Iraq signs counterterrorism agreement with Yemen

According to the new agreement, Iraq and Yemen will share intelligence to combat terrorism. Above, a member of Yemen's anti-terrorism unit takes position. [Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters]

According to the new agreement, Iraq and Yemen will share intelligence to combat terrorism. Above, a member of Yemen's anti-terrorism unit takes position. [Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters]

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An Iraqi security delegation visiting Sanaa recently signed a security agreement with Yemeni authorities in an effort to combat terrorism, track down al-Qaeda leaders and exchange prisoners.

"This agreement is the first of its kind between the two countries concerning the war on terrorism," said Maj. Gen. Ihasan al-Musawi, head of foreign relations for the Iraqi Ministry of Interior. "Joint committees from both countries will be responsible for implementing the security agreement in the next few days."

Direct communication will be established between Interior Ministry officials from both countries to effectively exchange intelligence and confront any possible threats, al-Musawi said.

The agreement is the fourth that Iraq has signed with an Arab country in 2012. Prior agreements, which are consistent with resolutions that emerged from the recent Arab Summit, were made with Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the new interim government in Libya.

'A united front against terrorism'

Iraqi officials said the country has been successful in 2012 in mobilising a regional and international coalition against terrorism.

"Arab leaders decided to present a united front against terrorism, thereby planting the seed for a regional and international centre operating within the United Nations to combat al-Qaeda and all radical ideologies that sanction killing and destruction," al-Musawi said.

The agreement between Iraq and Yemen is crucial because al-Qaeda branches in both countries are very similar in regard to the way terrorist operations are carried out and many of the same al-Qaeda leaders are wanted in both countries, he said, citing Abu Muaz al-Maani who led terrorist operations in both Iraq and Yemen in 2006.

"Iraq approached most Arab and regional countries to find a method for mutual co-operation to eradicate terrorism and end al-Qaeda's reign," said Falih al-Fayyadh, Iraq's national security advisor. "[Some of these efforts] culminated in security agreements and others are under review. We are optimistic we can reach a common framework for understanding and co-operation with these countries regarding al-Qaeda."

Al-Fayyadh said Iraq has agreements with several European and Western countries to help fight terrorism. They support Iraqi security forces with intelligence, equipment and expertise and also provide training courses.

The security agreement with Yemen stipulates that intelligence regarding al-Qaeda threats be shared and requires co-ordinated efforts, notably close surveillance of al-Qaeda's movements, he said.

Through the agreements Iraq signed with Libya, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, "we have achieved great success this year mobilising a regional and international front in the war on terrorism," al-Fayyadh said.

Impact on terrorism

Nabeel al-Bukairi, a researcher who studies al-Qaeda and Islamist groups, said the security agreement will strengthen the performance of both countries in intelligence collaboration and exchanging expertise. This will ultimately defeat al-Qaeda and terrorism, he said.

"No one can say for sure that there is only one source for weapons [for al-Qaeda branches in Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula], but the environmental, social, tribal and political differences between Yemen and Iraq might indicate different sources exist," al-Bukairi said. "However, collaboration between both sides will undoubtedly lead to positive results in this arena as well."

Other officials spoke about the need to combat extremism beyond security issues.

Hassan al-Sanid, head of the Iraqi parliament's security and defence committee, said Iraq's agreements with other countries on fighting terrorism should be based solely on humanitarian grounds rather than political ones.

"The objectives of the war on terrorism have gone beyond security and eliminating al-Qaeda," he said. "It has now become a humanitarian issue that concerns the entire globe, like any illness or disease that spreads throughout the world."

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    منجد حسين

    2012-8-15

    Yemen has doubled its regional and international efforts, and has intensified its relation with the rest of the countries. Yemen was keen to show the Arab brothers the measures and procedures which it has undertaken in the fight against terrorism. It has introduced the objectives of internal moves to combat terrorism, and the members of the Yemeni security and armed forces have participated in many exercises as well as internal and the international conferences to explain the security reality in Yemen and full preparation for regional, internal, and international cooperation in the measures adopted in the fight against this phenomenon except in the area of exchange of information and data about the terrorists and their movements, and the sources of their funding and the international coordination under the conventions on the international combat against terrorism. Allah bless you, Yemen.

  • شهاب صبري

    2012-8-12

     When the Arabs adopt the spirit of brotherhood, there would be no force on earth that can affect the rights of the Arab citizens in any place worldwide. All countries in the realize very well how the Arabs would be if they achieved the dream of their peoples as to the domination of the spirit of brotherhood between all the Arab rulers and governments as well as leaving all the disagreements away from us. We have the truth and God. God promised us that He would always support the truth. Thus, no one would dare to beat us. The day when Syria restores its status as the leader of the Arabs has become near.

  • فاضل حمود

    2012-8-10

    Yemen was keen on briefing the Arab brothers about the anti-terrorism procedures, steps, and spoke about its anti-terrorism efforts and the objectives of the internal movements to fight terrorism. The Yemeni security forces and army participated in many trainings and internal and international conferences to shed light on the security situation in Yemen and exhibiting the full readiness to enter into regional internal and external partnerships as to the measures against terrorism and exchange of information about the terrorists, their movements, sources of financing, and international coordination under the anti-terrorism international treaties.

