Month: February 2005

Only Complete Nonsense

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As Teddy Kennedy demands that we start withdrawing troops from Iraq since they are the problem, the Iraqi President calls for the troops to stay saying “It would be “complete nonsense” to ask foreign troops to leave the country now, although some could depart by year’s end.” And further, “It’s only complete nonsense to ask the troops to leave in this chaos and this vacuum of power,” al-Yawer, a Sunni Arab, said…

The Media's Blurred Image

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Mohammed from Iraq the Model reflects the day after the successful elections: The world stood astounded at the sight of the masses that challenged death yesterday to plant the seed of hope in those boxes and now the enemies of the change cannot deny all that; the people have said their word clear and loud in their purple finger revolution.

Remembering Abd al Amir

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…Grandmas, being pulled on carts, mothers holding babies, old and young men on crutches, a man, who during the trek, had his face shot but went anyhow, the young Iraqi who had known nothing but Saddam’s atrocities and only having heard stories that something decent could be had – a dream that was theirs to have IF they risked the trek.