April 9, 2004
Press
Statement
The
Polit
Bureau
of
the
Communist
Party
of
India
(Marxist)
has
issued
the
following
statement:
Support
to
Uprising
in
Iraq
The
Polit
Bureau
of
the
CPI(M)
hails
the
popular
uprising
in
Iraq
against
the
American
occupation.
For
the
last
few
days,
people
in
Fallujah,
Ramadi,
Sadr
City
in
Baghdad,
Najaf,
Al
Kut,
Nassariya,
Basra
and
other
towns
are
heroically
fighting
the
US
armed
forces
and
their
allies.
The
Polit
Bureau
denounces
the
US
and
the
occupation
authorities
for
launching
tanks,
fighter
planes
and
helicopter
gunships
in
the
thickly
populated
civilian
areas
which
have
resulted
in
the
deaths
of
hundreds
of
Iraqi
people
including
women
and
children.
The
US
administration
has
approached
the
Indian
government
once
again
to
send
Indian
troops
to
Iraq.
This
time,
the
pretext
is
to
guard
the
United
Nations
establishment.
The
proposed
June
30
hand
over
to
an
Iraqi
puppet
regime
cannot
be
construed
as
an
end
to
the
occupation.
The
UN
has
not
yet
decided
what
role
it
should
play
in
occupied
Iraq.
The
Vajpayee
government
must
firmly
reject
such
a
request
for
Indian
troops.
It
should
also
ask
the
United
States
to
withdraw
its
troops
while
handing
over
the
interim
administration
to
the
United
Nations
as
a
preparatory
step
to
hand
back
sovereignty
and
power
to
the
Iraqi
people.