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[tagryn]

From an interview with the Iraqi foreign minister

Lakhdar Brahimi [of the U.N.] refers to the insurgency you’re facing as a “resistance” — a resistance, moreover, some of whose “aspects” are “very legitimate.” Your response?

We were in the resistance, against Saddam Hussein. I personally was — I was a member of the resistance in the early ’80s, opposed to Saddam Hussein. At the time, nobody [in the world at large] was on our side. But we never, ever blew up water plants, we never attacked a pipeline or an electrical pole, we never targeted civilians, or hospitals, or schools, or populated areas. We never sent cars [outfitted with bombs] to kill innocent people in streets.

There are aspects of a legitimate resistance, and these aspects are missing in Iraq. To call the insurgents a resistance is an affront to a true resistance. I understand that some people are unhappy, but in a true resistance, there are values: You have civil disorder, political campaigning, some peaceful resistance, or passive resistance, let’s say. There is a whole range of means at one’s disposal. Many people feel unhappy about seeing foreign troops on our soil, but we point out that these forces are no longer occupying forces. They are legal, mandated by [U.N. Resolution] 1546.

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From your wife

[(Anonymous)]

That entire article was very interesting. If only everyone in Iraq was as intelligent and reasonable as that guy.