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To: sciAticA errAticA who wrote (32481)4/26/2003 11:18:11 AM
From: sciAticA errAticA  Read Replies (2) of 74559
 
Shiite Leader in Baghdad Reiterates Rejection of “Imposed Government”

April 26, 2003

BAGHDAD -- The second-in-command of Iraq's main Shiite
group that opposed the ousted regime arrived in Baghdad
Friday where he reiterated that Iraqis would not accept a
government imposed by U.S. forces that toppled Saddam
Hussein.

"We will not take part in any government that is imposed on us,"
Abdul Aziz al-Hakim told several hundred followers of the
Supreme Assembly of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SAIRI)
gathered at a Shiite Muslim mausoleum in central Baghdad.

Hakim returned to Iraq from Iranian exile a few days ago but had
until now remained in predominantly Shiite areas south of the
capital. In Baghdad he preached the same message he had
given earlier this week at a Shiite mass pilgrimage to the holy
city of Karbala, notably that "Iraqis are capable of governing
themselves" and that "any solution imposed on Iraq would lead
to instability."

The crowd at the mausoleum had chanted "No, No to America,
No, No to Saddam" as they waited for him to arrive, AFP
reported. Hakim said this week that the Karbala pilgrimage
proved Iraq did not need the U.S. civil administration headed by
retired General Jay Garner, and called for the establishment of a
"national democratic government elected by the Iraqis."

arabicnews.com
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