01-02-2005, 12:35 PM
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Allawi 'National Guard'
Captain Speaks
Interview With Allawi 'National Guard'
Captain Who Fled Fallujah
By Muhammad Abu Nasr
Free Arab Voice
1-1-5
The correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in Baghdad met with Captain 'Abu Hasan' of the Madinat ath-Thawrah area in the Iraqi capital, a man who took part as an officer in the Allawi 'national guard' in the US offensive on Fallujah. Captain Abu Hasan was involved in the fighting just days ago as the commander of a detachment that fled from inside one of the northern neighborhoods of the defiant city.
Mafkarat al-Islam: Why did you flee from Fallujah?
Abu Hasan: I think that is a very hard word. But my withdrawal together with my comrades in arms was simply rationality itself. When I saw that the most powerful army on earth was running away like dogs, and I saw the armed men of the people of Fallujah and their allies shooting at us from everywhere, we get an idea of what the Resistance means. It seemed to me as if my comrades in arms and I were like little flies lighting on the head of a camel.
When the Americans hear the Mujahideen cries of 'Allahu akbar!' [God is greatest!] and 'Labbayk Allahumma, Labbayk!' they shiver with fear even before they get to them, from 300 meters away. Let me tell you something. Sometimes I used to rejoice within myself when I saw the Mujahideen butchering and killing lots of them [the Americans], because there's nobody who prefers an American over an Iraqi or an Arab Muslim.
Before you ask me why I volunteered for the 'national guard' let me tell you it was for the monetary compensation. I have a big family. But I am remorseful now, having seen what I saw in Fallujah, for the Mujahideen were not alone. We had to fight everything there from the stray black dogs - I guess you heard about that - to the sounds of the call to prayer and 'Allahu akbar!' By God, those are the equal of a thousand fighters.
Brother, they [the Americans] don't know Arabic. The don't know the meaning of the words uttered by the armed fighters. But as soon as they hear the sounds, their bodies shake with fear and they come to us and ask us what they mean, and we tell them, "It's the Qur,an," or "it's the words of Muhammad, our Prophet." And they come back with, "No, it's some kind of magic. You Arabs are famous for your magic."
Even when they capture one of the fighters, they're afraid to go near him even though he's unarmed. They tell us to go up to him. I tell you, I never used to say my prayers, but now, after feeling the fear that those words aroused in me and which I still keep hearing, I have started to pray. And I'm remorseful for fighting against the Mujahideen, because I'm convinced that God will punish me for that. The infidels had brainwashed us.
Mafkarat al-Islam: Is there anything you would like to tell us that the media have not reported but that you and your comrades in arms witnessed?
Abu Hasan: Until the last day when I left, the US military were bringing in priests and other Christian clergymen and even Jewish ones to give sermons and reassurances for their troops, because five Americans used their weapons to commit suicide after they went crazy or hysterical. Every night I would challenge them, I would challenge them a thousand times to remember that every night they would find ten or fifteen of their soldiers butchered. There was an American woman correspondent, who tried to report that news, but the US intelligence officers led her away and I don't know what became of her.
Mafkarat al-Islam: So they are suffering heavy losses, isn't that so?
Abu Hasan: Yes. They evacuate on average between 150 and 220 dead and wounded soldiers every day, and 80 percent of them are dead.
Mafkarat al-Islam: Can you tell us where you were in Fallujah and with what unit?
Abu Hasan: Sorry, I cannot. I have put my trust in you so don't make me have to back out.
Mafkarat al-Islam: What advice would you give to your comrades in arms in Fallujah?
Abu Hasan: To get out of Fallujah, because God is watching what we do. By God, all the money that I got in my monthly salary in the 'national guard' went to the doctor or nothing. I started to get lots of physical problems from where, I don't know. All my children are sick, now. I think it's God's punishment.
By God, if I thought they would accept me as one of them, I would go and fight with those armed Mujahideen but I'm a Shi'a and they are Sunni, although I don't think they would disappoint me.