Ready to Negotiate U.S. Withdrawal
Addouri sounded definitely confident of victory and reiterated that the U.S.-led occupation has already been defeated, and "in despair is looking for an exit." The resistance "has destroyed the alliance of evil, the parties of which are escaping one after another. Only (U.S. President George W.) Bush remains blundering in his debacle," he said.
Replying to questions about the truth in media reports that there were "contacts between you and the Americans," whether he made any "direct or indirect contact with official U.S. authorities," whether "you are willing to negotiate with the Americans" and if the answer was positive "what are your negotiating terms," "would you lead the negotiations personally" or would authorize others to negotiate, would such negotiations be bilateral (between Al-Baath and the U.S.) or in the name of the resistance "front," and whether he was sure that the yield of the negotiations would correspond to the real weight of the resistance on the ground, "as the saying goes, you cannot reach at the negotiating table farther than your artillery can reach," Addouri said:
"Al-Baath will meet with whoever it decides to meet, except with the Zionist entity (Israel) and the government of collaborators in the Green Zone ... We will be happy when the enemy is convinced of its defeat, accepts our strategy, sits with us to negotiate a program for its implementation," he added.
Addouri detailed his strategy, indicating that "any negotiations with the invaders without it represents a desertion and treason, and is refused by all national, Pan-Arab and Islamic factions of the resistance."
(1) An official pronounced recognition of the armed and unarmed national resistance, including all its factions and (political) parties, as the sole legitimate representative of the people of Iraq.
(2) An official declaration of unconditional withdrawal from Iraq by the U.S. leadership.
(3) Declaring null and void all the political and legislative institutions, as well as all the laws and legislations issued by them, since the occupation, with the deBaathization law in the forefront, and compensating all who were adversely affected by them.
(4) A stop to raids, prosecutions, arrests, killings and displacement.
(5) Release of all prisoners of war (POWs), prisoners and detainees without exception and compensating all for their physical and psychological damage.
(6) Reinstating the army and the national security forces in service in accordance with their pre-occupation laws and regulations, and compensating all who were adversely affected by dissolving them.
(7) A pledge to compensate Iraq for all the material and moral losses it incurred because of the occupation.
Iraqi Tactics of Guerrilla War
Addouri detailed his concept of "the people's war of liberation and the guerilla war," advised the resistance fighters to "adhere to the principles and rules" of this kind of war and listed fifteen "most effective" tactics to hurt the enemy. First, he said, "appear quickly behind, in front and on the sides of the enemy as dictated by the nature of the place, time, climate of the operation, and the type and nature of the target, then hit quickly and disappear quickly before the enemy could have time to react."
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