MIM Notes 181 March 1, 1999

U.$. backs king in war on Iraq

by RC68

Amerika is trying all possible avenues to gain control of Iraq. Since 
sanctions and bombing have yet to produce an Iraqi puppet government 
that is acceptable to the U.$., the Amerikan government is now openly 
working to overthrow Hussein and install a new puppet. In January, 
President Clinton designated seven organizations opposed to Iraqi 
President Saddam Hussein as eligible to receive U.$. financial support 
under the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998. The act, passed by Congress 
before last year's elections, called for spending up to $97 million in 
overt military aid to Iraqi opposition groups.(1)

So far the only group to welcome this offer of aid from the U.$. is the 
Movement for a Constitutional Monarchy, which wants to restore the royal 
family overthrown in 1958. The man the U.$. will be supporting in his 
fight to take power in Iraq, Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein, is related to 
the royal families of Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Both of these regimes are 
puppet collaborationist allies of the U$ empire. The Saudi dictatorship 
is one of the worst repressive regimes in the Arab world and is deeply 
hated by most Arabs and Muslims, especially of course, by Saudis.

The would be king Hussein seems an ideal choice to the imperialist U$. 
He was educated in the western world and lives in London. He has already 
pledged to establish "free market" capitalism if the U$ and their 
english sidekicks will just overthrow the Iraqi government and put him 
in charge instead. This amounts to a guarantee from the aspiring tyrant 
that England and the U$ would have the privilege of raping and pillaging 
Iraq for its natural resources.

The made-up monarch Hussein is alleged to be the "rightful" heir to the 
throne of Iraq's last monarchy. That regime was toppled 40 years ago by 
a nationalist military coup. The coup leaders executed King Faisal II 
and his immediate heir, Crown Prince Abdullah. Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein 
was only two years old at the time and was taken out of Iraq by his 
parents because they feared he might also be killed.

The last Iraqi monarchy was also installed by foreign imperialists. The 
Ottoman Turkish Empire sided with Germany in WWI and just like Germany, 
Turkey was stripped of colonial possessions after the war. As a result 
Iraq and many other Arab countries changed over from Turkish rule to 
English rule. In 1921 England installed Iraq's first modern monarchy and 
set King Faisal I on the throne. Faisal I was Sharif Ali bin al-
Hussein's grandfather and a faithful servant of imperialism.

This arrangement worked quite well for the english imperialists until 
1958. Then Iraqi nationalists messed everything up by deciding Iraqis 
should rule Iraq. Unfortunately, since then Iraq has only been ruled by 
different militarists who have been relatively loyal to imperialism. If 
the Iraqi people themselves ruled Iraq, there would be no room for the 
anglo-amerikkkan imperialists to muscle in. Now that the empires again 
see the opportunity to set up an Iraqi puppet government they are 
leaning towards using a system that has worked well for them in the 
past. 

MIM has said over and over again that Amerika's primary goal in Iraq has 
been to install a puppet government. It is convenient for us that the U$ 
imperialists have finally come out and said so themselves, helping to 
dispel the myth that the U$ government's intention is to liberate the 
Iraqi people (or the neighboring countries) from oppression. The 
imperialists do not at all care if the Iraqi people are alive or dead, 
healthy or sick. These pigs definitely do not care if Iraqis are 
oppressed.

To any sensible civilized human being amerika's hypocrisy should be 
crystal clear. Obviously having a king installed by a foreign power can 
not be liberation for anybody. 

Notes: 
1. AP Tuesday January 19.
2. New York Times January 3, 1999