Assassination of Iraqi cleric opens way for Islamic republic in S. Iraq

Student Movement Coordination Committee (Iran) ^ | 4.10.2003 | SMCCDI (Information Service)

[DoctorZIn]

The assassination of Abdul Majid al-Khoei, elder son of the late Ayatollah Khoei, opens the way for the Islamic regime to increase its influence in any future equation related to the Iraqi Shi-ites.

Al Khoei family is know for rejecting the Islamic republic regime policies and ideology and the funeral ceremony of the late Ayatollah Khoei, organized 2 years ago, turned into a mass protest and demonstration against the Iranian regime as he was opposed to both dictatorships in Iran and in Iraq.

The Islamic republic regime supports Ayatollah Hakim and has armed and trained hundreds of its extremist Iraqi Shia militiamen with the hope of bringing Iraq under its influence after the fall of Saddam Hussein regime.

Hakim is a machiavelical being who is known for looking for power and establishing an Islamist government based on the backwarded Sharia laws.

[DoctorZIn]

I hope the US State Department does not endorse another Islamic Republic.

[ladtx]

...opens the way for the Islamic regime ...

Not so fast there, bucko. I don't think so.

[Support Free Republic]

Attention!

Our troops give so much of themselves, and we all benefit from their efforts.

The next time you look at your bank balance, why not find some way to take some money and put it towards supporting the members of our armed services in some way? Maybe find a family who has someone serving, and buy them dinner, or some groceries, or a gift for their children? Maybe find a way to contribute to a fund for the memory of any of those who have fallen? Our armed forces deserve our support in tangible ways.

[Timesink]

Somehow, I feel confident the US government isn't spending a lot of time listening to the Iranian Student Movement Coordination Committee.

[smith288]

I thought the first thing the State dept was going to do was look for a OBL type of guy to lead Iraq... < /sarcasm>

[ecomcon]

Wait a sec..

I read this as an anti-islamist student union lamenting this assassination because they view this guy Khoei as anti dictatorship. They view it as helping the islamist influence, which they see as a bad thing.

Am I missing something?

[jraven]

Remember how 911 was foreshadowed by a prominent Afghan leadering being murdered by Al Queda? Sounds like a similar development here; I wonder what comes next...

[mabelkitty]

I take it with a grain of salt.

The reason the Cleric was murdered is because he was trying to gain influence via Shia religion.

Seems neither dictatorships or grubby holy men are going to have an easy ride to power in Iraq.

This Iranian needs to turn off Al-Jazeera.

[wretchard]

The Iranian students are inferring that the assassination of Abdul Majid al-Khoei is the first act in the struggle for Iraq's Shiite south. Teheran wants to dominate the area, populated by their co-religionists. Khoei was an anti-Islamic Republic figure, despite his father's own beliefs.

The way is now open for the Ayatollah Hakim, who is allied with Teheran, to dominate the Shiite clergy in the south; at least, that is what the Student Movement Coordination Committee (Iran) say.

Although the military battle for Iraq is almost over, the battle for its political control has just begun. America wants to rebuild Iraq as a prosperous, democratic republic. Syria has vowed to turn it into another Lebanon, while Iran has openly purposed to launch a guerilla campaign in the south. It is not a situation that the United Nations, were it insinuated into power, could effectively handle.

[henbane]

I read this as an anti-islamist student union lamenting this assassination because they view this guy Khoei as anti dictatorship.

They view [the killing of Abdul Majid al-Khoei] as helping the Islamist influence, which they see as a bad thing.

Am I missing something?

You got it right.

Al-Khoei's removal from the current Shiite power struggle in Iraq creates a deeply serious problem for the upcoming Iraqi restructuring process.

Here's a thread with some key details in this ugly situation.

Crowd Kills Two Islamic Clerics in Iraq

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for posting this item!

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[DoctorZIn]

They are a pro us group.
They want a secular democracy in Iraq and Iran.
They are just stating that they fear the murder of these clerics is bad news.

[DoctorZIn]

Do you have a reason to be optimistic?
I hope you are right, but we installed an Islamic republic in Afghanistan... lets not do it agasin.... It doesn't work in Iran and won't work in Iraq.

[DoctorZIn]

No, you are on target.
The Student Movement is fighting and dying to liberate Iran and create a secular democracy.

[RightWhale]

I feel confident the US government isn't spending a lot of time listening to the Iranian Student Movement Coordination Committee.

Don't know who the US listens to anymore, but this article does not favor the Islamists.

[DoctorZIn]

This Iranian article is trying to warn people that some want an Islamic regime in Iraq. They are trying to overturn one in Iran and put in its place a secular democracy.