Who Benefits from the Suicide Attacks in Iraq?

’It is time for all Iraqis to unite’

The murder of several children reveals the depravity of the ongoing insurgency

Saturday July 16, 2005
The Guardian

Jordan Times Editorial, July 15-16

"What kind of demons possessed those who on Wednesday deliberately killed [at least 27] children and wounded [up to 25] others? What made them orchestrate and carry out a suicide bombing in a Baghdad neighbourhood while the children were assembled near US soldiers to receive sweets?

"This and similar acts against Iraqi civilians randomly killed on an almost daily basis as ’collateral’ casualties of attacks on US soldiers are atrocious and barbaric _ The international community eventually woke up to the crimes committed in Darfur and decided to act through the United Nations security council _ It is time that a similar UN security council resolution is adopted on the crimes committed in Iraq."

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Los Angeles Times Editorial, July 15

"[It] was the deadliest insurgent assault in more than two months. No one claimed responsibility. Significantly, a statement purported to be from the al-Qaida in Iraq group headed by the Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi denied participation _ The disavowal could indicate worry about a backlash _ Iraqis have asked why insurgents were killing their fellow citizens in an attempt to force coalition troops to leave. Now they ask again, ’Why kill children?’"

Khaleej Times Editorial, United Arab Emirates, July 15

"This is no insurgency _ Insurgency or resistance seeks to hit government or pro-government targets _ It distinguishes between those on its side and the opposite side. What is going on in Iraq defies all definition and categorisation. Men, women and children - anyone and everyone can be targeted at any time. No one is safe _ By their mindless acts of terror, the insurgents have lost whatever sympathy they may have had in Iraq and elsewhere in the Muslim world. Murder is not the best way to win hearts and minds."

Les Horton Gulf Daily News, Bahrain, July 15

"There are some who will hail as a hero or martyr the suicide bomber _ He is neither. He is a mass murderer who has blown away innocent lives for nothing _

"These people who now claim to be fighting for the liberation of Iraq were silent during Saddam Hussein’s regime. They stood by and watched while he systematically slaughtered anyone in his way. These same people did nothing to stop the invasion of Iraq by British and US forces, because they saw an opportunity if someone else broke the grip of Saddam _ They swooped like vultures on the carcass of a country they hope to take for themselves and if they gain control we have already seen how brutal their regime will be."

Arab News Editorial, Saudi Arabia, July 15

"How many among the many hundreds of thousands of people mourning [in London on Thursday] thought of other victims beside those blown apart and maimed in London? Who among the mourners remembered for instance the _ Iraqi children whose innocent lives were ended _?

"If al-Qaida and its deluded allies continue to give such wretched proof of their moral and spiritual bankruptcy, much of the rest of the world continues to show a very partial attitude in its grief and anger at terror victims _ Everyone in the world should be caring just as much about these often faceless, unnumbered Iraqi victims as they do for the victims in New York, Madrid and London."

Times Editorial, July 15

"The vast majority of Iraqis are still prepared to risk all in the quest to rebuild a country tortured through the decades. Nothing could demonstrate more strikingly this defiance than the queues of people who wait to sign up for police or government duties, despite the threats and the bombings.

"It is time for all Iraqis to unite against the terrorist outsiders whose only agenda is to create chaos, in which they hope extremist views will thrive. This would mean that Sunnis finally accept the need to join the Shia majority in accepting positions of government responsibility. It would halt the bickering that has inhibited decisive government. And it would persuade all Iraqis, secular and religious, Shia, Sunni and Kurd, that unless they hang together, beyond them lies the abyss."

Daily Telegraph Editorial, July 15

"The slaying of children might appear to herald an even more vicious twist to the insurgency, but it has been done before. What is new is the intensity of the attacks on soft targets since the transitional government was formed in April.

"As after the general election in January, Iraq waits on its politicians to deliver. Then, it was haggling over portfolios and the inclusion of Sunnis _ Now, it is the drafting of a constitution, which should be put to a referendum, leading to elections before the end of the year _ No one would deny that the Iraqi politicians _ face a formidable task in creating the political framework for peace. Yet the longer they procrastinate, the more the terrorists will take heart and Iraq’s allies wonder whether their costly commitment is worth the candle. One can only hope that, beyond the haggling, they realise the awesome responsibility they bear."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/editor/story/0,12900,1529805,00.html

Without all the facts one can’t ascertain the truth. Fact: Interim PM Ayad Allawi was a CIA asset that helped bomb civilians in the 90’s trying to destabilize Saddam. With that knowledge in mind, Who Benefits from these suicide attacks?