Top Sunni cleric calling Iraqis to unite against US-invaders' terror

Kubaisi, who heads the Committee of Muslim Scholars representing some 7.000 mosques in Iraq, spoke of Allawi in words of contempt: "We live in strange times. As practically everyone is condemning America and its conquering of Iraq, we see a small bit of scum fighting the current, calling America a liberator and friend," referring to Allawis speech praising the US invasion. Al Kubaise then defended people's right to stand up against the US-backed government with admonishing: "Let it be clear for everyone that the traitors ... cannot give orders. To die for the country, to be a martyr is not death. Death is for those who betray their religion, soil, honour and country."

Urging the police and the Iraqi National Guard to turn away from the interim government, the cleric declared: "Today Iraq is facing the biggest conspiracy, a conspiracy to eliminate its most faithful people, all the faithful whether Muslim or Christian, Arab or Kurd or Turkmen ... That is why the Americans have formed the Iraqi national guard and police",. Kubaisi described the nascent Iraqi security forces as "just a cover in order to sabotage Iraq ... Because of this I call for the leaders of the national guard and police not to obey their orders which are meant to make them the first spear, the first arrow as the criminal of the century Bush says." Kubaisi concluded calling on the Iraqis to unite in a peaceful resistance against the fear and terror inflicted upon them by the US-invader and to be confident of victory.

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