The Handover Deceit
- Shehzad Bashir, via e-mail

ON June 30th the Muslims of Iraq will finally get their ‘sovereignty’ back. However is this really the case? Clearly it is not because we can see a number of contradictions, how can Iraq be a sovereign nation when its internal, external security is controlled by occupiers? An analogy would be Britain’s internal and foreign security being controlled by France – In this context Britain clearly would not be seen as a sovereign nation.

This exaggerated hype of handing over ‘sovereignty’ is nothing but a sham, in reality it is another puppet regime that has been installed by the occupiers which will carry out orders from Washington and London. This will achieve a number of objectives for its occupiers as it will give legitimacy to the occupation, appease world opinion against the war and subsequent occupation as well as allow the occupiers to retain their strategic influence.

Unfortunately this has been sold to Western populace without the real issues being discussed and this is where the role of Muslims is required to engage the wider community into discussing this deceit of the fictitious handing over of power.

Muslims must raise the discussion in the West be it in their homes, neighbourhoods, places of work, media and any other platform. This discussion must explain that the only solution is for the removal of the occupation with the Muslims of Iraq left to decide their own future.

The question needs to be raised as to why are the Muslims of Iraq being force fed democracy when they clearly want the Islamic Ideology which will bring true liberation - this is what the occupiers fear hence we have physical occupation and an imposed regime.

It is time the Western populace saw the real image of Islam as a necessary and valid alternative for democracy and something that the Muslims of Iraq should be allowed to embrace without the intimidation of the American led occupation against it. Without the Muslims carrying out this discussion we will clearly see the continuation of occupation and the continuing of this deceit to the western populace.●

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