Another Iraq Blog

One Year Ago -- I was watching American tanks entering the neighborhood of my uncles’ house (since we left our house because of the heavy battles near the Airport), Iraqis were happy at that time, and American soldiers were waving their hands greeting the celebrating Iraqis.

I cried.

Now -- The CPA and GC are falling apart, two Iraqi ministers resigned so far, the minister of foreign affairs yesterday, and the minister of the human rights today (Nori AlBadran and “Abd ElBaset” Turki). One of the few respected members of the GC, Mr. AlBachachi, called the American Army attacks on Falluja as “illegal”, he described what is going as a “collective punishment”.

The Friday Prayer at Um AlMa`arek mosque was enormous, thousands and thousands of Iraqis came from all over Baghdad, and for the first time Iraqis have both Shia and Sunni speeches at the same mosque. The supreme Sunni board decided to ask Iraqis to go on strike next week. Majid, my brother, was there too. He says that when AsSadr representative gave his speech… people were shouting and yelling “Yes Yes for AsSadr”. I think this would confuse the Sunni/Shia vision of Bush and Bremer.

I feel very sad for the kidnapping incidents, today another four Italians and two Americans we kidnapped. I hope all of the hostages would be safe and go back to their home countries. I really feel sad for those poor innocent people being kidnapped and killed, including Iraqis and American soldiers.

Was it really worth it?

Don’t you think this is the right time to ask Bush about his weapons of mass destruction? or his administration will simply erase that excuse from the books of history?

Does little shrub have any other answers rather than his broken record?

I really want to understand from Rumsfeld where are his “majority”?? the “majority” of Iraqis that are against the current uprising, the majority that he wants to help them in reaching to their freedom… where are they?

If the millions in the “Sunni Triangle” are the minority, and the other millions of AsSadr are the minority… where are the majority? In Washington?

And if the minority can do all of this! And kick the coalition forces from cities like Kut… what can the majority do? Occupy the United States?