·Amid
Passionate and Revolutionary Chants, Iraq Freedom Congress Concluded Its First
Convention with Great Success
·IFC
Central Council Concludes its Fifth General Meeting Successfully
·The
Statement of the First Convention on the Turkish Threats against Iraq 's
Kurdistan
·No to US
War on Iran … The US Administration's Arrogance Must Be
Stopped
·The
Engineering Professions Trade Union Join IFC
On November 11, 2007
The Engineering professions trade unions (includes more than 17000 employees)
joined the IFC during a TV interview with its vice president Samir Almosawi and
the president of the oil projects trade union Ghazi Muftin.
Brothers Almosawi and
Muftin pledged that their affiliation will be the first step towards
strengthening IFC to boot out the occupation and sectarian gangs and building
the country of freedom and equality.
Iraq Freedom
Congress
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center
12-11-2007
·Amid
Passionate and Revolutionary Chants, Iraq Freedom Congress Concluded Its First
Convention with Great Success
The Delegates
Determined To Challenge the Serious Security Conditions for the Success of the
First Convention
On October 21, 2007 the
first Convention of Iraq Freedom Congress was held in the city of Kirkuk,
attended by many elected delegates who came from different provinces and cities
of Iraq (Basra, Nasiriyah, Shatrah, Diwaniyah, Kut, Hashemite, Suwayrah,
Numaniyah, Kifl, Hillah, Alexandria, Baghdad, Samarra, Tikrit, Bejee, Mosul and
Kirkuk). The delegates were able to reach the conference hall despite the
serious danger they could have faced on their way and the collapse of the
security situation, such as booby-trapped cars, bombs and sectarian gangs...
Also five delegates
from Japan attended the meeting in an unprecedented challenge to the serious
security situation to add a distinct role and international character to the
event atmosphere. Also Canada was present in the conference through the
participation of its delegate. It was not possible for a number of delegates
from Diwaniyah to attend the meeting because of the outbreak of hostilities and
the imposition of curfew since Friday 18-10-2007. Also a number of delegates
from Hilla were not able to make it to the event because of the road blockade by
the occupation forces for long hours. Additionally another group of
representatives of trade unions from the Ameriya ( Baghdad ) were not able to
participate due to road side bombs that caused a closure to all routes out of
the area.
Before the convention
began its work a report on the conduct of elections was read and a time was
given for any complaint whether violations in delegates' elections in different
constituencies were witnessed. After hearing no appeals or complaints; the
convention was legitimized and Samir Adel who chose his aides was elected to
preside the meeting. It is to be noted that IFC chose three delegates (Subhi
Al-Badri, Nadia Mahmoud and Faris Mahmoud) to be outside the conference hall and
gave them full authority in the leadership of IFC in the event of a terrorist
attack during the convention.
Under the banner "No
Shiite ... No Sunni… ours is humanitarian identity" and "No to the
occupation ... No to the sectarian gangs" which decorated the conference hall
alongside the IFC banner; the meeting started with a minute of silence in
tribute to the victims of war and occupation. Then the participants voted on the
agenda, which included political report submitted to the convention, a
resolution on the political situation in Iraq , the financial report,
resolutions and elections.
Samir Adil
was first to deliver his speech in which he said "we must succeed and win and
the fate of millions outside this room are tied to the outcome of this
convention". Following was Sato Kazuyoshi, President of the Movement for
Democratic Socialism MDS who focused in his speech on supporting and
strengthening IFC movement in Japan . Ribwar Ahmed the secretary of the Central
Committee of the Worker Communist Party of Iraq was next to deliver his speech
in which he congratulated the participants and shed the light on the most
fundamental points that IFC should focus on to succeed. Then the statement of
the Worker-communist Party of Iran – Hekmatist who praised the determination
of IFC to rid Iraq of the tragic conditions was read in the meeting. Then a
letter from the Chairman of the Workers Against the War and Occupation Front;
Abdullah Al-Maliki was read, in his letter Almaliki congratulated the convention
on this occasion. Following was the letter of Saman Karim chairman of the
Political Bureau of the Worker Communist Party Iraq who announced the party's
support to IFC struggle for liberation. And then was the message of Subhi
Al-Badri; chairman of the Anti Oil Law Front who greeted the convention and
wished for its success.
It was not possible
though for the Communist Party of Iranian ( Kurdistan chapter, "Comelah") to
attend the event due to a car accident on their way.
