VP’s Party Supports, Praises Insurgents Move

On October 11, Six Iraqi insurgent groups took a step towards unifying the factions fighting the U.S. by announcing the creation of a political council. The six groups formed what is called “The Political Council of the Iraqi Resistance.”

The groups- whose attacks against the Iraqi civilians, the government and the American troops never stooped since the insurgency was formed- announced their complete rejection to the Iraqi law, and decided to continue attacks against the U.S. military there.

The groups who conducted attacks against Iraqi civilians and infrastructure was welcomed and supported strongly by the Iraqi Islamic Party, headed by the Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi. In a statement sent to journalists today, the IIP praised the groups’ step of establishing this umbrella organization.

The complete statement is translated below. For Arabic, see posted image.

Statement No. 159 issued by the Iraqi Islamic Party About the Establishment of the Political Council of the Iraqi Resistance:

After the establishment of the Political Council for the Iraqi national resistance groups, the Iraqi Islamic Party reviewed the Program of the Council, and announced its support to the project.

The Iraqi Islamic Party has long enough called the national [resistance] factions for the necessity of announcing their political project so that the pure blood wouldn’t go in vain, and to make these factions start their first step to end the occupation and achieve the sovereignty for Iraq and Iraqis and liberate [Iraq] from all kinds of occupation.

We hope that this council would be open to accept all factions who didn’t affect their Islamic and national reputation, and even include all political [movements] on the Iraqi soil to make this project a national comprehensive one.

We call for the Arab and Islamic governments, committees, and international organizations to cooperate with the political council and recognize it, as it is a representative of an important component in the Iraqi society. Supporting the council will be a factor in stabilizing the country and the restoration of its sovereignty.

We would like to announce that we support any national project that may rescue Iraq and serves its people and unity.

The Political Office

Although almost all of us know how supportive the IIP is to terrorism, but I’ve never expected them to have that nerve and announce their support this way.

So, the insurgents are going to rescue Iraq? Ha! What a joke.

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