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Open letter from The Arab European League (AEL) to the anti-globalist movement in Europe and the United States:
THE RESISTANCE SHOULD RISE TO MAKE THE EMPIRE COLLAPSE
Dear friends,
It is now more than ever clear that we are on the verge of an all-out military attack on Iraq and the Arab and Muslim worlds. It is important within this context to clarify certain points and to have a correct analysis of the situation. This war is by no means an incidental event that is isolated from the global policies of the American establishment and its plea for hegemony. War is already waged on daily basis since more than a decade with economical, societal and environmental weapons of mass destruction. This war is called globalisation. The military escalation is nothing but the crystallisation of that onslaught into a final blitz that should lead to complete victory of the US and its lackeys. Slavery will not only be re-established de facto but also de jure. We can not and we will not accept this.
The Arab Nation and the Muslim community (Umma) constitute the spearhead of the struggle against the brutal face of globalisation since 1991. We were pushed us into assuming this responsibility not by choice, but by the forces of history. First the collapse of the Soviet Bloc and the disappearance of a very important counterbalance to American domination, and second the ongoing Zionist invasion on Arab land since 1948. Arabs do not have a choice but to struggle on three levels. First against American invasion, second against Zionist occupation, and third against most of the Arab regimes that are nothing but puppets in the hands of the Americans and the Zionists. It is a triple combat for freedom, unity and social justice that makes the Arab National struggle what it is: a national liberation struggle.
Our people managed to lead the battle without any relevant role of states or governments. The Arab struggle is popular in nature and in structure. The resistance in Lebanon was popular, the Intifada is popular and even the most violent and extreme expressions of the Arab struggle were carried out by popular organisations and not by states. It is precisely because the Arab resistance maintains its popular structure and method, that it is invulnerable and indestructible.
Iraq can be bombed and will be bombed. The Iraqi army might be (and very likely will be) defeated under the blows of the tremendous American war machine. The Americans will proceed to set up a puppet government that will collaborate in the looting of the oil reserves of Iraq. From its new Iraqi stronghold, the Americans will proceed to threaten Syria and the Islamic Republic of Iran militarily. The Zionist state will have a free reign to lash out at the Palestinian resistance and to annex Jerusalem. The real Iraqi opposition (not the American ceremonial version of it) and the left in the west should not fall into this trap, how tempting it may seem, and should not forget that war will demand a high price in blood and treasure of common people.
Dear friends, the Arab people do not have any choice but to fight fire with fire and violence with violence. Therefore, our support to the peoples' resistance should be unconditional and outspoken despite the ethical and moral dilemmas that might face us. The difference between victory and defeat will be determined within a fraction of a second. That fraction of a second can have implications that will last for centuries, so first fight back and then philosophise about it. Strike back first and assess it morally later. We are not facing a moral