After the speeches and
congratulatory messages, Samir Adil put forward the political report for
discussion. The participants ratified the contents of the report and its
outlines and decided to publicize it for the public. A resolution on the
political situation in Iraq submitted by Samir Adil was voted on and will be put
to the public bulletin. The conference also reviewed the financial report which
presented by Azad Ahmed then discussed the financial situation of IFC and how to
find the financial means to fund it.
A number of resolutions
were voted on in the convention and they are:
- Backing and supporting the General
Union of Oil Employees and the Anti Oil Law Front projects in the struggle
against the occupation.
- Appreciation and thanks to the
Movement for Democratic Socialism MDS and the National Assembly for Peace and
Democracy in Japan (ZENKO).
- publicizing and explaining IFC agenda
widely via Sana TV
- issuing statement condemning the
Turkish threats to invade Iraqi Kurdistan
- holding a number of photo exhibition
events in the Iraqi cities to show the scale of the disaster caused by the
atomic bombs of Hiroshima in the Second World War
- A decision of electing Sato
Kazuyoshi, Asai Kinji and Korosh Mudaresi to the Central Council, this
resolution received a unanimous vote
- A decision on a financial project
between Japan and Iraq to support IFC.
Among a large number of
candidates who have shown their willingness and high revolutionary spirit in the
leadership of Iraqi Freedom Congress; 38 members were elected to the Central
Council and they are: Amer Hatem, Tahseen Mohammed, Samir Adil, Abdul Karim
Abdul Alsada, Hasan Klildar, Azad Ahmad, Khalil Ibrahim, Said Nima, Majid Hamid,
Fryal Akbar, Abdul Zahra Abdul Hassan, Walid Hassan, Hayfaa Mahmoud, Abdullah
Al-Maliki, , Suhad Obaidi, Nadia Mahmoud, Ali Mohammed Hassan, Awad Ahmed Saleh,
Ribwar Ahmed, Amjad Ali, Thikra Faisal, Saeed Abdullah Ahalal, Amjad Ghafoor,
Ammar Kamil, and Leith Ali, Jamal Hamid, Naim Musa, Rashid Ismail, Ibrahim Issa,
Moqaddam Abdul Jabbar, Sami Hassan, Ahmed Hashim, Jassem Alwan, Mufeed Haidar,
Ali Hussein Khudayr, Muhammad Ali Flayih, Subhi Al-Badri, Sahar Abdel-Hassan in
addition to the three above mentioned members to total of 41 members for the
Central Council.
Amid spirited
atmosphere and revolutionary chants; souvenirs presented to the Japanese
delegation. The Arab and Japanese Sana TV have conducted numerous interviews
with delegates and guests on IFC, its role and projects. A number of
contributions were also made to IFC. Jamal Hamid have announced the opening of
an information office for IFC in Basra, as well as giving 5 acres of land for
IFC for future projects, in addition, an opening of IFC headquarter was announce
in the city of Sedda.
Sana TV showed footages
about the braking into IFC head office by US troops, interviews with IFC
detainees and the recent meeting with Abdil Hussein Saddam in the eve of his
assassination by the occupying forces. Also a photo exhibition was held in the
same event portraying the activities of IFC at home and abroad, which had
greatly affected the attendance moral.
In the end, Samir Adil
concluded the event by congratulating the participants and wished them
successful work. The event in Pictures
·IFC
Central Council Concludes its Fifth General Meeting Successfully
In the presence of the
majority of its members, the IFC Central Council held its fifth meeting on
21-10-2007 which followed the first convention immediately. The participants
evaluated the convention positively and considered it as a significant step in
pushing the struggle of IFC forward. After assessing all aspects of the event
politically, organizationally and technically, the participants congratulated
themselves on the success of the event.
The participants also
elected Samir Adil as an IFC president unanimously. Then 14 members were elected
to the Executive bureau and they are: Laith Ali,Hassan Klildar, Tahseen
Mohammed, Khalil Ibrahim, Abdul Zahra Abdul Hassan, Suhad Obaidi, Majed Hameed,
Saeed Nima, Said Abdullah, Sahar Abdul Hassan, Walid Al-Amri, Ibrahim Issa,
Ammar Kamil and Abdullah Al-Maliki.
The participants then
voted unanimously on appointing Abdel Hadi Alfatlawy, Muhi Hussein, Ali Fattah
and Kathy Stone as a Central Council aids. The participants also voted on a
resolution of appreciation and thanks to the members of the Worker Communist
Party of Iraq for their efforts of securing the process of the convention and
providing technical support for the success of the event and they are Azad
Majeed, Adnan Majid, Ramadan Sabir, Smku Kareem, Star Ghraib, Abbas Aziz and
Saad Muzaffar, as well as commending the efforts of Haytham Ali and Raid Saleh.
