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To: redfish who wrote (13587)	4/9/2004 11:25:50 AM
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Sheikh Dhari urges Iraqis to go on three-day strike to protest US army offensives, calls for boycott of US, British goods. BAGHDAD - Prominent Sheikh Harith Sulaiman al-Dhari called here Friday for a three-day strike to protest US army offensives, and branded US-appointed politicians as "traitors" siding with the occupation of Iraq. "Fire on every traitor, and to everyone who pushed towards occupying this country," said Dhari, head of the influential Committee for Islamic Clerics and imam of Baghdad's Sunni Muslim mosque of Um-al-Qura. "Today they don’t even represent themselves. They represent the will of the foreigner, that is why they sided with the occupiers," he told worshippers crowding the mosque. Dhari's angry Friday sermon was mainly meant to condemn the US army siege and offensive on the Sunni town of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, where Muslim fighters have been leading a fierce resistance for the last five days. "A year ago, some of the Governing Council members suggested that April 9 becomes a holiday. I say woe to whose who made such suggestions. ... It is not a holiday, but rather a day of sadness and pain," he said. "Woe to all of them ... because of what are they are doing against their people, the people they used to talk on behalf of," he said. Dhari called on "our people to go on strike for the coming days: Saturday, Sunday, and if possible Monday - except for governmental institutions providing indispensable services for the people - to show the coalition forces our rejection." He said the Committee of Islamic Clerics has also called for a boycott of "all American and British goods and brands." "This is a religious decree I make clear: It is forbidden to buy American and British goods because their revenues feed the military operations against you and all the Arab and Muslim countries." Dhari said the besieged residents of Fallujah were not in urgent need of food but badly needed medical supplies and gasoline. "The power generators in hospitals depend on that," he said. "We have been notified that some families have tried to reach Fallujah heading towards the south side of the town. They are now lost in the desert. Please support them. Go to them by cars via: Abu Gharib, Khan Dari, al-Zaidan and the al-Nuaimia route." middle-east-online.com