On Wednesday, the U.N. Security Council conducted its first day of open debate on Iraq, initiated by the 130-nation “Non-aligned Movement,” the majority of whose members oppose any attack on Iraq.
“[The US] might attack tomorrow, they might attack two weeks from now, three months from now, two months from now, a year from now,” Hashimi said. “When they decide to do it, they will do it, and no international community, no public opinion can do anything about it.”
“[The US] might attack tomorrow, they might attack two weeks from now, three months from now, two months from now, a year from now,” Hashimi said. “When they decide to do it, they will do it, and no international community, no public opinion can do anything about it.”
The session at the U.N. began as President Bush signed into law the blank check resolution he was granted by the U.S. Congress to unilaterally attack Iraq.
Hashimi said the reasons given by the Bush administration for war are baseless, saying if Bush had evidence it would have already been seen “on every television in the world.”
Hashimi said that Baghdad is working all possible diplomatic angles, but that if U.S. forces attempt to invade Iraq, “it will be worse than Vietnam:”
Hashimi said the reasons given by the Bush administration for war are baseless, saying if Bush had evidence it would have already been seen “on every television in the world.”
Hashimi said that Baghdad is working all possible diplomatic angles, but that if U.S. forces attempt to invade Iraq, “it will be worse than Vietnam:”
“Iraq is a surviving nation, for thousands of years,” he said. “It’s going to continue to survive. The Mongols destroyed Baghdad 600 years ago and you are in Baghdad now. The Americans tried to destroy Baghdad 12 years ago and you are in Baghdad now, as lively as you are seeing it. I can tell you for sure that Iraqis will never give up. Because if they give up they have a lot to lose and that is Iraq.”
Jeremy Scahill is an independent journalist, who reports for the nationally syndicated Radio and TV show Democracy Now! He is currently based in Baghdad, Iraq, where he and filmmaker Jacquie Soohen are coordinating Iraqjournal.org, the only website providing regular independent reporting from the ground in Baghdad.
http://www.iraqjournal.org
Jeremy Scahill is an independent journalist, who reports for the nationally syndicated Radio and TV show Democracy Now! He is currently based in Baghdad, Iraq, where he and filmmaker Jacquie Soohen are coordinating Iraqjournal.org, the only website providing regular independent reporting from the ground in Baghdad.
http://www.iraqjournal.org