The Bush administration, along with the corporate

media, has heralded the recent capture of Saddam

Hussein as a great victory. They will use this capture

as an attempt to further legitimize their occupation

and to silence all criticism and opposition. However,

one thing is unquestionably clear, the illegal

occupation of Iraq continues.

The “new developement in the “war on terrorism does

not change the fact that this war is immoral, unjust,

and illegitimate. It does not change the violations of

international law, the lies used to justify the

war----like finding weapons of mass destruction or

“liberating the Iraqi people----or the tens of

thousands of Iraqi lives stolen, or the hundreds of

U.S. lives lost. This will not end the Iraqi

resistance, as the administration might have hoped,

only a withdrawal of troops and an end to the

occupation will do that.

As they talk about finally seeking justice for the

Iraqi people by putting Saddam on trial, they will

conveniently leave out any mention of the crimes done

to the Iraqi people by the United States. It was the

U.S. who supplied the dictator with the very weapons

he used against his people. It was the U.S. led

sanctions that killed over a half a million Iraqi

children since 1990. Who will put the U.S. government

on trials for war crimes?

The capture of Saddam Hussein does not mean freedom

for the Iraqi people. Only the right to

self-determination and self-governance will ensure

their liberation. Resistance to this war and

occupation is needed more than ever!

End the Occupation! U.S. Troops Out Of Iraq!

Iraqi Nation for the Iraqis themselves!