Posted on 07/03/2004 6:33:06 PM PDT by Starve The Beast
Sources close to Saddam Hussein's family have said that calls for former Iraqi officials to form a government in exile are gaining ground.
The Egyptian international law counsel Hasan Umar told Aljazeera.net he believes that if Ragad Saddam Hussein and former Iraqi officials form a rival government, they would shorten the life of the "Iraqi occupation".
“A government in exile would be a threat to the Iraqi interim government of Iyad Allawi that would prevent him from continuing to grant privileges to the US-led occupation forces,” he said.
“Many former Iraqi officials are living outside Iraq, and can help in forming and exile government, which will help a lot in stopping the US plans in the region.”
Comparing the current Iraqi interim government to France’s 1940 Vichy government, he said there are many lessons to be learned from history.
“Who liberated France from the Nazis? It was De Gaul’s government in exile, not the Vichy government which was installed by the Nazi occupiers,” Umar said.
Aljazeera.net spoke to Saddam’s cousin and one-time bodyguard before his 1995 defection. He said that he is ready to announce a government in exile if there is an Arab or Muslim country willing to host it.
“The problem is Arab and Muslim states think that such a step means an anti-US act, and since the world is terrified from the US in an unprecedented way, it is not possible to take such a step in the present time,” said Izz al-Din al-Majid.
Iraqi political analyst Dhafir al-Ani said a government in exile would give international players the chance to ask the US to consult the Iraqi people.
“Rulers have been imposed on Iraqis, first the Governing Council, and now the interim government. A government in exile would give Iraqis the chance to choose instead of accepting one choice delivered by the occupiers," said al-Ani.
Saddam Hussein’s defence lawyer Muhammad al-Rashdan said the move deserves deep consideration.
“We will consider the formation of a government in exile from a legal point of view, if we sensed it useful to built our case in defending the legitimate president of Iraq Mr. Saddam Hussein, we will back it with all our might,” al-Rashdan said.
Whatever country ends up with that honor should allow the 'exiles' to rape, rob, and murder at will... you know, just to keep in practice.
One problem...we arent Germany...
but Iraq did surrender pretty quickly...
Wow, I guess I was wrong all these years. For some reason, I thought Americans had a bit of a hand in liberating France from the Nazis. My mistake.
You're obviously a victim of the right-wing corporate media.
Just kill them....a lot.
FMCDH(BITS)
I hear Ramallah is nice this time of year.
I'm sure Yasser wouldn't mind the company of his fellow murderers and looters of their countries wealth.
Consider the source.
"and since the world is terrified from the US in an unprecedented way, it is not possible to take such a step in the present time,"
Sounds like a winner.
So if I understand this then...Saddam's former bodyguard and cousin is going to form a government in exile. LOL.
I hereby form the People's Non-Iraqi Iraqi Government in Exile.
A clear, firm statement by the Bush administration that any country which hosts such an entity would be treated with extreme prejudice would be very salutary. I don't think there would be many takers.
Tag 'em and bag 'em!
I believe Allawi won't have much patience with Al Jazeera. They better have sites mirrored everywhere and their journalists hidden in Greenland if they expect to survive.
This will never pan out. It makes no sense. This current government is only meant to be a care taker government for 6 months. The Iraqi people themselves will be picking their own governemnt in January. So which government will be more legitimate? The one made up of non-elected former tyranical regime officials? Or the one actually elected by the people in free elections? Sorry, this is not the same as the WWII scenario as this idiot proposes. Btw, it was the US who had a huge role in liberating france. Without the US, the De Gaul government would have done NOTHING!!!
Yeah, that's what I thought. The Keystone cops (now on their own) are thinking like Kerry. :)
A rag-tag fugitive Baathist fleet...
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