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WASHINGTON, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Iraq needs a more aggressive approach
to win the fight against insurgents, the head of a powerful Shiite political
party said in an interview that criticized the U.S. approach as mistaken,
the Washington Post reported on Sunday.
"The more freedom given to Iraqis, the more chance for further
progress there would be, particularly in fighting terror," said Abdul Aziz
Hakim, head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, which
holds the largest bloc of seats in Iraq's transitional government.
In its Sunday editions, the newspaper said Hakim indicated during an
interview last week that more weaponry with larger firepower than now
provided by the United States was needed. He provided few details on the
form that a more aggressive role against insurgents would take.
The United States should take a tougher stand against countries that
harbor insurgents and called for faster trials for people suspected of being
insurgents, he said.
Hakim criticized U.S. forces for "major interference, and preventing
the forces of the Interior or Defense ministries from carrying out tasks
they are capable of doing and also in the way they are dealing with
terrorists." A prime problem, he said, "is the mistaken or wrong policies
practiced by Americans."
The Badr Organization, formerly known as the Badr Brigade, is the
armed wing of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. The
organization denied having any ties to a secret bunker holding 173 prisoners
discovered near the Interior Ministry this month. Many Iraqis accuse Badr
and other militias of infiltrating police and security services.
to win the fight against insurgents, the head of a powerful Shiite political
party said in an interview that criticized the U.S. approach as mistaken,
the Washington Post reported on Sunday.
"The more freedom given to Iraqis, the more chance for further
progress there would be, particularly in fighting terror," said Abdul Aziz
Hakim, head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, which
holds the largest bloc of seats in Iraq's transitional government.
In its Sunday editions, the newspaper said Hakim indicated during an
interview last week that more weaponry with larger firepower than now
provided by the United States was needed. He provided few details on the
form that a more aggressive role against insurgents would take.
The United States should take a tougher stand against countries that
harbor insurgents and called for faster trials for people suspected of being
insurgents, he said.
Hakim criticized U.S. forces for "major interference, and preventing
the forces of the Interior or Defense ministries from carrying out tasks
they are capable of doing and also in the way they are dealing with
terrorists." A prime problem, he said, "is the mistaken or wrong policies
practiced by Americans."
The Badr Organization, formerly known as the Badr Brigade, is the
armed wing of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. The
organization denied having any ties to a secret bunker holding 173 prisoners
discovered near the Interior Ministry this month. Many Iraqis accuse Badr
and other militias of infiltrating police and security services.