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2011-06-13 By Mohammed al-Qaisi in Baghdad and Ali al-Juboori in Anbar

Iraqis have banded together to combat the destruction inflicted by terrorists. [Sabah al-Bazee/Reuters]

As Iraqis celebrate the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Sahwa councils, security officials and Sahwa council leaders are warning about the threat al-Qaeda poses to the region.

Abu Reesha said people of other nations should "crush the monster of al-Qaeda before it grows". [Ali al-Mashhdani/Reuters]

The destruction and loss of life Iraqis suffered due to terrorist attacks launched by al-Qaeda is evidence that this organisation aims to threaten the peace and security of any region they become active in, tribal leaders said on Thursday (June 9th).

"Iraqis will convey what they suffered at the hands of al-Qaeda and the other extremist groups to all our Arab brothers in the region and all the countries of the world, so they will be alert and on guard against any attempt by al-Qaeda to plant its seeds on their land," said Sheikh Ahmed Abu Reesha, head of the Iraqi Sahwa Councils.

"All the peoples of the world should crush the monster of al-Qaeda before it grows, otherwise their fate will be very bad and horrible," he said.

Many tribal chiefs and Sahwa leaders pointed out that what is going on in some cities of Yemen is an example of al-Qaeda's attempt to expand its influence.

They stressed the importance of informing the region and the world of the crimes committed by al-Qaeda in Iraq, so that this will be a lesson to encourage others to confront the organisation and prevent it from carrying out its terrorist plans.

"A few days ago, we sent a written message to our brothers of the parties taking part in the joint meeting in Sanaa, and we expressed our hope that they will succeed in accomplishing freedom and democracy," said Sheikh Hameed al-Hayyes, an Sahwa council leader. "At the same time, we informed them that we are concerned about al-Qaeda's attempts in Yemen, and [we explained] why they should prevent any seed of it in their country and crush it with their feet."

"We are worried about the future of Yemen and its people. They will lose a lot if the al-Qaeda organization manages to expand its operations in their country," he told mawtani.com.

Iraqis describe 'harsh' experience with al-Qaeda

A number of Iraqi cities are celebrating the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Sahwa councils, whose members are also known as the "Sons of Iraq".

The councils were founded to join Iraqi and American security forces in fighting al-Qaeda and other armed groups. After Iraqi security forces took control of Iraq's cities, the Iraqi government incorporated some Sahwa members into the various security forces, while others were appointed to civilian jobs at ministries and government offices.

In Ramadi, citizens hung hundreds of Iraqi flags and signs in the streets. The signs had slogans denouncing the crimes of terrorism and hailing the sacrifices made by Iraqi security forces in their war against the terrorists.

The celebrations were held under the slogan, "Only recently we discovered that terror has no religion, and so we decided to destroy it".

"We got rid of the terrorists' control and their hegemony through our revolt and rejection of them," said Sheikh Jassem al-Suwaidawi, leader of the Sahwa council in Fallujah. "However, their traces among us shall remain for a long time and will not be erased easily. They destroyed everything and shed the blood of many who were very dear to us."

"The al-Qaeda terrorist organisation turned our country into total rubble and destruction, which had not been done in any part of the world. For this, we are still on the path of fighting the terrorists until they are all gone," he said.

Sheikh Raad al-Sabah, the military commander of Iraqi Sahwa forces, said Sahwa leaders want to warn other states, "because our experience with al-Qaeda was harsh".

"The people of the world should not be deceived by slogans or resonant speeches because they are only a guise for passing their terrorist plans and to fortify their feet on the ground. Then, they will commit the same crimes that they did in Iraq," he said.

Maj. Gen. Tariq al-Asaal, adviser to the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, said, "We worked with the Sahwa. They helped us and we helped them, and the secret behind al-Qaeda's defeat was the people's revolt against it."

"We now have a long experience with how the terrorists think and how to defeat them," he said. "We can provide our expertise to the brothers in the Arab countries. We hope they will heed our advice before it is too late."

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رعد الجبوري

2011-7-22

The ideology of the terrorist al-Qaeda has no goals and no real content, as it only relies on murder, slaughter and extremism. It is a damned ideology and it is forsaken by everyone, because the terrorist al-Qaeda upholds the ideology of divide-and-conquer to scare everyone, and it applies this ideology day and night. However, this extreme terrorist criminal and takfiri ideology made al-Qaeda accursed in this life and in the hereafter, because of the crimes it commits against innocent people. Now, the al-Qaeda terrorist organization is what I hate most, especially when I see the tears of the children and widows who lost their husbands, and the mothers with their crying and mourning for their children who were victim of these terrorist attacks implemented by the al-Qaeda organization here and there.
sar mad