  • كمال شاهين

    2012-8-8

    The Arabic countries have different views about terrorism, the terrorists and the extremists from their definitions and concepts. Then, there is the difficulty of the Arabic countries agreement at the Arab and the international level for the cooperation to combat the leaders of the Al-Qaeda and who are, from my point of view, of course terrorists. We might say that this difference comes from the fact that the terrorist in the opinion of some of us as Arabs is just a warrior for the freedom. Therefore, this led to the failure of all the efforts of the Arabs to reach the point to determine the true definition of terrorism and the terrorists of the Al-Qaeda. Then, they reached an agreement in a very difficult degree of Arab cooperation to combat terrorism and terrorists.

  • ابو عامر

    2012-8-2

    Real Arab brotherhood grew up to eliminate all of the Arab crises, not for TV and political shows, which does not carry the meaning and content. It is only a waste of time and effort and disregards all that the Arab nations are suffering. The day we decided to leave things to the Arab governments only as a preliminary management, we lost our rights and the rights of all Arabs, whether by our negligence or by the governing ruling class, but we are now on the verge of receiving a future of human dignity and freedom of decision and opinion, and the ability to express our point of view in a peaceful way. We - the people - should adhere to our rights in true brotherhood and unity, even though they didn’t fear for our territory and our homelands.

  • عامر قاصد

    2012-8-2

    No religion ever found on the surface of this earth allows the killing and slaughter of innocent people who have no power and no strength, let alone the religion of God. Islam is a religion of mercy and leniency. Whether it is the Republic of Yemen or any of its Arab country sisters, we are greater than the lethal terrorist organizations that cannot destroy us. They do not know anything but killing, slaughter and destruction. Force will be our ally if we unite as Arabs and forget all that there was of the differences among the Arab countries.

  • محمود اغا

    2012-8-2

    Any person who thinks of himself as belonging to the race of human beings needs to unite the hearts and goals in order to eliminate these bloody, deadly terrorist organizations, especially in the standardization, in my words, the country of all Arabs. Terrorism is a grave danger to all the Arab countries and not just the country of Yemen, so we have to gather the entire possible aid now, so it won’t spread this deadly danger to the rest of the noble Arab countries and give them access to rule the Arabs. That would not even be in the world of their dreams. These are the terrorist organizations, but the first thing we must do is to unite the Arab countries as governments and peoples of all the citizens’ groups to develop policies and formats to bring down these terrorist groups that are hiding their crimes behind the religion.

  • ابو معيد

    2012-8-1

    Now we Arabs still alive still we have the opportunity to unite and be in a stronger and radiant situation and do not gloat in us an enemy on our failure, division, and weakness as easy prey waiting for her killer. Arab countries will never be in this way of weakness and despair and humiliation. Life should be back to the Arabs as they were and have the power that cannot be defeated this by unite on one goal, one heart and the spirit of brotherhood that have our hearts. Terrorist organizations have done lots of crimes that destroyed our people, and the time came to unite and take revenge of these people and help people who suffer from injustice at the moment as a country of Iraq and the sense of security get back to innocent citizens.

  • ريبع حلمي

    2012-8-1

    In fact, killing people is the biggest and greatest goal of these terrorist organizations, where we see them addicted to killing of civilians and all the heinous crimes atrocities carried out by these terrorist organizations in victim’s countries, which drop them just under the arms of terrorist organizations, but God has wisdom in all trials. It knows maybe God has created these terrorist organizations as trials and to make Arab unite.

  • بهاء

    2012-8-1

    The Arabic States now are not agreeing on one word and there is no cooperation among them in any area, therefore, they would be attracting the interest of any invader. You all, O Arabs, should unite your hands in confronting any aggression to you whatever military aggression, political or intellectual aggression, or cultural aggression as for the greatest aggression which is terrorism. The forces must be joined to stand against terrorism, stop its growth, address it, and stop and destroy any terrorist cells existing in any State whatsoever. With the political participation and military involvement, the Arabic States would be resisting terrorism and getting rid of it as one, and that if the military intervention is required, or more correctly, the military participation among the States to liberate the countries and get rid of the usurper terrorism that has no religion nor a country, and we resist extremism in all its ways and areas.

  • نبيل عادل

    2012-8-1

    It is very important to confront terrorism in all the countries of the world because terrorism is a terrible phenomenon that harms a lot of States and effectively impacts the customs and traditions and ruins, destroys, and hurts a lot of people. The confrontation of terrorism is something indispensable because if the terrorism and the terrorists are left without a sanction and prevention, they will cause a kind of chaos and ruin for the society as a whole which leads to anarchy that destroys the innocent civilian communities. The cooperation in the various areas of life is very important that we must pay attention to because the cooperation is a proof of strength and as our Lord be glorified and exalted said, "And hold fast, all together, by the rope which God stretches out for you and be not divided among yourselves," i.e. all the Arabs must be reunited, must unite and remove the disputes among them because there must be no room for disagreement among the Arabs. They are brothers and there are no disagreements among the brothers no matter the differences in the opinions. For example, there are sisters who were with each other in everything such as their food, drinking, shelter, and work. That is to say, they are all one hand. We see that in doing so they made a force but if each one of them was alone and lonely, this will be the cause of tempting her and all the predatory birds would be swirling around her because she is alone and cannot defend herself if attacked by a wolf. However, if the siblings are together, this wolf could not come close to them.

