From: Mowaffak AlRubaie
Sent: 21 February 2008 18:37
To:
Subject: Salam
الدكتور محمد علي الزيني المحترم
اود ان اشكرك كثيراً على المعلومات القيمة التي ارسلتها لي في السفارة العراقية في لندن وهذا انما يدل على وطنيتك العالية اولاً وعلى حرصك على ثروات بلدك العراق واتمنى لك الصحة والموفقية وان يبقى التواصل قائماً بيننا وانا مستعد الى مد يد العون لك في اي وقت وبما يخدم العراق
Dr.
DrMowaffak al Rubaie
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Sent: 14 March 2008 18:17
To: 'Mowaffak Al Rubaie'
Subject: RE: Salam
Importance: High
Dear Dr. Mowaffak,
Thank you very much for your message of 21 February, 2008. It is only refreshing to receive a reply from an Iraqi politician since, I must admit, I never had a response or feedback from a high-ranking Iraqi politician currently in power when I sent them my articles or my concerns regarding the situation in
was in the
What I see now, after these five years, is a crumbling
Dr. Rubai you are, essentially, a very good man and very patriotic too. In the middle of the ongoing horrendous corruption and wholesale stealing of
There are now thousands upon thousands upon thousands of good Iraqi men and women who chose self-exile and who can do a tremendous job for
I was very happy indeed when I recently heard in the news that you and Deputy Prime Minister Berhem Salih went to Basrah to reclaim the vital Iraqi port of "Um Qasr" from the hands of the controlling militias, by deploying the Iraqi army to take over. This was a step long overdue, since how can a country be run properly when, at the same time, there are militias - sometimes allied with gangs of crime engaged in stealing, kidnapping and killing - who have practically stripped the elected government of its power to rule, and spread havoc in the cities of Iraq, particularly in Basrah (Iraq's economic capital), and put the Iraqi citizens' lives and their property in constant danger?
This illegal control and the necessity to eradicate it also apply -and maybe more so - to the Iraqi ministries which have become under the hegemony of certain political parties in power. This brings to my mind, as an example, the formation of the Jafary government in early 2005 when a certain Director General in the office of the Council of Ministers contacted me by telephone and offered me the cabinet job of oil minister. After thinking the matter over, I decided to accept the offer, only to realise later that the Iraqi oil ministry, through a process of division of power, had become a fiefdom of a particular party and the oil minister was merely a tool in the hands of that party. Needless to mention, the oil minister's job went at that time, with the help of some family influence, to Ibrahim Bahr al-Olom, who was later replaced by another surrogate of the controlling party. A few months later, when I was offered the job again, by the same Director General, in a pending cabinet reshuffle, my answer was a vehement no! I also explained to him in an electronic letter, copy attached, that I will come to
The shameful episode of political parties controlling certain Iraqi ministries must come to an end, and, more importantly, the tragic sectarian polarisation and division of the Iraqi people in the general elections into Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds must come to an end!!!
When I saw you last month I handed you a published article - essentially a plea to the Iraqi parliament, copy attached - concerning the draft Iraqi oil and gas law. A couple of weeks later, I attended a conference in
The end of next year will see
Until then, I pray that Almighty God will guard you and provide you with the vigour and power to faithfully serve our country and our beloved Iraqi people.
With best personal regards,
P.S. I request your permission to have this correspondence plus your pending reply (together with a pertinent Arabic translation) published for the review of the Iraqi people. Thank you.
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From:
To:
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 11:42:57 PM
Subject: FW: Salam
Dear Dr. Mowaffak,
I have been waiting for a reply from you regarding this message but, so far, I haven't received any. I am going to wait until Friday 21 March when, by then, one week will have passed on my message to you, during which time I will, hopefully, receive some reply or comment from you. Then I will publish the message with a proper Arabic translation. I know that I have asked you, out of courtesy, for permission to publish this correspondence, but being a public figure as you are, there is, indeed, no need for such permission since what you do, write or say belongs to the public anyway. Again, I hope that I will receive a pertinent reply concerning your plans, ideas and hopes for our country and our people. In this way the correspondence will be richer and the Iraqi people will be more enlightened. I wish you good luck in your endeavours, and I wish our beloved Iraqi people peace, progress and prosperity.
With best personal regards,
-----Original Message-----
From: Mowaffak Al Rubaie
Sent: Wed 3/19/2008 12:56 AM
To:
Subject: Re: Salam
This is the reply I sent you on Friday 14th March without the permission to publish it.
Thank you very much for your elaborate email. You are great Iraqi patriot. I certainly agree with most if not ALL of its contents. I know we face huge challenges but we have achieved a lot as well. I can assure you that I will never run in the next general election as part of a Shia closed list. I am so happy for your courage, honesty, frankness and assertiveness. I benefited great deal from your email because I found myself in it and reflected my views. The choice for me is either to chicken out and run away or to stick it out and try to mend whatever I can mend. Believe me Syed Zainy, there is nothing close to my heart than walking out. Take it from me that the WHOLE political elite is corrupt, one way or another and we need a revolution to change this political class in its totality. I have no choice but to plod on, pending the right opportunity to make the real changes. Meanwhile, carrying on my duties trying to minimize the damages. May Allah Almighty protect
Akhook Mowaffak
Dr Mowaffak al Rubaie
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Sent: 19 March 2008 08:15
To: Mowaffak Al Rubaie
Subject: RE: Salam
Dear Dr. Mowaffak,
I am so happy to receive your reply. This shows your good nature and goes a long way to heal some open wounds. People like you who have gone at full speed with the political process in the aftermath of the collapse of Saddam's regime have now learned a lot and have accumulated great and valuable experience which should be employed for the benefit of the country. My advice to you is not to drop out of the strife that you are currently in, but to continue. Armed with so much experience, you can offer, in the coming episode, a great service to
As for not giving me permission to have this correspondence published, I re-iterate that you are a prominent public figure and divulging such dialogue will show the Iraqi people what went wrong and what is right. Furthermore, it will give them hope that there are still some good people out there who are genuinely working to salvage what remained of Iraq and put it in the right direction of development for what it deserves to be: united, strong, modern and prosperous, with a happy people who are at peace with themselves as well as with the rest of the world.
With best personal regards,
From: Mowaffak Al Rubaie
Sent: 19 March 2008 14:55
To:
Subject: Re: Salam
Thank you Syed Dr Zainy.
3 comments:
Thank you for posting that, Syed Dr. Zainy, and welcome to the blogosphere!
Are you at liberty to announce any others who will join you on your list in the '09 parliamentary elections?
rhuslancia, I spoke with my father earlier, and he told me that he doesn't want to get mired in answering questions on this blog. Basically he just wants a blog where he can publish his writings.
But I did ask him your question, and he said at this point he has no idea who might join him - his compatriots are disunited and are weak as a political front.
He also says thank you for the comment.
Thanks, Mojo and Abu Mojo!
You know, the Dems appear to be disunited (but not weak) at the moment- I'm quite sure they'll pull together before November. Hopefully your father's party will too as plans & platforms solidify and the election nears.
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