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IFC Statement on storming the headquarters of IFC in Baghdad by the US forces

category international | anti-war / imperialism | other press author Monday June 25, 2007 15:38author by pat c Report this post to the editors

The practices and acts of the US forces will not discourage us from continuing our struggle

The translation here is a bit creaky but please bear with it. The Iraq Freedom Congress brings together socialists, feminists, workers and progressive forces. It stands for:
1. End the occupation of Iraq – the US forces must leave Iraq immediately
2.End the interference of the Islamic currents from people’s lives
3. Guarantee the right of the Iraqi people to make an informed and free decision on the future of political system
4. Restore civil life to Iraq


Its slogan is:
Working For a Democratic, Secular and Progressive Alternative to both the US Occupation and Political Islam in Iraq

The US forces flagrantly provocative raided the IFC headquarter in Baghdad. They arrested a number of its guards and confiscated some important documents.

The growing activities of IFC in the face of the occupation and its crimes and turning into a libertarian hub that gives human beings in Iraq a single identity and unite them under one banner to expel the occupation have created panic in the ranks of the occupation forces, which forced them to storm the headquarter of IFC and destroy the doors and arrest five members of the headquarters guards and confiscate their weapons.

Full statement at:

http://www.wpiraq.net/english/2007/IFC-USAstorming09060...7.htm

Related Link: http://www.ifcongress.com/English/index.htm
author by pat cpublication date Mon Jun 25, 2007 15:48author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The Iraqi police released the five detainees this afternoon (18 June)who have been arrested by US forces the evening of June 7 (Mohamed Karim, Ali Hussein Mohamed Mahmoud, Hussam Salim and Abdul Amir Saleh. Samir Adil was leading the receptionists along with Said Nima, Subhi Al-Badri, Abdel Hadi Alfatlawi and Jassim Alwan members of IFC Executive bureau.

The detainees said that a number of them had been beaten and threatened by the Iraqi police at the sight of US forces. They also stated that US forces had surrounded the central headquarter, while Iraqi police had searched the headquarters, hit and insulted guards of the head office.

Full statement at:

Related Link: http://www.ifcongress.com/English/News/2007/0607/ifc-detainees.htm
 
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