  • بهجت محمود

    2012-7-27

    Today must be a different beautiful day. The Arab differences have long been premature and they must stop until the Arabic Nations retrieve everything beautiful that have touched their lands. Someday, they should kill all the factors of corruption in their countries, especially Iraq. Its government should have interest and be encouraged to face all the forms of corruption which have spread terror, fear and insecurity in the lives of all the Iraqi citizens. Therefore, we are welcoming the great people of Iraq. The honest Iraqi Government must address all who have a feature of corruption on this great land. It is a bitter solution. The country of Iraq has reached its enemies no matter how they differ. It is important whether the U.S. incurs or attacks the terrorist forces, or the corrupted thoughts residing the minds of the youth. Nowadays, the first step of the governments of Iraq must be on correcting these errors instantly for a better life for the Iraqi people and Iraq will not be alone in this. Every danger that affects its lands is a danger that threatens the whole Arab. All the Arab countries must unite in order to eliminate all the factors and the manifestations of the corruption in all the areas, particularly Iraq and other Arabic Nations that have lost their laurels across time by the hands of their enemies who are the enemies of all the Arab countries, not only one of them.

  • سليمان ايوب

    2012-7-25

    The anti-terrorist agencies must be developed and the exchange of experiences among those agencies must be implemented. Also, the weapons system used in those countries should be developed. The Arabic States should be working on joint programs to raise the public awareness about the dangers of terrorism. Those programs would be at the highest level in order to reduce the chances of the involvement of the civilians in those organizations that recruit the greatest possible number of civilians in order to increase their numbers and expand their operations especially since many people do not have adequate awareness of the risk of what they are experiencing. The Arabic States should exchange any information relating to terrorists and their personalities to detect them during their move from one country to another. The terrorists get into most of the Arabic States with forged papers that the other States cannot detect because they are made in a very neat way. If the governments had that information about the persons, they would have been arrested before they were able to spread their acts and their crimes in other countries. When they are caught, they must be tried according to the laws of the State in which they were arrested and make a joint trial if they are wanted in more than one country through the election of the judges from every State to agree on issuing the appropriate sentencing by collecting the evidence of the crimes in the countries where they committed any crime. The countries must seek to activate the role of the citizen in confronting terrorism and give rewards that could encourage many people to report anyone who can pose a threat to the future of the country.

  • مصطفى حسن

    2012-7-25

    The Arabic States must control its territory and should not allow the terrorist cells to take any Arab State a place to train those cells. Also they should not allow those cells sneak into their territory or the territory of the neighboring countries, and through the protection of the borders between them and those countries. The Arabic Government should establish common Arabic apparatus that has all the powers of the movement and the prosecution of the offenders in any country through the mutual coordination between those States.

  • قاضي سليم

    2012-7-23

    Terrorism organizations hurting more cancer that destroys every single ceel of human body until he dies. The terrorsim organizations are the same, never entered a country but to destroy it, the victim this time is iraq, it permited itself the blood of our fellow iraqis, and start killing and salying, even the soul wich is a divine secret, they didn’t respect or appreciate, so they remove it at any cost. The leaders of these organizations must get caught at any cost, to reserve the Iraqi blood, by uniting Arab governments to achieve this noble target.

  • ابو كريم

    2012-7-23

    There are many duties that the Arabic States must perform towards Iraq including the provision of all the necessary assistance to work on solving the problems that plagued Iraq as well as provision of the appropriate financial assistance for the reconstruction of Iraq and all of its institutions. We all know that Iraq is experiencing a lot of havoc and destruction that affected many important institutions in the State which adversely impacted all sectors in Iraq. Iraq suffers today from many economic problems afflicting a lot of the State institutions with complete paralysis because of violence and terrorism. The Arab States must provide the government with the necessary military assistance, which is the required equipment to eliminate those organizations, in addition to the fact that the Arab States should be working on exchanging the military and the strategic experience with the Iraqi Security Force to provide it with the required force to confront terrorism. The terrorist organizations have spread throughout the Iraqi territory and the Arab governments had to move quickly before the terrorist movements would be able to spread. However, this delay cost the Iraqis many victims who have been affected by the terrorist operations that were happening in Iraq in an organized way. Iraq has turned from a State that has been blessed with security and safety to a country with many problems affecting many sectors. Iraq now suffers from many problems that occurred as a result of the terrorist acts and all the State institutions have become in need of reconstruction.

  • ابو شهيد

    2012-7-22

    There is no doubt that the decisive and crucial word in addressing these security and military challenges represented in the organized and the non-organized crimes across the Arabic States are the result of the security and military cooperation at the regional and international levels. For this reason, it was earmarked for the Arab and regional international security cooperation to fight against the organized and the non-organized crimes as well as fight against terrorism through the Arabic and also the International States. In the description, show and documentation, many large and global research studies, intellectual articles, reports, official and informal documents, and others were adopted, making it an important and a significant reference of great value documented to all the topics related to this matter to be a reference for all the States to counter this menace.

