Khamenei: Iraqi occupation a quagmire for US

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=20061&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

TEHRAN, Nov 26 (AFP) - Supreme Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced Wednesday the occupation of Iraq, which he called a "quagmire" for Americans, in a sermon for the end of Ramadan to tens of thousands of worshippers at Tehran's main mosque.

"The United States came to Iraq in the name of human rights and the struggle against weapons of mass destruction, but they have tightened the vice around Iraqis so much that the latter must show their claws every day," Khamenei said.

"The American people should know that their government has led them into a quagmire in Iraq," he added in the sermon for Eid al-Fitr which was broadcast on state television.

He said the if the US-led coalition lets Iraqis vote freely, "a large majority would choose people who would not tolerate one more day of US presence."

"All over the Islamic world, results of a truly free election would be the same," he said.

"The Americans want to ensure that the elections are not free, but they must know that Iraqis will not accept an imposed constitution, and that any law or institution imposed (by the occupation) will meet Iraqi resistance as a consequence," he said.

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Truth hurts when it comes from diverse sources.

[izzie]

1. When we let 'free'election, are theynot to our liking or else?

I believe this is half the blowback. We back the rulers who are just awful to their people.