2011-7-22

I curse the terrorist al-Qaeda organization, which has carried out many acts of criminality that we condemn and curse, because they are malicious terrorist acts that have caused the suffering of many of us. We curse this miserable organization and all its members, and all the criminals and murderers who ally themselves with it and who practiced their filthy acts of terrorism, which burdened us greatly, because they contributed to killing our brothers and friends and destroyed our country. May our curses be upon the criminal al-Qaeda organization. We curse it and we curse all the destructive ideas this organization adopts to try and plant its terrorist ideology in our youth to destroy the society and contribute to ripping apart its national unity. However, our national unity will withstand these attempts, because the Iraqis are one people and they will not be affected by the terrorist ideas adopted by murderers and criminals from the damned organization. May God’s curse be upon the criminal al-Qaeda organization, which wreaked havoc in the world and spread killing. God damn the dark and savage ideas this organization has and preaches, as it tries to spread its ideas among us. This criminal terrorist organization deserves to be accursed, and we should stand against it and refute the acts and ideas of this organization. May God’s curse be upon the murderers and criminals, then, along with all the criminals who violate sanctities and who have conducted many cowardly terrorist operations against Iraq. May a thousand curses be upon this corrupt organization and its excommunicating ideas; God damn al-Qaeda and those who promote its terrible ideas and the terrorist murderers and criminals.
mawlan

2011-6-26

The acts of al-Qaeda reflect the spirit of criminality of these filthy groups, which do not want the well-being of all people, regardless of their age, sects and religions. In fact, they combat and murder everyone. They are also carrying out sabotage and filthy acts that are based on bloodshed, spreading fear, destruction and terrorism, as well as frightening people. Indeed, they succeeded in doing this by manipulating the youth and deceiving them with the deviant al-Qaeda ideology and its criminal and deceptive ideas. The latter are based on deceiving the youth and fulfilling the objectives of al-Qaeda by taking advantage of their religious faith. They carry out this work under the banner of Islam, although al-Qaeda’s ideology vis-à-vis Islam is totally the opposite of the teachings of this religion. In addition, they are luring the youth using money and weapons. In fact, many youth are fertile ground, where you can easily plant hatred and evil in a malicious way. In order to do this, they make use of fake, deceitful tactics so as to prevent the youth from understanding the reality of terrorist al-Qaeda acts, which is engaging in tricks and entrapping many innocent citizens. In fact, their only objective is to murder as many innocent people as possible, and to spread sabotage and destruction everywhere. Indeed, the easiest way to recruit the youth is through their need for money and implementing these acts in the name of Islam. Such factors are very dangerous, and they are easily adopted by al-Qaeda groups and gangs in order to achieve their malicious objectives. This organization is based on trapping many youth so that they will carry out all the objectives of the malicious al-Qaeda leaders. The latter are selfish and work on murdering people using the youth , who have been recruited, manipulated and distracted using the ideology and principles of the malicious and errant al-Qaeda, which aims to murder people ruthlessly and without any discrimination or distinction between men and women, young people, children or the elderly. In fact, they have opted for the filthiest ways and resorted to all types of murder and torture.
حكمت ابو علي

2011-6-21

The criminal al-Qaeda organization is one of the organizations that try to preach their ideologies inside communities in an attempt to affect the youth and influence their minds, so as to win more members who will operate according to their ideology and the criminal plans of this organization. In fact, I do not think that there remains anyone who is unaware of al-Qaeda’s ideology, which is trying to claim that others are apostates and be extremist with them. In many instances, they are trying to appropriate the other ideology and reject it, in order to spread the ideology of al-Qaeda. Such an ideology knows nothing but considering others to be apostates and resisting all the divine teachings and man-made laws. Thus, I believe that the terrorist al-Qaeda is always trying to attract and recruit the youth by brainwashing them, using ideas that have nothing to do with divine teachings. Thus, we notice that the followers of al-Qaeda brag about a lot of ideas which may affect some of the youth, who I personally think lack awareness and do not understand life yet. In fact, the terrorist al-Qaeda is trying to brainwash the youth with destructive thoughts that deceive others, and they attempt to affect the youth using the ideas of Jihad. It also makes them think that it is an organization that works for the sake of the Muslim Nation and that it supports its religion and the Muslims over the so-called the enemies of this nation. In this respect, the Takfiri al-Qaeda is spreading its deadly venom inside the brains of the youth via some of its supposedly influential followers, with their beards and turbans, who facilitate their mission. In fact, they are often perceived as angels, while they are, in reality, no more than corrupt and criminal members. As far as I am concerned, the mission of brainwashing and deceiving the youth is promoted by some of the youth, who are zealous and embrace the spirit of evil and criminality inside them from the start, and who are waiting for someone to trigger the evil inside them. Indeed, this criminal organization is working on spreading its extremist ideology in order to attract those youth and influence them, in order to recruit them to its known agenda of Takfiri ideology, criminality and delinquency.
كاهي

2011-6-14

I wish to see an awakening that will save us from Al-Qaeda and its followers forever so that we can get rid of their claims that they are the leaders and the dominators. We would also get rid of the groups that destroy under the name of the religion, while the religion has nothing to do with them. They quote Quranic texts when speaking with you in a deviant way, and all their opinions are invalid. May God bless Yemen, which calls for getting rid of the groups of destruction, murder and displacement. The whole world should know that terrorism has Salafi origins, Jewish trends and Masonic execution. So, beware. God is the guide.
علاء07700965248

2011-6-14

S.A. Dear brothers, everything that has happened in Iraq is planned by some Arab states, like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Syria and Kuwait. However, thanks to God, the followers of Sayyid Muqtada Al-Sadr and the al-Mahdi Army resisted this deviant group through military, ideological and suicide attacks resistence. Alaa Kazim Hato, Kirkuk The office of the martyr Sayyid Sadr