Iraqi Marxist Insurgent Group Declared

[babylonsister]

Here's some more of that peace we're passing around. Seems it's inspiring many people.

http://www.iraqslogger.com/index.php/post/2790/Iraqi_Marxist_Insurgent_Group_Declared

Iraqi Marxist Insurgent Group Declared
Masked Gunmen Vandalize Hakim Portraits in Kut
By ZEYAD KASIM Posted 5 hr. 1 min. ago


An unknown left-wing group calling itself the Iraqi Armed Revolutionary Resistance distributed leaflets in the Mid-Euphrates area around Najaf, Hilla and Karbala calling for “resistance against American, British and Zionist occupiers in order to liberate Iraq and form a free socialist, democratic alternative,” according to the Al-Badeel Al-Iraqi website. The group, which described itself as a “movement of Iraqi Communists and Marxists experienced in armed struggle, leftist Iraqi nationalists, and their supporters,” claimed responsibility for an attack against U.S. troops at the Khan Al-Nus area between Najaf and Karbla on Sunday. The leaflets, which carried a photo of Cuban Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara, announced the launch of the resistance in the Mid-Euphrates and condemned the “puppet government, the so-called Council of Representatives, terrorist Salafis, militias, the Interior Ministry, Iraqi traitors who came on American tanks, the American and British mercenaries, contractors, and their servants from the South Lebanese Army.” Printed in both Arabic and English, the statement said car bombs and roadside bombs killing Iraqis are planted by the above groups to damage the reputation of Iraqi resistance groups.

Al-Melaf Net reports that masked gunmen vandalized several murals carrying the portrait of SIIC leader Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim with black paint at Kut in the Wasit governorate, south of Iraq, during a curfew on Saturday. Eyewitnesses said only Hakim’s portraits were affected and that the masked gunmen left the portraits of top Shi’ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani and former SCRI leader Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir Al-Hakim untouched. Sources close to SIIC told Radio Sawa that they had instructions from their leadership to cover up the incident, which came hours after Hakim was re-elected as leader of SIIC, but they said a rival Shi’ite movement – possibly a reference to the Sadrist Movement – was behind it. A spokesman for the Sadrist Movement in the city denied any knowledge of the incident. Several SIIC branches in Kut had been attacked by unknown gunmen over the last few months.

A senior SIIC official reiterated today that his party had not declared Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani as its spiritual leader or that it would receive his religious guidance as reported by several media outlets. In an interview with the Iraq News Agency, Sheikh Qasim Al-Hashimi said SIIC’s policy is not to involve religious leaders in its political affairs. MP Humam Hamoudi, another leading SIIC official, told Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the changes made to SIIC’s platform are not “fundamental,” adding that the party had not abandoned its Islamic identity.

The Iraqiyun News Agency reports through eyewitness accounts that leaflets signed by the Mujahideen Army threatening members of the Yazidi sect were distributed in Mosul on Monday. The leaflets, some of which were posted inside governmental departments, demanded from Yazidis to convert to Islam or leave the northern city within three days.

The Sadr Bureau in Nasiriya, south of Iraq, organized a general conference for Iraqi tribal leaders, attended by representatives of Iraqi tribes from the southern governorates of Dhi Qar, Maysan and Basrah, the Nasiriya News Network reported. Several tribal and religious leaders gave speeches during the conference calling for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq, according to the website. The Sadrist Movement had organized a similar conference for Mid-Euphrates tribes a few days ago.

[Birthmark]

1. Marxists?

I didn't know that was still being done anywhere.

[KharmaTrain]

4. Baaathist = "Marxists"

Read between the lines. Remember, Saddam got a lot of help from the Soviets in the 70's and he admired Stalin. There are many in Iraq who "long for the good old days" or see reviving the Baathists or some form of the party as a way to unite the country.

[madrchsod]

2. dam now it`s the marxists

looks like everyone is now on board...good job guys you actually resurrected a group that saddam crushed years ago..

[Cooley Hurd]

3. New enemies - JUST what we needed...

...although the Iraq Worker-Communist Party has been around before the US occupation:

The Worker-Communist Party of Iraq (Arabic: Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-'Ummali al-'Iraqi) is a Marxist political party in Iraq and amongst Iraqi exiles. Rebwar Ahmed is the current leader of this party.

They opposed both Saddam Hussein and the American-led new administration. Under the Ba'athist regime, the group was persecuted, and so operated primarily in the Kurdistan region, and overseas in the United Kingdom and Australia (where they were among the founders of the Socialist Alliance).

They are involved in the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq, the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq and the Union of the Unemployed in Iraq. They produce a newsletter called Iraq Weekly.

It is a sister party of the Worker-Communist Party of Iran - Hekmatist. The English version of the political party's platform (written in 1994) called for many social reforms, including the liberalization of laws concerning abortion, homosexuality and cohabitation. The Iraqi branch of the party has since removed its platform from its website, although the Iranian branch still has the platform online.

In March 2005, the WCPI formed the Iraqi Freedom Congress with the purpose of forming a secular and democratic Iraq.