  • راشد عبدالصمد

    2012-7-20

    The authentic union of the Arabs is what is mandated by the current situation. It is what will determine whether things will improve or degenerate. If it takes place, then it will be for the better, and if it does not, then we will be lost together with those that have been lost in the past. How many are the nations that were once great and today are on their way towards extinction. But never will this be the fate of any of the Arab countries. We are not like this, and we will never be of this bitter nature, and we will never become in such a situation which no nation on earth would like to be in. So, we have to come together now and not tomorrow, all of us Arab countries, and we need to become closer and hold our hands together as we love each other immensely, and we should work in order to achieve successes in all fields in all the Arab countries. The day has come for the past glories of the Arabs and their civilizations to re-emerge. With the passage of time, these have been reduced to nothing, after that they were the greatest things. But, let us leave aside the painful memories of the past, and let all of us in the Arab countries build the best future ever in the world. We are all direly in need of each other, as each one of us will become the weakest if they are alone. But the real strength resides in the authentic unity of the Arabs. So, let us build a nation that will serve as a model for all the future nations in history, and which all the Arab nations can be proud of. We are not a nation that accepts to live in weakness and disgrace, and we are not a nation that accepts to live in humiliation and deprivation.

  • صفاء

    2012-7-20

    We are a nation that was held in awe and reverence by other nations throughout history, and we will never be less than that. All the despicable danger, whether it be terrorist attacks, erroneous ideological campaigns or extremist sects, all of these will be nothing if we are able to achieve an old dream that has been awaited for so long, which is the dream of a real Arab national unity, and not just essays that are read out in speeches. All of this is just nothing. Together, we are more and more powerful to the point of reaching the highest levels of power, and then no despicable enemy will ever defeat us. So, all of the Arab countries out there, you should be like what Allah has commanded us to be, a unified nation. It is Allah the Exalted that has ordered us to unite and not someone else, but it is the creator of the universe, the Most High and the Magnificent, who has ordered us to do so because of his wisdom, but to our limited human intelligence, the Arab strength that will allow us to regain our past strength of the Arab countries only resides on the unity of the Arabs.

  • سليمان مهدي

    2012-7-20

    The nation of Iraq is a beautiful nation. It does not deserve this fate of injustice, disgrace and humiliation at all. It does not deserve to be a weak nation, as a result of us Arabs being disunited. The time has come for us to live in harmony and to become unanimous in our decisions, without being divided by religious denominations or backward ideologies. No one among us is exactly the same as the other. Difference is the natural law of life, and who among us resembles the next person except in few things? But we are all Arabs, and some are Muslims while others are Christians, but we all worship Allah, and Allah the Exalted has commanded us to unite. When we persist in staying separated and divided, this creates weakness and disgrace for the whole world. There are many nations that have arisen in recent times and they have become the most powerful and the strongest nations. Meanwhile, we are the ones that have arisen ever since the beginning of creation, and yet we have become the lowest of the nations and the weakest one, and the least developed, powerful and civilized. Why have we allowed ourselves to sink to this level of weakness and disgrace? Why have we allowed ourselves to always remain weak and pathetic in the sight of our enemies? The day has come for us to regain and restore the lost strength of the Arabs which is still echoing all over the place. With every passing day our chance to unite and regain our strength is becoming slimmer, as if it is evaporating in the air. But we will never accept to live in such a state as long as we are alive. The one who is righteously strong will never accept to live in weakness and continue to live in such a state. Throughout history and from time immemorial, the lands of the Arabs have always been known to be great and strong. How most strong they indeed are, and how most beautiful among this beautiful world they are! We are the ones that have accepted to live in humiliation and disgrace by our disunity.

  • عائض

    2012-7-20

    The day must come when the humiliation and disgrace of the Arabs will stop by means of the Arabs uniting and working hand in hand in solidarity against any injustices or oppression or corruption by a king, regardless of who they are. We will never become an easy prey again for any lowly individual that decides to become an oppressor over the Arab countries. We have not, and will not become such a prey.

  • صالح وسيم

    2012-7-19

    There’s no doubt that Osama bin Laden was one the most important members of Al Qaeda, and was the most important target for the governmental services. The security forces were willing to pay millions of dollars to get bin Laden live or dead although having him live was impossible or in better saying he will cause more danger to these services and there countries. Osama bin Laden is one of the reaching arms of Al Qaeda and he had worked a lot to make that name bright and scary to the world.

  • صبحي

    2012-7-19

    Arab countries must work enhancing the inspection methods used in the airports and border portals between countries by providing modern devices that detect the real identity of the person trying to cross borders. There must be a very big program to develop all the devices used in Arab countries and make passport and security services as one network with all Arab countries. This may expose a lot of terrorists sneaking to our Arab countries and it will be very effective in exposing their real identity. Security forces should deal with the terrorist movements regarding human rights respect and using the law, without using violence, and these procedures must submit to suitable control so they won’t accuse some countries of human rights violations and because of the rule saying that the defendant is innocent until proven guilty.

