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This Is A Massacre - 
Not A War - In Iraq 
By Sam Hamod
10-5-4
 
This is a massacre, not a war in Iraq. The U.S. bombing Samarra,
Fallujah, Baghdad and other cities, killing hundreds of civilians and
calling them terrorists is like the massacres of the Native Americans
during America's push westward. 
  
In this case, it has to do with America's push eastward. 
  
What is also troubling is that no major media outlet, no major
politician--none are callig this what it is, an immoral, unmitigated
killing of hundreds of Iraqi civilians every week. 
  
Those who are experts in Arabic have claimed for months that the man
alleged to be Zarqawi is not really Zarqawi because he does not have the
real Zarqawi's Jordanian accent. But, the American military, we are
positive by now, has created this mythical Zarqawi to allow it to
mercilessly attack Fallujah and punish its inhabitants because they
withstood the American ground attack and chased the Americans out. Even
today, the Fallujhans have said aloud to Al Jazeera and other outlets,
that they will come out into the streets and fight the Americans--but our
country, America, is immoral and cowardly, every day attacking Fallujah
by F16, Apache and long range cannon fire. In the process, killing
hundreds of civilians, but as in the Viet Nam war, saying, "It's just
collateral damage and we are not responsible for that." 
  
My question then, is who is responsible for the killings. I point my
finger at General Abizaid, a man who should know better. I also point the
finger of guilt at his subordinate commanders in Iraq and all the way up
to the two devils at the top of the pole, George W. Bush and Donald
Rumsfeld. By now, it is obvious why Bush and his cronies do not want to
support the International Criminal Court and are even attacking the court
at the Hague--because they know that they are breaking international laws
and that they would be pulled up, kicking and screaming ala Milosovich,
to that court for their war crimes and crimes against humanity in Iraq. 
  
It is time for Americans to speak up to stop this massacre. 
We are killing Iraqis in the name of "Freedom" and "Democracy!" 
How absurd, must we kill the Iraqis to "save them". This sounds almost
like the old Salem Witch Trials, where they put people to death in order
to save them. But it also smells of the aforementioned slaughter of the
Native Americans by the jolly good American cavalry--ironically, it's the
same cavalry that is repeating its deeds 200 years later, but this time
against Iraqis. For shame. 
  
Also, shame our media outlets, our church leaders, those phony
Christians, Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson--men who shall
certainly be condemned to hell by God on the day of judgement. Some may
say, I have no right to say such a thing, but all you have to do is see
how they are supporting these atrocities--especially Billy Graham and his
son, both men who had built reputations for decency but have now
destroyed them with this endorsement of slaughter in Iraq. 
  
As for Falwell and Robertson, they not only endorse the Iraq slaughter,
they also are doing all they can to praise Sharon and Israel for their
slaughter, on a daily basis for the past 3 years of Palestinians. They
also cheer when Palestinian homes are bulldozed, as in the 200 taken down
in the past month. 
  
In the process, some at the UN have spoken out, even Kofi Annan, but
people in America are not hearing. Instead, America is trying to distract
the public with stories about Darfur, about the non-existant Zarqawi,
about "staying the course" (as if there is a course and as if it is
justified), and few are asking, "Just why are we in Iraq, after all,
Saddam is gone?" We hear such nonsense as, "We have to stay to settle
things down in Iraq." But President Jimmy Carter and most international
experts say that we are the problem and that Iraqis could solve their own
problems if we'd leave. 
  
But, as most know, and this has been pointed out by Jane's of London and
other experts in the U.S. such as Chalmers Johnson, America intends to
build at least 2 dozen bases or more in Iraq to stay on--never to leave. 
  
I want to say again, as I said in articles since Bush's invasion of Iraq,
we shall pay a heavy price for this slaughter of Iraqis who are Arabs and
Muslims. This slaughter, this massacre has incensed the entire Muslim
world. 
  
