The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
"HELP YOUR BROTHERS, WHETHER THEY ARE OPPRESSORS OR OPPRESSED."A man asked, "O, Messenger of Allah! How can I help them if they are oppressors?"
He (peace be upon him) said,
"BY PREVENTING HIM FROM OPPRESSING (OTHERS), FOR THAT IS HOW TO HELP THEM."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari, Book on coercion, no. 6952; Sunan Al-Tirmidhy, Book on trials, no. 2255; and Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal, vol. 3, p. 99.)
Ten years later, the awesome consequences of the criminal assault[“Operation Shock and Awe.” ] are clear. More than a trillion dollars spent, almost five thousand American lives lost, more than 32,000 Americans wounded, estimates of a million dead Iraqis and almost five million displaced, an epidemic of Iraqi birth defects from “depleted” uranium, daily bombings, devastated public services and the dismemberment of the country. Yet, ten years later, no one, not one government official, has been held accountable. The obvious question is: how is it that, in light of one of the most heinous crimes ever committed by a State, there have been no investigations, prosecutions or convictions of the officials responsible for this assault?
The lack of accountability is even more incomprehensible in light of the fact that it is now widely acknowledged that the real reason for the Western invasion of Iraq had little to do with its concern about weapons of mass destruction and everything to do with its desire to steal Iraq’s oil.
Millions of people in Iraq have been killed, displaced, terrorised, detained, tortured or impoverished under the hammer of US and UK military, economic, political, ideological and cultural attacks. The very fabric and being of the country has been subject to intentional destruction. This destruction constitutes one of the gravest international crimes ever committed. All humanity should unite in refusing that law — by failing to assure justice for Iraqi victims — enables this destruction to be the opening precedent of the 21st century.
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