KSA behind terrorist atrocities in Iraq: Jawad

Press TV has conducted an interview with Sabah Jawad, director of Iraqi Democrats Against Occupation, about Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki supporting his decision to send the country’s army to the western province of Anbar to fight al-Qaeda-affiliated militants.

What follows is an approximate transcription of the interview.

Press TV: Sabah Jawad, if we want to take a look at what the Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has done, he is trying to fight terrorism basically by going into these protest camps.

But what is more alarming is the fact that we have some MPs who have resigned and he has said that perhaps some of these MPs are fanning the flames of sectarianism. How do you see this situation?

Jawad: Well I believe the operation in Anbar actually it was for the purpose of demolishing the protest camp, al-Maliki was successful in that but his announcement in the past few hours that the Iraqi army would withdraw from Ramadi and Fallujah is a worrying sign. That means actually al-Qaeda is [fighting] in Ramadi and Fallujah as well and according to some videos being shown on some websites actually al-Qaeda is spreading in Ramadi and in Fallujah as well … in big possessions.

So that means it seems al-Maliki actually bow to pressure to withdraw the army from fighting al-Qaeda in Iraq and this is a dangerous situation.

I think there is no unity in Iraq to fight terrorism. There are political forces which are opposed to al-Maliki and they are competing with him to gain political grounds, are part and parcel of alliances with Saudi Arabia and with Qatar and Turkey and they act according to the wishes of these countries and therefore it is not possible to achieve a united front against terrorism which put al-Maliki in inferior position and al-Maliki already suffering from a corrupt government and from the different political positions and groups fighting for political concessions.

So it is a very, very dire situation now in Iraq and it is spreading not only in Iraq but in Syria, in Lebanon and even reaching Russia which indicates actually there is one particular hand playing the terrorist card because they are losing in Syria and that is namely Saudi Arabia.

There must be an international stand against Saudi Arabia, against Bandar bin Sultan and it is about time actually they should [expose] Saudi Arabia as a state which sponsors and it sponsored terrorism in the area and it is bound to spread all over the Middle East.

Press TV: So what is there to do for the Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in order to stand up to, as you analyzed Saudi Arabia for example being the one that is perhaps spreading this not only in Iraq, as you mentioned in other countries and I think if I understood you correctly as a consequence of them losing the fight against Assad and his forces?

Jawad: I do not understand actually why some countries like Iraq, Syria and Lebanon and Russia for example do not take the Saudis to the international community and complain about the Saudi conducts on the international level as well.

I mean they should classify Saudi Arabia as a sponsor of terrorism and they should be subjected to punitive actions because their positions regarding Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and we see the whole area exploding by terrorist atrocities and thousands of people getting killed almost on a daily basis as well.

In Iraq alone there is a figure saying that this year alone, the last year now, 4,000 Iraqis got killed by terrorist atrocities. Same situation in Syria spreading to Lebanon and even reaching Russia as well, Pakistan, Yemen and all these terrorist atrocities are one way or another linked to the Saudi finance and support and the so-called sending “Mujahideen” to these countries as well.

I mean Saudi Arabia is going mad, it is absolutely going mad and need to be stopped by a concerted international action and nobody seems to be doing anything about it, as yet.