  • حسام خالد

    2012-7-14

    The different points of views of the countries regarding terrorism in terms of concept and meaning resulted in difficulty on agreeing on an international level on cooperation to fight this phenomenon, and this incompatibility helped the spread of this organization. This difference can be embodied in the fact that one considered as a terrorist in the eyes of some is a freedom fighter in the eyes of others. This led to the failure of most of the international efforts to reach a precise definition of the phenomenon of terrorism, preventing agreement on the degree of international cooperation to fight terrorism, and the description expressed by media members of terrorist organizations varies according to the political position which they take. We can say the situation is different depending on time and place, and then various descriptions were used when referring to them as either terrorists or saboteurs or dissidents or criminals or freedom soldiers, or warriors or militants or a revolutionary movement men, and they were sometimes described as opponents or opponents of the rule, and their operations were described in the opinion of some writers as terrorist or criminal acts or mean and treacherous acts, and in the eyes of others they were commando operations or operations of resistance or liberation. Thus many labels can be used, but in general any liberation or commando operation gives him the right to kill civilians, children, and the elderly, and destroy hospitals, schools, and laboratories of infrastructure. On some occasions the terrorists even invoke the presence of Western interests, but in the end the first and last victims are the innocent and defenseless people.

  • امجد عاصم

    2012-7-14

    It is time for hearts, thoughts, ambitions and aims to unite under one slogan, the slogan of the Arab countries. If this happened in reality, who would dare to harm us, even slightly? If we take a good look, we will find that most of the Arab countries are living in bad conditions, or at least they are underdeveloped in terms of all fields, whether economic, services or political. They are underdeveloped and not developed. There are thousands of miles between us and development and progress. We can make them simple steps if we decide to unite sincerely, forget the disagreements that have continued for years, or rather centuries, and forget the promise that we gave to each other, which is "agreeing to disagree."

  • وجدي عبدالعليم

    2012-7-13

    If fear, the feeling of danger and the loss of security and safety occur anywhere, all sense of ambition and love of life will be lost. In fact, there is no single mind and heart which could bear a lot of the feelings of fear, suspicion and the expectation of death at any time and at any hour, and at the same time have the capability to concentrate on any kind of creativity or innovation. All the latter is void as long as fear has overwhelmed the brains and the hearts from terrorism which is tarnished with the blood of the innocent. Indeed, we have been created under the heading and the slogan: the Arab nation is lost. In this respect, any nation where there is no relationship between its people and some relationships in all fields, they should be bound by a kind of union so that they will be stronger, more intelligent and more developed and creative. Yet, although we have been created by Allah as a single nation and brothers and we have also been honored by the Holy Quran which has been written in our good Arab language, we are arrogant vis-à-vis the union and the bloc as if the occurrence of an agreement and union between the Arab countries is a shame.

  • ابو منصور

    2012-7-13

    Arabs have formerly been a mighty superpower. Today, however, we deserve pity given the daily and successive defeats that happen to us. In fact, we are humiliated everyday but the greatest catastrophe is that we wanted this to happen because of our separation and disunity. We have become like enemies rather than brothers who are linked by various ties namely one religion, language, traditions, customs or single Arab origin. All the latter have gone vainly only for good people who have been blessed by Allah.

  • كمال عيسى

    2012-7-12

    The Arab countries, Governments and citizens can create joint policies in order to eradicate the threat of terrorism. Arabs can take advantage of many factors and can exploit them in the best way in order to completely eradicate terrorism from Earth as if it did not exist before. For instance, we can take advantage of the educational and computer systems which contribute to creating an idea or a point of view for the Man since his childhood, passing through adulthood and till he gets old. Such systems can play a pioneering role and contribute to eradicating the word of terrorism from the dictionary. First, the educational systems in all Arab countries can create unified policies setting the same objectives, the most important of which is instilling the ideas of moderation in people’s minds since their early childhood and rejecting all that is linked to terrorism principles and violence. We adopt the religion of mercy known since ancient times. This can also be achieved through TV and radio programs which link all the Arab countries. Thus, through exploiting them in the right way, we can eradicate hatred and revulsion in people’ hearts. People must not follow the orders of those terrorist organizations which know nothing about humanity and compassion. What is odd is that they dare call themselves the defenders’ of God’s religion while they are wreaking havoc in the country following God’s religion.

  • صفوت

    2012-7-5

    The real Union of the Arab countries does not lie in the rhetoric during the summits. It does not depend on the educational curricula in Arab schools. We should not be content with useless talk about the Arab Union. In fact, we should act on the ground. The Arabs must unite fully and in only one country. The union should include all life aspects in order to resolve all the problems together.

  • عامر كريم

    2012-7-4

    A priori, the lonely one is weak even if he is brave. His fate will always be the fall, because he has no existence on the surface of the earth. Based on these words, the real power of the Arabs lies in their unity and adoption of these thoughts, emotions, and objectives. The real unity cannot be limited to some aspects, because the unity that I mean here means unity in everything, at all levels, and among all Arabs so that all the Arab states benefit from the fruits of this great Arab unity in all the Arab states.

