The Religious Authority, H.E. Sayyed Muhammad Hussein Fadlullah issued a communiqué regarding the results of the Sharm el-Sheikh Conference and the expected visit of the American vice-president to the region, in which he said:

Any observer to the political developments in the region would notice that it has entered in a heated race between heading for peace and stability and between war and the spectre of violence that is still dominating in many countries as a result of the American policies that pushed things to this level of chaos, producing bloody violence in Iraq and other places.

If the Bush Administration has lost its ability to produce new wars in the region, as a result of its resounding failure in Iraq and its consequences on the internal American level, did not lose its appetite for wars, destruction violence and killing, despite all the scandals that besieged it. It is still considering to escape forward by vesturing into new adventures. According to reports and information including figures that assumed certain roles in the Administration itself, Dick Cheney in particular who pressed Bush to wage a war on Iraq under false pretences... is still pushing towards additional wars.

The Sayyed added: Dick Cheney who is visiting the region to meet the Arab Quartet Committee is not a Messenger of love and peace, but one of war and strife. He is Bush's devil who pushes him constantly towards waging wars in the region. He is not coming to the Arab region to study ways of lessening the tensions and pushing things towards peace. Rather he comes to incite the Arabs against Iran and to instruct them to become closer to Israel. He might even commission them with the task of protecting Olmert, and preventing him from falling. Their role, in Cheney's view, is defined by protecting Israel and implementing the American plans in the region.

We would like the Arab officials to behave on an equal footing with Cheney, just as the Iran's foreign Minister dealt with the American Secretary of State, especially that he is not coming to the region to solve its problems, but those of America and Israel. The outcome of the Sharm el-Sheikh Conference showed that it was not convened to solve the Iraqi problem, but rather to solve American's problem in Iraq and enable the occupation to enjoy a certain stability that will prolong its stay.

We notice an increasing inclination of deceit practiced by the American Administration in the region .It, on the one hand, indicates that it is ready to engage in a dialogue with the states it considers as spoilers, but on the other hand, t whispers in the ears of certain Arab and Muslim leaders that it is about to teach the rogue states a lesson. The Arab officials should be aware of this game, especially that the American Administration have proven that it is ready to get rid of any Arab leaders or regimes when it serves its interests or those of Israel.

They should at least lean from how America dealt with Saddam Hussein.

We believe that the correct approach to rebuild the region politically and security wise should begin by America's admittance of its faults and crimes. It should be courageous enough to admit its failures as Israel did.

Such admittance and the willingness to correct might be the first pillar in the foundation that a dialogue aiming at restoring the American relations with our peoples would be built on. Its review of its policy towards the Palestinian cause and the attempts to incite sectarian wars in the region could help in besieging what the American Administration calls terrorism, since this terrorism was either made by the Americans or is a result of their oppressive policies.