PR. 11/Arbe Sec/5-5-2004
American and British soldiers in Abu Ghreib prison in Iraq brutally tortured Iraqi prisoners and humiliated their humanity beyond all limits. They violated their manhood in order to break them down. At the same time, their brothers in the air force, infantry, tanks and armoured vehicles bombed Iraqi districts and annihilated civilians, captured more detainees added to Abu Ghreib massacre.
American-British democracy has been exposed as never before in many years as well as their lies manipulated by American and British rulers to terrorize the world in the name of human rights. It is the naked truth exposing allegations of saving Iraq and others from dictatorship regimes.
These events on the ground are not whims that struck certain members in the army but it is a culture of violence and arrogance, a culture rooted since the Red Indians, Negroes and British colonialism. It is a culture fuelled by the continuous aggression against Arab and Islamic countries who have been placed as the enemy, by mobilization of Zionist films calling for the American empire seeking unipolar hegemony spreading its racist and hostile poison.
The ongoing killings, massacres, torture, destruction in the Palestinian territories and torture perpetrated by the forces of the American administration; in addition to giving support to Sharon’s policy and Israeli occupation on the pretext of self defence, all this is warranted to invaders and occupiers anywhere whose armed forces succumb to the American administration.
The violation of international legitimacy by the American administration, which is the ideal of its armed forces, facilitates any breach of legitimacy, any legitimacy, as long as it is the methodology of a presidency.
The violation of international conventions, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention condones violation of countries and mankind at present and in the future in Afghanistan, Guantanamo and Iraq.
The torture committed is not a whim of individuals who should be brought to trial. The whole system should be brought to trial, this system whose forces subjected mankind.
Torture was perpetrated by the military police, by employees and contractors under the supervision of American military intelligence and investigation units, units prepared for such a task and known to the commander of American forces.
Torture is part of a system and a method used in Iraq. Any denial of this to cover up the shameful scandal is futile.
These Iraqi citizens escaped from Saddam’s clutches to fall under Bush.
The Iraqi people have suffered and continue to suffer today too.
The so-called democracy promised by America to the Greater Middle East stands meaningless.
We demand the immediate withdrawal of the American occupation forces and others from Iraq and prompt intervention of the UN and that it should supervise investigations and shoulder its responsibilities in Iraq in protecting the Iraqi people until the situation is stabilized.