Amid the endless surge of violence in Iraq comes the announcement by an Iraqi militant group, which also includes Al Qaida in Iraq, to rub salt into the wounds of a population that is trying to survive the daily routine of bloody mayhem and killings.
The group's video-taped declaration of the establishment of an "Islamic Iraqi state" in the country comes across as a ridicule not only towards the basic principles of nation-building, but more importantly against the Iraqi population's suffering.
In their statement, the Mujahideen Shura Council - an umbrella organisation made up of insurgent groups in Iraq - have identified the capitals of their "newly-formed" state as well as its provinces.
But how can a state be born out of a video clip, in the depths of cyberspace? In fact, whatever state this militant group is trying to form ensures the break-up of the country and its division along tribal lines. If groups claim the establishment of a country on the basis of sectarian, religious or ethnic factors, then how much is left of a nation's integrity?
The Iraqi people today are in no need of illusionary states, hollow entities or broken promises.
