- Now Iraq will explode and Paul Bremer will be lucky if
he escapes with his life, as will some of our top brass in Iraq. The killing
of Ayatollah Hakim was a major catastrophe for the Iraqi people, but it
will be an even larger one for the West, especially the US and UK, along
with Israel.
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- Many American media people are already saying it was
the Saddam people, or the Sunni or someone among the Shiía who killed
Hakim. But anyone who knows the reality of the situation in Iraq knows
that the Sunni and Shiía were united on driving the US/UK out of
Iraq; also, that though there was infighting among the Shiía for
power, none would have killed Hakim for this argument.
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- But who stands to gain from the death of a uniting leader
in Iraq, especially a Shiía leader? We have to look at this like
a murder mystery and put together the circumstantial evidence because we
may never get the true, hard evidence to examine for forensic purposes
of the truth.
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- Obviously, America, the UK and Israel, because heíll
be out of the way and there is no other leader with his charisma, following,
intelligence or will-power to lead the Iraqi people. None of the American
appointed puppets have a chance for leadership, the Chalabi crowd especially;
they too will be lucky if they come out alive.
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- Knowing the Iraqi Shiía this well, I can tell
you they will be more militant than before, they will be more daring and
even youngsters will be involved in coming after the US/UK/Israeli nexus.
Suicide bombers will be seen not only in Palestine, but now more so in
Iraq and perhaps in other countries as they attack US/UK and Israeli sites,
in retaliation for this killing.
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- The fact that Ayatollah Hakim was killed in the Holy
City of Najaf, the seat of Shi'aism, on a day of prayer, a day when his
qhutbah (sermon) was about unity among Iraqis in order to drive the Americans
out, will make him a major martyr in the tradition of Ali, Hussein, something
not seen for over a thousand years. Hakim's martyrdom will drive many others
toward martyrdom in the cause of Iraqi freedom.
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- Though some of the American media paint Hakim as being
in the U.S. camp, most Shi'a knew better; he was patient, playing out a
game in order to get time and organization to drive the Americans out of
Iraq. He knew this, as did the Mossad and the Americans, but they all played
at an amicable surface until today's attack.
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- Unfortunately, the U.S. has been allowing the Israeli
Mossad and military men to help train American troops and even Bremer and
his agents; this has the smell of the same type of assassinations as are
being done in Palestine. Israel believes that if you cut off the head of
a group, they will run away and youíll be done with it. But this
is not how things will work in Iraq or even in Palestine. The more leaders
you kill, the more new ones will pop up and fight, but without any relief
or belief that peace can be achieved without armed conflict. So we will
see more armed conflict, but on Iraqi terms, in the streets, in the alleys,
on open terrainóand it will be brutal. America will be the loser
for having listened to the brutal ways of the Mossad and Israelis.
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- Had we behaved decently and never gone into Iraq, we
would have been better off But now that we are there, it has been a mistake
to brutalize the people as weíve been doing in the past few months.
If we truly wanted peace and reform, we should have tried to work with
the peopleís leaders instead of trying to kill them, to break into
their homes, threaten them and their families.
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- I have no doubt in my mind that the circumstantial evidence
points only in one direction, toward the US/UK/Israeli nexus; not toward
any Iraqi group. The Iraqis, as I pointed out earlier had begun working
together to oust the US/UK/Israeli groups. But the US/UK/Israeli groups
are the only ones that felt they could benefit from the disposal of Hakim.
Some may point at the Kurds, but they are too noticeable to have a strong
presence around Karbala or Najaf and would have been known from their behavior
and accents. Some might also say, perhaps the Muslims did this to create
a martyr. I donít buy this because there are already enough dead
in Iraq already, but it is true that Hakim will be a major martyróthe
largest since the killing of Hussein, Aliís son back in the early
days of Islam.
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- On the other hand, you can be sure the American media
and their false ìexpertsî will be pointing their fingers everywhere
except at the truth. They will be pointing their fingers at the Sunni,
the Shiía and the Saddam people, as I said earlier, but donít
you believe it because it is the kind of lie they want you to believe.
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- Unfortunately, I predict all hell will break loose in
Iraq, and possibly in other parts of the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds wherever
US/UK and Israeli interests are represented.
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- This is a most unfortunate event, nothing good will come
of it.
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- Sam Hamod is an expert on Islam and the Muslim World;
he is the former Director of the Islamic Center of Washington, DC; advisor
to the U.S. State Department; Editor of
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- Third World News (in DC); edits www.todaysalternativenews.com
- He may be reached at shamod@cox.net
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