Iraq Press Roundup

The Shiite Dawa Party's Al Adala newspaper on Wednesday carried an editorial with the headline "The Iraqi people's suffering, and challenges and elements of the political success."

The editorial said the difficult years Iraqis lived under affected their culture, transforming political and ideological "colors" into the color of the military and intelligence uniforms.

The editorial, referring to Saddam Hussein's regime, said those years were filled with "stable" social traditions and politics on the basis of daily fear.

"Neither the international community nor human law were able to limit that government's oppression, which is the case of most international crises in which oppressed people are a big part of the problem," it said.

It said Iraqis face problems due to the past regime such as dealing with the political process.

"The majority of the Iraqi people have a clear vision for the reality through analysis, especially those who have belief in the credibility of the Islamic school," it said.

The editorial's author, Talib al-Wahili, said: "We are facing many levels of challenges, confronting a legally uprooted party that still has bases and refuses this reality and fight to death to bring its presence back."

The uprooted party was a reference to the Baath party.

The editorial said members of the uprooted party try to prove themselves through the use of "excessive violence" and "cruelty" that they learned when the past government ruled Iraq.

It accused the current government of being at a "loss" in dealing with the uprooted party, which due to its experience in management managed to be involved in government again.

It said an institutional state is important for the people of Iraq who are tired of poverty and depression, and bearing the bad economic and security situation resulted from the previous regime. The paper said the current government was chosen by the people of Iraq.

"The people of Iraq have more trust in this government with every passing day with the growing of the security forces and Awakening Councils especially in the southern cities," it said.

It added the provincial election law will enable southern cities to depend on themselves through a southern federation to ensure there is no return to oppressive regimes.

The editorial said the parallel step to the "improvement" of the security situation was to activate laws passed by the Iraqi Parliament such as the federation law in order to start rebuilding Iraq and provide services.

"Providing services to the Iraqi people will enable the setting up of a state of law and help end terrorism in Iraq," Al Adala newspaper said.