Iraqis cannot forget what Americans have done here’
By Global Research News
Global Research, December 01, 2012
I sat in on a lecture, given in English, to maybe fifty or more young men and women at a college in Ramadi.
Then a young man in the front row only a couple of feet from me said in a quiet voice “We have nothing to say. The last years have been only sad ones.” Again there was silence.
Sami, my host from Najaf and part of the Muslim Peacemaker Team, stood and shared. He told the story of how, after the U.S. bombing assaults on Fallujah, he and others came from the Shia cities of Najaf and Karbala, to carry out a symbolic act of cleaning up rubble and trash in the streets of Fallujah. This gesture, he said, melted hearts and healed some of the brokenness between Sunni and Shia. He
spoke of the delegation of peacemakers from the United States who were just in Najaf for twelve days, of the work to build bridges and seek reconciliation.
An impassioned young woman from the middle of the lecture hall spoke up. It was obviously not easy for her. “It is not,” she said, “about lack of water and electricity [something I had mentioned]. You have destroyed everything. You have destroyed our country. You have destroyed what is inside of us! You have destroyed our ancient civilization. You have taken our smiles from us. You have
taken our dreams!”
Someone asked, “Why did you this? What did we do to you that you would do this to us?”
“Iraqis cannot forget what Americans have done here,” said another. “They destroyed the childhood. You don’t destroy everything and then say ‘We’re sorry.’ “You don’t commit crimes and then say ‘Sorry.’”
“To bomb us and then send teams to do investigations on the effects of the bombs…No, it will not be forgotten. It is not written on our hearts, it is carved in our hearts.”
‘Iraqis cannot forget what Americans have done here’ | Global Research
Petagon got fat budget. Americans harvest hatred.
Iraqis cannot forget what Americans have done here’
Iraqis cannot forget what Americans have done here’
Interesting. But, that ancient civilization was gone long before any American military ever showed up.
Not saying we didn't screw things up while we were there, but that "Ancient Civilization" was gone, even before Saddam started sucking up to the CIA.
Not saying we didn't screw things up while we were there, but that "Ancient Civilization" was gone, even before Saddam started sucking up to the CIA.
The home of the soul is the Open Road.
- DH Lawrence
- DH Lawrence
Iraqis cannot forget what Americans have done here’
Saddam has not killed that many people in years as the "democratic" Iraq has!
8 killed, 24 injured in another day of carnage in Baghdad
Iraqis inspect the damage from mortar rounds that struck the Chikok neighborhood of Baghdad on October 23, 2012.
Official figures show that September was the bloodiest month in Iraq in almost two years, with attacks killing 365 people, the highest monthly death toll since August 2010.
Violence has increased in Iraq since December 2011, when an arrest warrant was issued for fugitive Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, who has been charged with running a death squad targeting Iraqi officials and Shia Muslims.
PressTV - 8 killed, 24 injured in another day of carnage in Baghdad
8 killed, 24 injured in another day of carnage in Baghdad
Iraqis inspect the damage from mortar rounds that struck the Chikok neighborhood of Baghdad on October 23, 2012.
Official figures show that September was the bloodiest month in Iraq in almost two years, with attacks killing 365 people, the highest monthly death toll since August 2010.
Violence has increased in Iraq since December 2011, when an arrest warrant was issued for fugitive Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, who has been charged with running a death squad targeting Iraqi officials and Shia Muslims.
PressTV - 8 killed, 24 injured in another day of carnage in Baghdad
Iraqis cannot forget what Americans have done here’
Taliban Popular Where US Fought Biggest Battle
Dec 11, 2012
Associated Press| by Kathy Gannon
MARJAH, Afghanistan - Nearly three years after U.S.-led forces launched the biggest operation of the war to clear insurgents, foster economic growth and set a model for the rest of Afghanistan, angry residents of Helmand province say they are too afraid to go out after dark because of marauding bands of thieves.
And during the day, they say corrupt police and government officials bully them into paying bribes. After 11 years of war, many here long for a return of the Taliban. They say that under the Taliban, who routinely punished thieves by cutting off a hand, they were at least safe from crime and corruption.
Now they want Taliban back
Dec 11, 2012
Associated Press| by Kathy Gannon
MARJAH, Afghanistan - Nearly three years after U.S.-led forces launched the biggest operation of the war to clear insurgents, foster economic growth and set a model for the rest of Afghanistan, angry residents of Helmand province say they are too afraid to go out after dark because of marauding bands of thieves.
And during the day, they say corrupt police and government officials bully them into paying bribes. After 11 years of war, many here long for a return of the Taliban. They say that under the Taliban, who routinely punished thieves by cutting off a hand, they were at least safe from crime and corruption.
Now they want Taliban back