Iraqi National Foundation Congress statement. posted by Richard Seymour

James at Dead Men Left gets all the best scoops. Here he has a full statement from the Iraqi National Foundation Congress, a group of dissidents in Iraq who opposed both Saddam and the occupation:

Here is a condensed translation of the statement entitled “Free and fair elections with impartial supervision by international, Arab and Islamic reputable bodies is what the people demand.” It is dated 27 October2004, and published as pictures of a hand-signed leaflet on thawabt.com on 3d November 04.

Political developments have validated the INFC stance of refusing to take part in the Iraqi Governing Council, the current Interim Government and the National Assembly. All these proved to be mere instruments of foreign occupation.
We have always demanded free and fair elections with impartial international supervision so that an elected government can be formed by the popular will, rather than by the occupiers. This stance was consistent with those of many other patriotic forces and religious authorities.

And now that the occupation and its Interim government are claiming they are preparing for elections in January next year, the question arises as to the requirements for it to be free and fair. Our consultations within the Congress and sister groups lead us to formulate these requirements as follows...

Read more about the group here . It is a major group, developing into a serious national force. As Rahul Mahajan noted some months ago, they could become "truly important", particularly as they embody secular, progressive values of the kind even the warmongering liberals cannot impugn. Which is an excellent reason why the war liberals will automatically fail to notice them.