http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/529/1/64/
(From Morning Star - Saturday 11 December 2004)
A FEW minutes into my meeting with Iraqi communist Salam Ali, it's clear that he is annoyed with criticism of his party's strategy from within Britain.
Talking animatedly about the current situation in his country, the central committee member is happy to tackle some of the critical rhetoric with which the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) has been bombarded since its decision to join the US-appointed governing council last year.
In his eyes, though, the opinion of the British left is of minor importance when compared to the catastrophe that is currently taking place in Iraq following the invasion - and the potential disaster to come if the political process fails.
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