America is no longer respected in any part of the Muslim world. 
In fact, a recent poll in Egypt, one of our strongest allies in the Arab
and Muslim world, showed that over 90% of the Egyptians are now angry at
America. But what of the 1.6 billion Muslims in the world, many of them
are so incensed that they will become militant against us. Our behavior
has taken away any credibility moderates had, now the radicals can say,
"See, moderation got you nowhere with America. They even kicked Cat
Stevens out of America, a leading moderate in England, a man who had even
given advice to the White House on how to deal with radicals." 
  
Samuel Huntington in his book, The Clash of Civilizations, claimed Islam
was intent on making a war on the West. This was not true, but what has
happened is that Bush and his fundamentalist Christian friends are making
war on Islam--it can be seen with American troops attacking Muslims in
Iraq, in Afghanistan, in the Phillippines, in Indonesia, in Malaysia, in
Yemen, in assisting Israel with money, weapons and expertise in their
killing of Palestinians. 
  
America may win some battles, but it losing the larger war. 
The entire world is condemning our behavior in Iraq as illegal and
immoral. What is coming is the long term hatred of America by the
majority of Muslims in the world, and some will become combatants in
time--not necessarily in Iraq, but in their own countries. Bush and his
massacre of Muslims is sowing anger, hatred, desire for revenge--in time,
America will reap a whirlwind that the ignorant GW Bush has sown. Make no
mistake about it. 
  
America has played its last cards as a moral world leader. 
Our moral arguments now are laughable to the rest of the world. 
The word has gotten out on how we tried to remove Chavez from office in
Venezuela, have placed a puppet regime in Iraq to lord over the people
ala Vichy in France in WWII, have supported Israel in its massacres of
Palestinians, and the continued killing and bombings of innocents in Iraq
and Afghanistan, while now threatening Syria, Iran and Lebanon. It is
obvious to any intelligent and moral observer that our the Bush team has
gone out of its mind. 
  
And one last point, have you noticed two important things that never get
into the news: 1. Israel has the second largest supply of atomic weapons
in the world and has threatened to use the, but you never hear that
criticized or even admitted by America. 2. Bush is afraid of North Korea
because it has atomic weapons, but also because China told him in
uncertain terms, "Keep your nose out of this area or we'll bloody it for
you and wreck your economy as well." 
  
Our fearless leader is only good at killing innocent civiilans through
attcks from the air with F16s, Apaches and long range missiles, then
calling those killed "enemy combatants," "terrorists," r "insurgents." I
hope more people in America will wake up before things get much worse. It
is already too late in most cases for America to recover its place in the
world. But, if we kick Bush out of office and replace his military
commanders in the field, especially Myers and Abizaid, we may be able to
salvage something--but it's going to be long, hard road and will take us
decades and maybe centuries to ever again be trusted by any Muslims in
the world. 
  
Let's call it what it is in Iraq and Palestine, massacres, not wars.
Somehow, it is as if Bush and Sharon are joined together at the hip and
in their immoral hearts and minds. 
  
Both are guilty of war crimes. We knew this about Sharon by recalling his
infamous invasion of Lebanon in the 1980s; but we didn't know how much
Bush would follow his lead and take America down with him. 
  
Just remember this one line, "This is a massacre, not a war." 
The Iraqis have no planes, helicopters or tanks; the Palestinians have no
planes, helicopters or tanks; but America does and uses them
indiscriminately, as does Israel. America should take a cue from the
resistance to Israel, some day it will come here, when the people in the
Muslim and Arab worlds have had enough and decide to strike back. 
  
Woe unto us for allowing the madman Bush to kill people in Iraq,
Afghanistan and by proxy, in Palestine. Some day, as Malcolm X
prophesied, "The chickens will come home to roost." 
  
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Sam Hamod is an expert on Islam and the Middle East; he is a former
advisor to the State Department, editor of 3rd World News and Director of
The Islamic Center of Wash, DC. Watch for his new book, in 2005, ESSAYS
IN TIMES OF WAR. He may be reached at shamod at cox.net<mailto:shamod at cox.net> . 
  
  
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