The main solution to problem in Iraq is to support PMOI - Iraqi Shiite figure

Thursday, 29 November 2007

NCRI – The head of the Independent Association of the Nationalist and Democratic Tribes Sheikh Jassim al-Kadhim, in an interview with Iraqi news agency said, "The catastrophe in Iraq, the Middle East and the world over is the outcome of leaving the grounds open for Iran’s velayat-e faqih regime (clerical rule). He reiterated that the solution to the growing problem is to support the Iranian main opposition group, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).

"The PMOI acts as the counterbalance in the region, disarming the PMOI and bombing their centers in Iraq caused a tilt in the strategic balance in the region, a move that emboldened the Iranian regime to move forward and dominate Iraq," he added.

Sheikh Kadhim presented a statement on November 22 signed by 300,000 Iraqi Shiites that condemned the Iranian regime's campaign against the PMOI and declared their support for the organization. The statement declared that the Iranian regime is fomenting violence in Iraq.

The statement which was widely covered by the media had been signed by Iraqi Shiite Muslims in the Iraqi southern provinces including 14 clergymen, 600 Sheikhs, 1,250 jurists, 2,200 physician, engineers, university professors and 25,000 women.

Last year in June, some 5.2 million Iraqis including 121 political parties and social groups, 700,000 women, 14,000 lawyers and jurists, 19,000 physicians, 35,000 engineers, 320 clerics, 540 professors, 2,000 tribal sheikhs and 300 local officials signed a petition condemning Iranian regime's meddling in their country. The declaration also lent support to People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran whose presence in Iraq had acted as a major obstacle to mullahs' fundamentalist ambitions in Iraq.