  • سعدون ناظم

    2012-6-30

    The Iraqi forces exerted many efforts to maintain the security in Iraq and they succeeded in providing security to many citizens who have been suffering for long years from insecurity, which was reflected negatively in the lives of citizens who have suffered from the scourge of terrorism in Iraq. Several factories and companies were affected by the acts of terrorism, which led to the closure of these projects. Terrorism did not only affect the security, but it also affected all aspects of life. The Iraqi people have suffered much and many Iraqis have lost many of their family members because of those crimes until the security forces woke up and restored their strength. This is what really happened. The security forces did the impossible to eliminate terrorism and its movements that created havoc in Iraq, which is witnessing a comprehensive development in the security sector. This is only part of the efforts of the security forces to prevent the risks against Iraq and Iraqis. Iraq is suffering from poor basic services, which are supposed to be offered to the citizen in a good way, because of the acts of terrorism. The Iraqi government must secure the country and purify it from all problems. Iraq achieved remarkable security progress and the Iraqi citizen started feeling that the results of this evolution in several security services. Iraq is currently going through the in pre-purification period that precedes getting rid of all crimes. Therefore, the security forces should be careful and its units should search for the sleeper cells that can wake up at any time. However, I advise all security agencies to start with the abandoned houses to search inside them for weapons or even search the populated homes for the sake of the national security

  • مراد صادق

    2012-6-17

    Al-Qaeda is a movement that is the object of argument and discussion, and this is why there is much disagreement regarding explaining its meaning and defining it. Also, it is one of the most-used words in all of the various media around the world in the recent years. Despite the widespread use of this word, there is not the least agreement on a precise and specific definition that is accepted by all countries, groups and nations for terrorism. Al-Qaeda is considered an obscure movement for which there is no definition that is agreed upon. The fact that there is no specific definition of terrorism has led to a type of selective description of individuals or groups as terrorist, based on whims and interests. This has also led to the justification of certain terrorist activities under the pretense that they are counter-terrorist activities and combating the presence and proliferation of terrorism. In the Arab agreement for combating terrorism, the Arab countries have designated as terrorism any act of violence or the threat of violence, regardless of the motive or aim, which is carried out for a criminal enterprise by an individual or a group aimed at spreading fear and horror among people, or which poses a threat to their lives or liberties and security, or causing damage to the environment or to any private or public facility or property, or taking them over or occupying them, or posing a threat to one of the natural resources of the country. Any cases of struggle by any means are not considered crimes, including armed struggle against foreign occupation and aggression. International terrorism is not limited to attacking the Western countries, but it has gone beyond that to also attack the Arab and Muslim countries. Thus we can say that there is a globalization of terrorism, just like globalization, and the fundamentalist terrorists believe that by resorting to violence, destruction, killing and bombing, they are establishing a new historical era of international conflict. They believe that the forces of capitalism are in one trench, and in the opposite trench are the callers to Islam that have interpreted the teachings and laws of this pure religion in a way that serves their tendencies and ambitions, and these people have allowed themselves to categorize the countries of the world as they wish, some as enemies that are intent upon realizing their selfish ambitions and objectives, and others as friends. Through their statements and their ideological treatises and media activities, they have consecrated this categorization in a bid to influence the general public among the Muslims whose religious knowledge is limited.

  • قدير علي

    2012-6-16

    Confronting terrorists has to be done as soon as possible, by putting plans in place and monitoring their moves, one by one. The leaders have to engage their people in making the genuine and real decisions, not in exposed farces. They have to make their people an inseparable part of the country; they are actually the country. Then, no one would oppose the decisions made by the Muslim nations, which believe in Islam. They will not be able to claim that the leaders are going in a direction that disagrees with their people. They have to cut off and destroy the big heads, i.e. the masterminds of terrorism, to paralyze them, so that they become dispersed and lose their confidence. Disuniting and dispersing the terrorists will make it easier to hunt them down and destroy them quickly, so that they don't rescue each other or take precautions and strengthen their unity. This is the most dangerous thing about them; we have to make use of the disarray and betrayal among terrorists, so that they won't be able to know who supports them and who opposes them. This will benefit the governments, as they will be able to catch and destroy them easily and relieve the world of their evil, actions and dangers. Destroying terrorists will require the cooperation among countries, because this issue affects all the countries. This unity will benefit all the Arab countries to destroy these terrorist organizations and groups, make use of their weak points and weaken their activity and suicide operations. This will also end their ability to control the minds of the youth. They are a virus that has hit the whole world, not one country in particular. Let them know that the vaccine or antibiotic has been prepared by the unity of the Arab countries and by the establishment of an organization to destroy them and their thoughts and aims, and then to destroy them on an international level.

  • ابو كريم

    2012-6-16

    In order to eliminate terrorism, it is necessary that we resort to foreign and international experience from countries that have dealt before with terrorism. This would provide international solidarity and would unify invested effort to fight terrorism and its stirrers. We should do this before terrorism succeed into spreading to all countries; the terrorists' aims will easily reached if they expand and spread from one country to another. Their plans and aims will grow bigger to harm the people's interests, to kill the unarmed innocent people, to spread terror among the people and to weaken security in the targeted countries. Accordingly, this will lead to a domino effect fall of all country, into their hands. Their control will extend from one country to the next one.

  • صادق علي

    2012-6-16

    There must be a power that can eliminate it. It is supposed that this cooperation of the Arab security agencies will get the most powerful security agencies into eliminating terrorism that has become common in most of the Arab countries, especially as these are the countries being targeted. The importance of these formats is that they have a higher national interest for the Arab countries’ future in general and will provide a stable security atmosphere and cover fortifications for the future of the Arab countries significantly. We, as an Arab nation, suffer from many problems in terms of security, but at the same time there are many Arab countries that work on developing the security agencies by providing the convenient means and developed plans to face whatever threatens their security and to provide stability for the citizens. They are exerting efforts and money to cope with these developments but this does not only depend on the means and money but needs an exchanging of experiences to develop this technique due to lack of the needed experience of the many security sectors in the Arab countries.

