Foreign governments backing Iraqi insurgents, ministers say

[Barrett808]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Foreign governments are backing the bloody insurgency against US forces and Iraq's interim government as it vies to steer the war-torn country toward planned January elections, several Iraqi ministers said.

Nesreen Mustafa Berwari, Iraq's minister of public works, also said the "enemies" of Iraq are pouring into the country across Iraq's porous borders to fight US soldiers.

Despite this, Berwari and fellow ministers expressed optimism that insurgents would not derail elections planned for January 30 for which some 200 groups have registered.

"It's proven to be more challenging than what it was only because the groups that are against freedom in Iraq are multi-faced, well funded and definitely supported by external bodies and governments," Berwari stressed.

She spoke at a discussion on Iraq's scheduled election hosted by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars here.

"It's difficult for Iraq's government to control security by its own when the enemies are coming from surrounding countries, when the enemies are well funded, and when the enemy wants to do exactly ... to stop the election and kill the quest for freedom and democracy," Berwari said.

Iraq's minister of state for civil society, Mamu Farhan Othman, echoed Berwari more pointedly: "Our neighbor countries are doing evil things against Iraq."

"We are sure we will win. Either you kill or you will be killed," Othman said of the struggle against the insurgents.

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[Inland]

1. Iraq setting us up for a war against its old foe Iran.

Nice to know we are going to get dragged into a war with Iran, too.

[Deja Q]

4. * wanted to go to Iran anyway. And remember, * wanted to give

Iraq its own civil war.

[Ardee]

2. After they lined up

and gave their little prewritten speeches they each got a Hershey's Kiss directly from Rumsfeld.

Funny, I seem to recall an American general who said that the difficulty in fighting this war was that the insurgents fought and then went home to blend into the populace....must be a really long commute.

[Trajan]

3. But ..... but ....

The Neocons said that "We are fighting the turrists over there so we dont have to fight them here ... " ...

"Nesreen Mustafa Berwari, Iraq's minister of public works, also said the "enemies" of Iraq are pouring into the country across Iraq's porous borders to fight US soldiers. " ...

Well ? .... WTF do you want ? ...

Do you WANT to fight them here or there ? ...

LISTEN UP Mr. Mustafa Berwhatsyername : .... The BIG BANANA says we are goin to 'fight them turrists over there: so GET WITH THE FUCKING PROGRAM ASSHOLE ! ..... King George has declared, OVER and OVER again, that YOUR nation is the battlefield for his little war of passion .... WHO the hell are YOU to complain about it ? ....

George wants his war, he wants his turrist targets to 'bring it on', so he can 'smoke them out of their holes', so he can 'killm' ....

Im SURE Ole King George knew that millions would come to fight his personal crusade ..... right ? ...

YOU EYErackeys had BETTER straighten up and get with the fuckin program ....

</extreme sarcasm and irony>

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. I blame Eastasia, myself

They've always funded our internal enemies. Or maybe Eurasia. What month is it again?

(How come Oceania only ever fought one at a time? Why did the other two never gang up on Oceania? Wouldn't that have made them look even more beleagured?)

[HysteryDiagnosis]

6. This sounds like something we might pull... oh wait... we pulled this sort

of crap all over the freaking world and then cry foul when it comes back to bite us on the ass.... shame....

The is my day to poke at MS btw.... don't know why... maybe it's that $$ I spent on them there fancy MS titles.