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Fear of civil war in Iraq
22.2.2006
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Baghdad - Iraqi
President Jalal Talabani warned Iraqis on Wednesday
not to allow an attack on a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in
the city of Samarra to drag the country into civil
war.
"This new ugly crime comes as a warning that there
is a conspiracy against the Iraqi people to spark a
war among brothers. God willing, we will not allow
this," Talabani said in a live address to the nation
on state television.
"We face a great conspiracy against Iraq, against
its unity," added the president, himself an ethnic
Kurd and secular Sunni Muslim.
"We must co-operate and work together against this
danger, the danger of civil war. This is the
fiercest danger because it threatens our unity and
our country with a devastating civil war." |
Iraqi
President : Jalal Talabani
Photo: Reuters
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Talabani called on all communities in Iraq to
condemn the attack and said it would not thwart
efforts to create a government of national unity
that includes all religious and ethnic communities
two months after elections.
"We were shocked by this crime as we try to form a
national unity government," he said.
"Many lists won in the elections, but thank God, no
one list won a majority. I say thank God because
this result forces all to agree and cooperate and
create a national unity government."
Shi'ite Islamists came close in December's election
to retaining the slim majority they held in the
interim parliament but fell short as rebellious,
minority Sunnis took part in the voting in large
numbers for the first time.
The United States has been pressing hard and
publicly for Shi'ite Islamist leaders to accept that
others should have key posts in the new government -
a call that has angered leading Shi'ite politicians.
Reuters
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