  • Rashr

    2012-6-16

    The terrorists do not want any country in the world to make progress and they hate culture and knowledge. They want the whole world to have the same thinking as them and to hold a culture of destruction, sabotage, murder and fast courts in the streets. They try to spread out in the countries of the world by establishing cells belonging to them and influencing the young people in particular in order to recruit them to terrorism. Also, terrorism is trying to eliminate the economy of the world, and is now a serious and widespread phenomenon as it constitutes a danger to t human life, international peace and security, and it is also criminal terrorism whose hands and reputation are stained with the blood of the innocent women and children in many countries of the world. Terrorism is an evidence of the lack of religious culture which forbids such organizations that live and grow up to kill the innocent people. Terrorism, at the same time, is a despotic rule and the crimes of the terrorists are proof of their tyranny. The clergy have a significant role in the fight against terrorism by educating people through the mosques in the country and providing them with advice about the need to combat extremist and corrupt ideas practiced by the terrorist groups which every now and then launch attacks on innocent people, leading to the killing of many of them without committing any sin or fault. This religious and humanitarian role played by the clergy does not please the terrorist organizations because it has revealed all their criminal and evil intentions in front of the people and exposed the plans which they seek to achieve in order to control the country, plunder its wealth, and kill its people. So they directed a group of stray elements for the purpose of targeting the imams and mosque preachers and killed hundreds of them. However, the targeting of scholars and clerics was one of the most important priorities of al-Qaeda over the past years because they are the voice of righteousness that warbles from the pulpits with the truth and within the deviant approach of the terrorist organizations in the country. They always condemn the terrorist acts carried out by these stray groups that are killing people without discrimination between one person and another, and try to provoke sectarian strife among the people from time to time in order to flood the country in a bath of blood.

  • رشيد كاظم

    2012-6-16

    In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful, for both Yemen and Iraq to contribute in the eradication of terrorism, the two countries must do the following: - The immediate exchange of information and data related to threats, terrorist risks, possibilities and expectations relating to terrorist offenses. - Reporting the terrorist elements or those suspected of contacts or association with these elements. - The exchange of information and documents instantly regarding the terrorist crimes that target any of the Contracting States, whether within or outside its borders and the results of the inquiries or investigations reached as well as reporting the identity of the persons involved in it. - The immediate and regular cooperation in terms of the exchange of information about the methods and the tools used in the commission of terrorist offenses and the actions taken to detect, thwart and fight them as well as the information and experience related to technical and security methods used in addressing and combating terrorism. - Holding interview and common meetings of the officials of competent authorities in the fight against terrorism and the exchange of visits on a regular basis and whenever the need arises. - The establishment of a common integrated and advanced database relating to fighting against terrorism and linking together the security agencies competent to do so. - Conducting researches and studies, and holding advanced training courses and carrying out joint exercises for all the security agencies involved in combating terrorism. - Taking the required action and adequate measures to protect those working in the fight against terrorism and their families.

  • صباح خيري

    2012-6-16

    The coordination between the various countries of the world must be carried out in order to combat this dangerous phenomenon that threatens the peace and security of the entire world. The importance of the joint coordination will have a lot of positive output in the eradication of this epidemic getting rid of it and eliminating it. Many terrorist cells may move from one place to another and also, from one country to another. These groups and organizations cannot be controlled only through finding common security coordination among the various countries of the world, especially those exposed directly to terrorism and work to confront it on their territories. The exchange of security information can help to target terrorism in a larger way because it is a global phenomenon and everyone must make great efforts to address this danger that threatens us all and to form an international center to combat terrorism and extremism, as many Arab countries called for, some time ago. The importance of such a center is very significant and its role will be great in the coordination operations in order to defeat terrorism, confront it and assist the countries where the terrorist organizations exist and assist them in the elimination of these criminals. The coordination is an urgent necessity required at this stage in order to eradicate terrorism and further minimize its role.

  • أبراهيم الناصح

    2012-6-14

    The Presidents of Arab Governments have agreed that a united work front to combat terrorism will serve as the beginning of establishing an international regional center, given that Iraq has talked to almost all Arab and regional countries about finding a basis for joint cooperation to eradicate terrorism and the influence of al-Qaeda. Some of these propositions have culminated in the signing of security agreements and some others are still under study. Thus, we are optimistic about reaching a formula of understanding and joint cooperation with these countries about al-Qaeda under the umbrella of the United Nations. This is in order to to combat al-Qaeda and all extremist ideologies that allow the murder and destruction of the other. No one can confirm that there is only one source of weapons. However, the difference in the social, tribal and political environments between Yemen and Iraq may refer to these different sources. Yet, the exchange of experiences between both sides will, no doubt, bring about positive results in this respect. Thus, the objectives of the war against terrorism have exceeded maintaining security and the eradication of al-Qaeda, since they are considering the issue as a humanitarian case that concerns the entire world just like the other diseases and epidemics that are spread in the world.

