The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban's shadow government) has issued a statement calling for Iraqis to be compensated heavily for their suffering and destructions during the nine-year war by the U.S. The statement also called for the United Nations and other international organizations to launch a trial of American officials over the Iraq war.
Following is the text of the statement:[1]
"On the 15th of December 2011, America announced that it officially ended its nine-year occupation of Iraq by withdrawing its troops and handing the country over to Iraqis.
"There is heavy skepticism and doubt surrounding the extent of honesty of America regarding its statement, because American sources also announced that there will still be some 17,000 U.S. nationals (bigger than any single military division) remaining behind under the name of diplomats, security officials, experts of oil refineries, and contractors! However there isn't any doubt that a large part of the American occupation has left Iraq and the last of its military convoy also exited the other day; but rather the important question which needs an answer is: to what state and condition have the Iraqi people been left behind?
"It is clear that the American invaders left behind Iraq in a condition in which the country's treasury, historical artifacts, and infrastructure have been looted and destroyed; its high-rise commercial and political buildings turned to rubble; its green areas and parks turned into junkyards; its roads and bridges pock-marked with craters. And on top of this, 150,000 innocent Iraqis have been murdered and around 1,000,000 Iraqis have been displaced, whereas its resource-rich wealthy people have been thrown into a ditch of poverty and destitution.
"It is an open secret that America made baseless excuses to occupy Iraq so it can control its rich mineral resources and fill its belly with oil. To attain its objective, America (in its own words) spent about one trillion dollars and sacrificed 5,000 of its soldiers; but it was the will of Allah Almighty that in this Muslim country, the neck of imperialism would be broken, its plots and determination made fruitless, and it would be forced to flee empty handed in the end.
"The nine-year violation of Iraq by America disclosed to the Muslim ummah (Nation) that this notorious criminal did not give Iraqis anything other than killings, destruction, plunder and poverty. On top of this, it ruined the nation's unity; created and dispersed sects under the names of nationalism and faith; conjured fire and enmity under the disguise of Shia, Sunni, Arab, and Kurd, and then left all of it behind.
"So what is needed now is that America be asked to provide justification and explanation for its violation of an Islamic country's sanctity and sanctums, taking of its people hostage for nine years, causing billions of dollars worth of damages, liquidating its military and political strength, and for killing and maiming about half a million Iraqis!
"The nations of the world must put pressure on the United Nations and other international organizations to drag and put on trial those perpetrators of the American administration who had a role in burning the Iraqi people in the flames of gunpowder for nearly a decade under false pretexts. It is the due right of the Iraqi people to expose the American authority and to ask for a heavy compensation for causing the catastrophic destruction of Iraq.”