The participants also decided to convene in three weeks time to discuss and
approve the internal policy of IFC, amend a number of items in the Manifesto and
a number of topics that carried over from the convention to the meeting of
theCentral Council. The Meeting in Pictures
Central Council,
IFC
21-10-2007
·The
Statement of the First Convention on the Turkish Threats against Iraq 's
Kurdistan
The Turkish Parliament passed a
resolution allowing the Turkish forces to launch a military attack against Iraqi
Kurdistan under a pretext of removing the danger exposed by PKK. The Turkish
forces as a result began its bombardment on several areas in Kurdistan and
provocative military movements on the border between the Turkey and Iraqi
Kurdistan .
This latest decision is
only a pretext used by the Turkish regime to interfere in the Iraqis' affairs;
Because the PKK's activity have been existing for more than two and a half
decades and yet the successive Turkish regimes have never issued such chauvinist
and hostile decisions. This outright declaration by the Turkish government to
launch a military campaign against Iraqi Kurdistan has come as repercussions of
the US failure and its inability to control the exacerbation of the political
conflict. Therefore all the countries of the region including Turkey have
decided to look for and secure their own interests by military force apart from
the US agenda and its overall political process and scenario in Iraq
.
Iraq Freedom Congress
vigorously condemns these blatant threats which will only lead to jeopardizing
the security and safety of the masses of Kurdistan, plunging the region into a
cycle of violence and chaos and will further complicate the political and
security situation in Iraq .
Defending the security
and safety of the people of Kurdistan is part of IFC struggle in building a free
and humane society, a society that is free from war and violence. Iraq Freedom
Congress appeal to the libertarian forces in the world to stand against the
threats of the Turkish forces against the security and safety of the people of
Kurdistan .
First Convention
Iraq Freedom
Congress
20-10-2007
·No to US
War on Iran … The US Administration's Arrogance Must Be
Stopped
A report has come out
yesterday by the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA on Iran's nuclear file,
as a result the US administration launched a vicious campaign in the media to
prepare for a new war no less brutality on its war on Iraq, but this time on
Iran.
Militarization and the
use of force is a key element in the US administration ideology to impose its
hegemony on the world. Beating the war drums is always part of US policy to
contain its international competitors such as the European Union, Russia and
China, and this policy is an extension to the one that is implemented in Iraq to
wage the second Gulf War and the imposition of economic blockade, which lasted
thirteen year then its occupation of Iraq. The US administration justified its
inhuman policy with the pretext which is "possession of weapons of mass
destruction".
On the other hand, the
Iranian regime is trying to defend itself by possessing nuclear weapons and
ignoring the safety and security of the people of Iran without regards to what
will happen to millions of innocents if the US administration launched the war
against Iran . At the same time, the Iranian regime is trying to take advantage
of this atmosphere to push the Iranian people to the holocaust of war in order
to preserve itself.
In the midst of this
conflict the voices of Iranian nationalist parties and the others who are loyal
to the US administration have risen to support the US war on Iran , as did the
Iraqi parties who were known as London Conference parties in the eve of war and
occupation of Iraq .
We call the Iranian
people attention not to be fooled by the US policy to depose the mullahs and
that they would be given their freedom by war, destruction of their country and
tightening the economic blockade. Iraq is an example of this vicious policy,
that is for more than seventeen years and the people pay for the US policy. For
more than four years of occupation, more than 1.2 million people lost their
lives, more than 4 million people were displaced and dozens of innocents fall as
a result of the civil and sectarian war, political chaos, terrorism and a dark
future where nothing could be seen but sectarian Mafia. Ultimately the Iraqis
gained nothing but havoc and destruction
Iraq Freedom Congress
announces its condemnation and censure to the US administration's attempts to
prepare the climate for launching a war against Iran under any pretext and
justification. Iraq Freedom Congress stands by the humanitarian front in Iran,
Iraq and the world against war on Iran and calls on all his supporters in Iraq
and the world to strengthen the ranks of the protesting movement against the
senseless endeavors of the US administration to impose their arrogance on the
world. It also calls on the Iranians not to be fooled by the empty propaganda
and inhuman policies of the Iranian parties who share the US the same vision
because it will not bring anything but vain. The way to remove the danger of war
on Iran is by tightening the struggle of the people of Iran to topple the
mullahs which is the only way to gain freedom.
Iraq Freedom
Congress
November 11,
2007
Amjad
Al-Jawhary
Iraq Freedom
Congress
Working For a
Democratic, Secular and Progressive Alternative to both the US Occupation and
Political Islam in Iraq
