Image from an Iraqi facebook page with over 31,000 "likes" calling for action on April 9th. It reads: "The Great Iraqi Revolution - 4/9 - The Day of National Salvation" |
Those demands include:
- The unconditional departure of the occupying forces
- The revocation of the security agreement which violates the sovereignty and independence of Iraq
- The revocation of the sectarian and ethnic quota system in the political process
- The building of a civil Iraqi state through transparent elections, without the interference of the occupation forces or any foreign, regional force, especially Iran
- The release of the innocent prisoners from occupation and government prisons
- The disclosure of the location of secret prisons that are scattered all over Iraq’s provinces
- Carrying out the demands of our people which were outlined during the “Uprising of Rage” on February 25th
- The formation of an independent judicial committee to investigate the actions of the security forces against peaceful demonstrators [involved in protests over this last month]
The communique continues by announcing “the launch of a long-term sit-in in all Iraqi provinces to mark the eighth anniversary of the brutal American occupation of our precious Iraq on Saturday, 4/9/2011 [. . .] This sit-in will not last hours or days, but will continue night and day until the protesters demands are met [ . . . ] For our sit-ins we will set up tents in front of US military bases, which are located in every Iraqi province. We ask all patriotic individuals and forces that oppose the occupation to participate in this demonstration.” (Full text of the communiques 16 and 17, including organizer’s contact information and the sites of the planned sit-ins, can be accessed in English here and here, and their original Arabic here and here.)
Location of major US miltary bases in Iraq (last updated 2008) |
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