  • هاشم وميض

    2012-6-14

    It is necessary to hold international conferences that deal with terrorism and discuss its ideology, style, methods and the ways it is spread and try to put forward solutions to end it. To unite the international efforts to eliminate it is an urgent need that has a great benefit in increasing the awareness of government and people of the dangers of terrorism and to reach a practical, united format that will make all countries able to work together to get rid of terrorism wherever it is on earth. Of course, the military solution to face the terrorist groups is not the only solution that will eliminate terrorism because terrorism is considered a hidden enemy and always changes its features and methods. That is why it is difficult to determine its truth and who the terrorists are. Here, the necessity to find another solution is obvious to support the military solution and using power. The solutions could be through conferences that deal with terrorist ideology and work on reducing its danger and uniting the efforts of countries and people as well as show the real image of the terrorist ideology that will share in increasing the elimination of terrorism and all the armed organizations that attack innocents under any name.

  • رضوان علي

    2012-6-11

    When one hears about the news from Yemen, he feels that the country is going through a very difficult and complicated stage. This is partially true, but there is a great deal of exaggeration because those who speak about the situation ignore the core of the problem to a great extent. This strengthens the feeling that the situation in in Yemen is difficult because there are many challenges that face the country in addition to turbulence in the southern provinces, in addition to terrorist operations that were committed by al-Qaeda as well as the war in Saa’da that started a long time ago with foreign support, and that has not yet found a solution until today despite Arab mediation. Furthermore, there is the economic crisis because the Yemeni oil returns are very low compared with the reserves in the lands and waters of Yemen. There is also large population growth that consumes all the economic progress at any level. Is it possible that those who try to find solutions to the problems of Yemen can remain silent or continue watching and rejoicing at the misfortunes of his people because they managed to keep the minimum degree of independence despite their poverty and limited resources? Yet, the most important thing is that Yemen succeeded in making a very important achievement, which is the union, which allowed the regime in southern Yemen to avoid a civil war between its tribes. The union also allowed the regime to act naturally away from the overbidding between the two halves of the country. If Yemen remained two parts it would have never been able to define its borders with Saudi Arabia.

  • فلاح عبد

    2012-6-5

    The approach of terrorism and its ideas began to become restraint and its lies and slogans no longer deceive the Muslims or the general public. This has greatly contributed to decreasing the activity of terrorism and thwarting its plans. Its slogans are falling in front of the people's awareness because they uncovered the truth of this organization and what it plans to do in order to destroy Islam as well as the ignition of the conditions in the Islamic countries. Also, I see that the causes of the collapse and the defeat of the remnants of this organization, and the failure they made in the Islamic countries was that they educated the Muslim societies, where the clergy played a great and distinctive role in showing the facts of the slogans promoted by the elements of this regulation and refuting and denying them so that the people would not be fooled by it.

  • عصام عبادي

    2012-6-5

    O Allah, Yemen and its people today are going through a lot of difficult circumstances and problems. They suffer from the brunt of terrorism and regulations of extremism that wreaked havoc which committed many crimes against the Yemeni people and caused the martyrdom of many of the sons of the people who did not have anyone else except you to save them from terrorism and the elements of atonement. Today, we ask you to pray for the people of Yemen and this Muslim country so that the situation stabilizes there and the safety and the security return to Yemen and its people. Righteousness triumphs over falsehood, lets terrorism down and defeats it with all its ideas. O Allah, save Yemen from this stray fragmentation that laid ruin and destruction in this country. O Allah, we ask You to let the extremists in Yemen be defeated and Your faithful servants triumph for the sake of Your face and they reject the extremism and reject the atonement, as well as these alien ideas to Yemen that brutalize over the expiatory people and their organizations, and make their problems among them until they cut themselves with their hands. O Allah, we ask You for the stability, security and peace of the people of Yemen and that the Yemenis return to their normal lives after their country settles down and breaks the thorn of terrorism and the elements alien to this country that promote extremism and terrorism, and are trying to harm Yemen and the Yemeni people, especially after the success of its experience in toppling its dictatorial regime. Yemen began to experience being targeted by terrorism that is trying to thwart Yemen and the revolution of change there. O Allah, You know more about the schemes of the expiatory people. Thwart their quest, O Allah, destroy terrorism, convulse the ground with it, and endow Yemen and the Yemeni people with more security and stability, and make this country go beyond all its problems and let the situation stabilize so that to the Yemenis would be building their country, promoting it again and expelling terrorism from Yemen. My Lord, You know more about the situation of the Yemeni people who are going through a lot of difficulties. O Allah, make it easy for this people, change their conditions, bless them, and provide them with security, O Lord.

  • رفعت

    2012-6-3

    O God! We ask you by your greatest name to send the clouds of your mercy to the Arab world and to provide all the Arab states with the security and stability. O God! Protect the Arab lands and their good people and save them from all distress. O God! Protect the Arab world and countries from all intruders and the evils of the corrupt people. O God! Protect them from the greedy aspirations and make our countries safe and stable. O God! Provide our countries with security and stability protect them from all evils, and keep them away from the evil people. O God! Disgrace all those who conspire against the Arab states and make their conspiracies turn against them. We ask God to save us and our Arab and Muslim brothers in all Arab and Muslim states from all evils and harms. O God! Provide them with peace, stability, and easement. O God! Unite their ranks and their stances. O God! Grant them victory and make their hearts love each other. O God! Grant them victory over your enemies and their enemies. O God! Make all the Arab states stable.