MUSICAL COMED
Y EXPOSES US INV
ASION OF IRA
Q
COMEDY
INVASION
IRAQ
Fourteen years back, i.e., on
March 1 st , 2003, the US led armed
forces had invaded and occupied
Iraq. They had committed all sorts
of crimes, heinous and genocidal
acts against the Iraqi people. They
had destroyed the properties of the
state and people. They had
barbarously Killed Saddam Hussein,
the Head of Iraq State and set up a
puppet regime.
Before the invasion, theimpe-
rialists made every attempt to make
the world believe that Saddam
Hussein was a ferocious demon
and a man eater. Their intelligence
agencies worked overtime to
fabricate an evidence to show that
Iraq was in possession of Weapons
of Mass Destruction (WMD) and it
may be dropped on the world
people anytime of Saddam’s
choice. Finally, US led forces
invaded Iraq using it as a plea. It is
estimated that 1,73,916 innocent
Iraqi people had perished in the
flames of this War.
It took no time for the truth
coming to light. It was conclusively
proved that the so called evidence
flaunted by the US was a blatant
lie cooked by the imperialist
intelligence agencies to justify their
act of invasion.
Later, the world had witnessed
many twists and turns and
significant developments.
Welcomingly,a musical comedy
produced by Charlie Fink called
“BAGHDADY” was shown in New
York (USA) on April 6, 2017. Coinci-
dentally, President Donald Trump
ordered a Cruise Missile attack on
a Syrian air base on this day.
The theme of the show is: The
US war of invasion against Iraq.
The story has shown and proved
that the so called evidence to show
that Saddam Hussein’s Iraq wasin
possession of WMD was a white lie
cooked up by the US intelligence
forces to justify the US led invasion.
The producer of the play said
that their exposure of what the US
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rulers had done 14 years back in
Iraq is more relevant than ever
before in today’s climate of “fake
news” and “alternative facts” as
some fear that Trump could drag
the country into another conflict, if
not in Syria then over North Korea.
The play conveys the message that
the responsibility for the 2003 US
led invasion far and wide, not at the
door of then president George
W.Bush or the US govt. but the
Country as a whole and the
Western allies, in general. The
director, co-writer and composer
Marshall Pailet said, “we all messed
up”. He also noted that the play
serves as a great vehicle to get
New York theatre – goers thinking
“because we open up their minds
and their hearts withcomedy, we are
able to slip in substance -story,
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as cannon-fodder in their unjust
wars to subjugate and colonise the
people of other Countries. The
American people, for that matter
the people of all the imperialist
countries must realize that they
can be free only when they break
character and a lesson”. Fink said,
“we all own it” “ A wound in the world
that is not going to be healed
withtears or laughter”.
The American people have a
commendable record of raising
their voice of protest against the
acts of invasion by their imperialist
rulers. It happened in the case of
US aggression against Vietnam,
Iraq, Afghanistan and several other
countries of the world. They stood
in support and solidarity with the
struggle of people against
aggression and for peace. The
team of Baghdady – producers,
writers, composers, lyricists, actors
and technicians are only holding
high and carrying this torchforward
by producing and enacting a
politically relevant play.
the shackles of imperialism. They
must join theworking class,
oppressed people and peace
loving forceswho are waging
various forms of struggle to wipe
out the demon of imperialism from
the face of the Earth.
Red salute to Comrade Shiva Shankar
Comrade Shiva Shankar, State secretary of Bihar unit of SUCI
(Communist) passed away on 16 th November, 2016. He was suffering
from cancer. He was 74 years old. He came into contact with the
Communist Movement at a very young age when he was a student of
class IX. First he joined the CPI before 1960 and later on he was associated
with CPI (M) after 1964 division. When Naxalbari peasant uprising broke
out in May 1967, he found himself supporting the movement and was
active in Mushahari peasant movement of Bihar in association with
Com.Raj Kishore Singh, C.C. Member of erstwhile CPI (ML).
Later on he came into contact of SUCI. Very much influenced by a study
class of Com. Shibdas Ghosh he joined the Party in 1969. He had been
District secretary of Muzaffarpur unit of SUCI from 1970 to2004. He
was a very committed comrade and a good organizer.
In the year 2004 he became the secretary of Bihar State Committee
of SUCI (Communist) and remained in this responsibility till his death.
The Central Committee of CPI (ML) expresses its heartfelt
condolences to his bereaved family and party members and pays
revolutionary homage to the de