Nijinsky
06-28-2008, 06:05 PM
http://www.eirigi.org/latest/latest280608.html
In a week that has seen the deaths of at least 10 US troops in Iraq, negotiations between the puppet government in Baghdad and the US occupiers continue.
It is clear from reports coming from the country that these negotiations are aiming for the completion of the colonial carve-up that began with the invasion of 2003.
While pursuing the traditional imperialist policy of attempting to divide the working class of the occupied territory, the US and British occupiers are dividing amongst themselves the resources of the Iraqi nation on behalf of international capitalism.
Already, all the major multinational energy producers are vying for greater shares of the wealth of the Iraqi people. They recently signed a two-year contract with the USA’s Iraqi administration (a contract that was written by the oil companies themselves) guaranteeing increased profits for the oil companies at the same time as easing the pressure on the supply of oil in the ‘west’.
This, however, is merely a prelude to the institutionalisation of foreign economic and political domination over Iraq. It is rumoured that 30-year long contracts are about to be offered to the oil companies, ensuring the continued presence of exploitative European and North American agencies at the heart of the world’s third biggest oil producer.
These moves, revealed as part of the US backed National Oil Law in December 2007, were widely condemned by the strong Iraqi trade union movement, as well as the various national resistance groups who are struggling to rid their country of the military occupation.
The National Oil Law itself will devolve from the central government powers over the distribution of oil revenue. This, in effect, will undermine the authority of any central government and pit each of Iraq’s provinces against each other in a further attempt to foster divisions among the population.
The strikes, riots and attacks on the occupation forces and their allies show, however, that there are many in Iraq who refuse to allow these alien divisions to thwart their attempts to restore their national independence.
The long-term plans to undermine the sovereignty of the Iraqi people do not end with the undisguised economic exploitation, but penetrate deep into the very fabric of all military and state institutions. According to the ‘Draft Strategic Framework Agreement’, a document leaked in April, the US intends to embed itself further in Iraqi national life through the establishment of up to 50 permanent bases, control of Iraqi airspace and total immunity to be granted to its military personnel, as well as to the numerous mercenaries employed under the banner of ‘private security firms’.
The ‘Status of Forces Agreement’ would effectively end any vestige of Iraqi sovereignty, so much so in fact, that even members of the government Islamic Supreme Council in Iraq have voiced opposition to the plans.
Thus, the imperialist forces in Iraq foster division amongst its citizens by pitting each ethnic group against the other whilst siphoning off the resources to feed their own greedy system, leaving Iraqis in the grasp of poverty and depravation.
Added to this is a situation in which Iraqi state forces and citizens are subservient to the US and its allies in political, military and economic terms as the US solidifies its position by being the only force capable of maintaining some facade of ‘security’ or ‘normality’.
Still, however, resistance continues. And, as the British were driven out in 1958 and the multinational corporations were nationalised throughout the 1960s, so too will the foreign domination of Iraq come to an end and the Anglo-American project breathe its dying breath.
In a week that has seen the deaths of at least 10 US troops in Iraq, negotiations between the puppet government in Baghdad and the US occupiers continue.
It is clear from reports coming from the country that these negotiations are aiming for the completion of the colonial carve-up that began with the invasion of 2003.
While pursuing the traditional imperialist policy of attempting to divide the working class of the occupied territory, the US and British occupiers are dividing amongst themselves the resources of the Iraqi nation on behalf of international capitalism.
Already, all the major multinational energy producers are vying for greater shares of the wealth of the Iraqi people. They recently signed a two-year contract with the USA’s Iraqi administration (a contract that was written by the oil companies themselves) guaranteeing increased profits for the oil companies at the same time as easing the pressure on the supply of oil in the ‘west’.
This, however, is merely a prelude to the institutionalisation of foreign economic and political domination over Iraq. It is rumoured that 30-year long contracts are about to be offered to the oil companies, ensuring the continued presence of exploitative European and North American agencies at the heart of the world’s third biggest oil producer.
These moves, revealed as part of the US backed National Oil Law in December 2007, were widely condemned by the strong Iraqi trade union movement, as well as the various national resistance groups who are struggling to rid their country of the military occupation.
The National Oil Law itself will devolve from the central government powers over the distribution of oil revenue. This, in effect, will undermine the authority of any central government and pit each of Iraq’s provinces against each other in a further attempt to foster divisions among the population.
The strikes, riots and attacks on the occupation forces and their allies show, however, that there are many in Iraq who refuse to allow these alien divisions to thwart their attempts to restore their national independence.
The long-term plans to undermine the sovereignty of the Iraqi people do not end with the undisguised economic exploitation, but penetrate deep into the very fabric of all military and state institutions. According to the ‘Draft Strategic Framework Agreement’, a document leaked in April, the US intends to embed itself further in Iraqi national life through the establishment of up to 50 permanent bases, control of Iraqi airspace and total immunity to be granted to its military personnel, as well as to the numerous mercenaries employed under the banner of ‘private security firms’.
The ‘Status of Forces Agreement’ would effectively end any vestige of Iraqi sovereignty, so much so in fact, that even members of the government Islamic Supreme Council in Iraq have voiced opposition to the plans.
Thus, the imperialist forces in Iraq foster division amongst its citizens by pitting each ethnic group against the other whilst siphoning off the resources to feed their own greedy system, leaving Iraqis in the grasp of poverty and depravation.
Added to this is a situation in which Iraqi state forces and citizens are subservient to the US and its allies in political, military and economic terms as the US solidifies its position by being the only force capable of maintaining some facade of ‘security’ or ‘normality’.
Still, however, resistance continues. And, as the British were driven out in 1958 and the multinational corporations were nationalised throughout the 1960s, so too will the foreign domination of Iraq come to an end and the Anglo-American project breathe its dying breath.