In the name of God the compassionate, the merciful



General Union of Oil Employees, Basrah

Iraq – Basrah – Bab al-Zober



Number: 24

Date: 16/03/2005



Dear Friends



Assassination attempt of senior activist of GUOE



In this time of harsh conditions for the region and amidst the threats of the difficult period in which Iraqis are living and the predominance of evil forces over the good persons who work for the betterment of a great Iraq, there is a group of people who have devoted themselves to working in and protecting the oil sector as the sole resource which Iraqis possess.



Yesterday Mr. Samir Yasin Sabbah, head of the Section of the Union in the Fao Sector, was the object of a bomb that destroyed his car. This aimed to terminate his work and to further the interests of those poor souls who seek only their own not the wider good. At the time of this terrible attempt on the life on the unionist, whom God in his justice saved from death as he practiced his honourable work in the service of noble Iraq, we call upon all decent persons and friends of the Union abroad to express their solidarity with us in the hope of preventing the criminal acts presently directed against the Union in Iraq.



Long live the heroic union organisations,

Long live the brave working class,



Shame and dishonour to the cowardly terrorists who do not want stability for this country; may God stay their hands.



With respect,





Hasan Juma `Awad







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