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| Iraq |
| What the Iraqi People Really Think |
| 2003-06-04 |
| It is not widely reported, nor fashionable to say the Americans are loved and wanted in Iraq, but in fact as they were wanted before the war, they are wanted now. "We hope they stay forever" is the true feeling of the silent majority in Iraq, contrary to what is reported. The logic is very simple -- the Iraqis do not trust their leaders. Faced with a very complicated situation of a 60 percent Shiite majority, a former police state, Iran at their doorstep trying with all its might to destabilize their country, and desperately relieved and happy to be finally liberated from nearly 30 years of Saddam, they want the United States to stay. [...] The following is the translation of a letter being given out throughout Iraq in various forms. "'In the name of God the most merciful and compassionate' "Do not adorn yourselves as illiterate women before Islam (From the Koran) to this noble family, We hope that the family will stand with brothers of Islam and follow the basic Islamic rules of wearing the veil and possessing honorable teachings of Islam that the Muslims have continued to follow from old times. We are the Iraqi people, the Muslim people and do not accept any mistakes. If not, and this message will be final, we will take the following actions: 1. Doing what one cannot endure (believed to be rape) 2. Killing 3. Kidnapping 4. Burning the house with its dwellers in it or exploding it. This message is directed to the women of this family. Signed." This message from a Shiite Islamic organization says it all and explains in a nutshell why, though finally liberated, the Iraqi people still live in fear. The article is written by a guy who went to Iraq to be a human shield, but left when he saw firsthand what Saddam had done and was doing to his people. He goes on to list, and discuss in detail, seven things the U.S. shouldbe doing, but isn't. Go read the whole thing; it's well thought out and I wish someone with power would listen to this guy. |
| Posted by:growler |