safety ---- for now.

Jordan is likely to be last on the list...