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January 07, 2011
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Clip No.
2754
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Iraqi Shiite Leader Muqtada Al-Sadr Calls to Support the Government and Leads Anti-US Chants in Najaf Rally |
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Following are excerpts
from an address by Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada Sadr at a public rally
in Najaf, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on January 7, 2011:
Muqtada Sadr:
Iraq has been through difficult conditions, which have stricken everybody
with fear, have upset everybody, and have not pleased anybody – with
the exception of our common enemy – America, Israel, and Britain.
Repeat after me: No,
no, America.
Crowds: No, no,
America.
No, no, America.
No, no, America.
No, no, America.
Muqtada Sadr:
What, are you afraid of America?! No, no, America.
Crowds: No, no,
America.
No, no, America.
No, no, America.
No, no, America.
No, no, America.
No, no, America.
No, no, America.
No, no, America.
No, no, America.
No, no, America.
Muqtada Sadr:
Well done. Well done.
No, no, Israel.
Crowds: No, no,
Israel.
No, no, Israel.
No, no, Israel.
No, no, Israel.
No, no, Israel.
No, no, Israel.
Muqtada Sadr:
We have not forgotten the occupiers. We continue to conduct resistance.
We are still conducting resistance against the occupiers – military
resistance, cultural resistance, all form of resistance.
Repeat after me: No,
no occupier.
Crowds: No, no,
occupier.
No, no, occupier.
No, no, occupier.
No, no, occupier.
No, no, occupier.
No, no, occupier.
Muqtada Sadr:
Let the whole world hear that the Iraqi people reject the occupier and
Falsehood: No, no, Falsehood.
Crowds: No, no,
Falsehood.
No, no, Falsehood.
No, no, Falsehood.
No, no, Falsehood.
No, no, Falsehood.
No, no, Falsehood.
Muqtada Sadr:
Let us annoy the American occupier by chanting once again: No, no, occupier.
Crowds: No, no,
occupier.
No, no, occupier.
No, no, occupier.
No, no, occupier.
No, no, occupier.
No, no, occupier.
Muqtada Sadr:
Well done. Let us annoy them some more: Yes, yes, resistance.
Crowds: Yes, yes,
resistance.
Yes, yes, resistance.
Yes, yes, resistance.
Yes, yes, resistance.
[...]
Muqtada Sadr:
The Iraqi government has been established. The Iraqi government has
been established, with all its ministers. If the government serves the
people, its security, and its well-being, and if it provides the people
with services, we will support it, and not oppose it. Listen, we all
support the government if it serves the Iraqi people.
If it does not serve
the Iraqi people, there are measures – only political ones – that
need to be taken, in order to reform the government. This is a new government,
and we must give it a chance to prove that it serves the people.
[...]
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