Hope for the Future of Iraq, Ayad Jamal Aldin to Launch New Party

BAGHDAD -

- THE ONLY IRAQI MP WHO HAS CONSISTENTLY CALLED FOR A SECULAR IRAQ, AND STOOD UP TO A CORRUPT, IRAN-DOMINATED GOVERNMENT, ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR ELECTION

This Saturday, October 31 2009, Ayad Jamal Aldin MP and between 500-600 supporters, will launch a new political movement - Ahrar - to finally meet the grassroots needs of all Iraqis - jobs, electricity and running water.

Described by world-renowned New York Times columnist Tom Friedman as having ‘the courage to tell it [the truth]‘ on Iraq, Ayad Jamal Aldin MP will bring real change to Iraq. He will stand up to a corrupt government that is more focused on its own self-interest than on the Iraqi people. Mr. Jamal Aldin is receiving strong support from across the country - in all areas - with strong financial backing from people of all walks of life.

He will say, “To those who now play the sectarian card - the card of division and violence - I say that we are the sons and daughters of the same nation, the same people and the same land.” His message, and a powerful ad campaign, will focus on demonstrating the hollowness of Maliki’s claims to have brought security and stability to Iraq.

Mr. Jamal Aldin is the only man who stood up to Maliki - and then Allawi’s coalition - because of their close ties to Iran, and their collective failures to deliver a better life for Iraqis. He will comment that, “Iraq has become a playground for interference from our neighbours,” and that it is for the Iraqi people - nobody else - to decide their future in January.

He will launch a new grassroots campaign saying, “for people to die of thirst in the ‘Land of the Two Rivers’ is nothing short of a catastrophe. Iraqis deserve a better life. We are a rich country with a poor population, and poverty knows no difference between a poor Christian, a poor Kurd or a poor Shia… That is what makes your heart bleed, and that is what Ahrar will change.”

Alongside nearly 50 new Sunni, Shia and Kurdish candidates, he will launch a campaign for One, secular Iraq. Ahrar is open to all, and will select its candidates by having Sunnis select Shia candidates, and Shias select Sunnis and will encourage a significant portion to be women and young people.

Here are the details of the launch:

Where: Babylon Hotel, Baghdad Iraq When: Saturday 31st October at 11am

For more information on Mr. Ayad Jamal Aldin and Ahrar please go to www.AyadJamalAldin.com and www.AhrarParty.com.

Source: Ahrar Media Bureau

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