Tuesday, July 31, 2007
To Improve The Country - Agreement To Establish A Federal Government In United Southern Iraq
Politics, Tribal
(Al Bayyna Al Jadidah Newspaper) - 30 JUL - Under the slogans of “Iraq’s Unity” and the “South Witnesses Justice, Equality, Love, and Peacefulness”…southern Tribal Sheikhs have agreed to: improve the country and make a good life available to our people of southern Iraq.
They (the southern leaders) said they are doing this for: “independent Iraq”, and to return balance to the community in the south. They (the Sheikhs) want to create a southern regional government [probably similar to the northern Kurdistan government] which will the respect the original Arab tribes (of the area)…and spread justice, freedom, and equality among the people of the south.
However, we (the Tribal Sheikhs/southern leaders) want everyone to understand that this does not mean that “we” agree with the idea of “federalism” as proposed by the Occupation…We are a part of Iraq; and, we will not break off from Iraq in the future! We have decided that we will run our own affairs… by ourselves…without “foreigners” management. Tomorrow, we will publish our statement of establishment (Declaration).
They (the southern leaders) said they are doing this for: “independent Iraq”, and to return balance to the community in the south. They (the Sheikhs) want to create a southern regional government [probably similar to the northern Kurdistan government] which will the respect the original Arab tribes (of the area)…and spread justice, freedom, and equality among the people of the south.
However, we (the Tribal Sheikhs/southern leaders) want everyone to understand that this does not mean that “we” agree with the idea of “federalism” as proposed by the Occupation…We are a part of Iraq; and, we will not break off from Iraq in the future! We have decided that we will run our own affairs… by ourselves…without “foreigners” management. Tomorrow, we will publish our statement of establishment (Declaration).
Labels: federalism, southern Iraq, tribal sheiks
