Iraqi PM likens country's conflict to U.S. Civil War

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Source: AP

NEW YORK: Iraq's embattled prime minister on Wednesday compared the fight for order in Iraq with the U.S. Civil War almost 150 years ago, saying the current struggle "is perhaps even more complicated."

Nouri al-Maliki described the two countries as fighting for the principles of freedom, in battles that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. "Our struggle in Iraq is similar to the great American quest, and is perhaps even more complicated," he said in an opinion piece in Wednesday's edition of The Wall Street Journal.

"A fundamental struggle is being fought on Iraqi soil between those who believe that Iraqis, after a long nightmare, can retrieve their dignity and freedom, and others who think that oppression is the order of things and that Iraqis are doomed to a political culture of terror, prisons and mass graves," al-Maliki said.

"Some of our neighbors have made this struggle more lethal still, they have placed their bets on the forces of terror in pursuit of their own interests," he added, without naming any of the countries. Iraq and the U.S., however, have repeatedly accused Syria and Iran of providing support to the county's virulent insurgency, from providing weapons and training to facilitating border crossings. Both countries have denied the charges.

Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/13/america/NA-GEN-US-Iraq-Prime-Minister.php

[ck4829]

1. Yeah, and the Iraqis will become slaves to foreign corporations raping their nation.

[acmavm]

3. Yeah, our civil war in reverse.

Maliki will say anything, won't he?

[madrchsod]

2. he should do a bit more research

before making that comparison. i can`t think of any thing that is comparable other than we fought each other.

maybe the war of independence would be more appropriate