A blog from an Iraqi

[Sparky26]

http://nabilsblog.blogspot.com/

[Giancarlo]

Look at the list of other blogs too... made by iraqis.

[BrandonL]

Like this quote?
hear in baghdad
Before two years, when there was peace and security, the life was nice, i was waiting for the summer holiday to play and go out to the public garden with mom and dad and my family and have fun but now there is no peace and security ,so we rarely go out, now i just sit and work on the computer and work on my blog . From a 13 year old girl.

[Giancarlo]

It takes time. She is sendnig her opinion out. And now she has a voice of her own... something she never had under Hussein. Do you want dictatorship over freedom, jackass brandon?

[BrandonL]

Do you want dictatorship over freedom, jackass brandon?
What you don't understand is that I can play Devil's advocate much better than you can play advocate. I am better than you. Just admit it. There's a major thing I have over you. It sits over you like Damocles' sword.

[wendy]

There's a major thing I have over you. It sits over you like Damocles' sword.


Your heterosexuality?


;D

[BrandonL]

Your heterosexuality?


;D
Yes, that's one thing!!! ;D hehehe....I think we all know where my sexuality lies. Just look at my avatar. As for the rest of it, Giancarlo only has to worry. Am I being me, or arguing with him for argument's sake?

Giancarlo...you will never know the power of the Weeeeeeeeeeee!

[Giancarlo]

Just fuck off and stay off me for once. I'm starting to think you are bisexual because you seem to follow me around and have this growing crush on me.

[BrandonL]

Works every time.

[Giancarlo]

Oh so it is a crush? I knew it. You are bisexual, brandon.

[BrandonL]

Oh so it is a crush? I knew it. You are bisexual, brandon.
No, moron, the button pushing works everytime. Get back to me when you grow up, ok?

[the bib]

http://www.thetruthaboutiraq.org/myths_06.htm


The insurgency in Iraq is a popular uprising.


The vast majority of Iraqis want the same thing everyone wants - peace, stability, a say in their government and a better life for their children.
60% of Iraqis surveyed believe that the attacks are caused by people from outside Iraq to destabilize their country.
86% of Iraqis surveyed say that the attacks are an attempt to divide Iraq and incite civil warxi.
Democracy offers Iraq the hope of peace, stability and a better life, while the people attacking the coalition forces offer only chaos and prolong internal troubles in Iraqxii.
- 72% of Iraqis agree with this
- 19% disagree
61% of Baghdadis say that ousting Saddam Hussein is worth whatever hardship they are enduringxiii.
This increases to 74% among the Shi'ia, who were most oppressed by Saddamxiv.
Between April and June, public support for radical Shi°ia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr dropped from 80% to 50%.iii.
A very tiny group of people - some of them Iraqis, many of them foreigners - are working hard to deny the vast majority of Iraqis their right and their desire to a representative government.

xi. Independent Institute for Administration and Civil Society Studies poll D6 of Baghdad, Musul, Basrah, Hilla, Karbala, and Ramady conducted from 20th February to the 1st of March. 1340 sample, ± 4 % margin of error.
xii. Independent Institute for Administrative and Civil Society Studies, fieldwork conducted December 11 and December 17, 2003. Sample size 1531 in six cities: Baghdad, Basrah, Mosul, Hillah, Diwania and Ramadi.
xiii. Gallup poll of Baghdad, September 2003
xiv. Gallup poll of Baghdad, September 2003
xv. Independent Institute for Administrative and Civil Society Studies D8, fieldwork conducted May 27th through June 11, 2004; Sample 1920 interviews in 18 governorates; margin of error of +/- 2.4% & Independent Institute for Administrative and Civil Society Studies, fieldwork conducted April 21 and May 1 in Baquba, Hilla, Diwaniyah, Mosul, Basrah, Baghdad.

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interesting site to visit:

http://www.thetruthaboutiraq.org/

[the bib]

BTW:

Who cares which way anyone swings?

Unless of course you guys are thinking w/the head below your belts. ;)

interesting site to visit:

http://www.thetruthaboutiraq.org/


For most of the last year, California political consultant Steven Moore advised Ambassador Paul Bremer and the Coalition Provisional Authority on Iraqi public opinion.

interesting, a political consultant puts up a site called www.thetruthaboutiraq.com. an advisor to Bremer, was Bremer the guy who made that critical strategic mistake of disbanding the former Iraqi army? Boy, he left Iraq in a hurry after he turned over power didnt he? They had that ceremony in the green zone and he was out of there in like an hour. I'm surprised he didnt go for a "good bye and good luck" tour of Iraq before he left.

[the bib]

I guess you missed the gallop polls. :rolleyes:

[Giancarlo]

interesting, a political consultant puts up a site called www.thetruthaboutiraq.com. an advisor to Bremer, was Bremer the guy who made that critical strategic mistake of disbanding the former Iraqi army? Boy, he left Iraq in a hurry after he turned over power didnt he? They had that ceremony in the green zone and he was out of there in like an hour. I'm surprised he didnt go for a "good bye and good luck" tour of Iraq before he left.


I don't think disbanding the Iraqi military might of been a mistake afterall. There were just too many senior officers in it that would cause trouble. You, sir, are a fool.

[the bib]

........interesting, a political consultant puts up a site called www.thetruthaboutiraq.com. an advisor to Bremer, ......

How utterly droll of you to think you have more insight than the experts.

I don't think disbanding the Iraqi military might of been a mistake afterall. There were just too many senior officers in it that would cause trouble.


You don't think they're causing trouble now?

[Giancarlo]

Well it would be easier to go after them if they didn't have 400,000 men under their command, jackass.

[JohnS]

Even with all the media attention given to Iraq we probably still have a poor understanding of the situation .



Western Media Misinforming About Iraq, Says Kirkuk Prelate

Chaldean Archbishop Sees Hope in Elections

KIRKUK, Iraq, NOV. 18, 2004 (Zenit.org).- The Chaldean archbishop of Kirkuk criticized Western media "misinformation" about his country and insisted that Iraqis are looking forward to elections "because they will be useful for national unity."

"It is not all death and destruction," explained Archbishop Louis Sako in an interview Tuesday published by AsiaNews.

"Much is positive in Iraq today," he said. "Universities are operating, schools are open, people go out onto the streets normally." He did acknowledge that "where there's a kidnapping or a homicide the news gets out immediately, and this causes fear among the people."

Yet, "there is no organized resistance" in Iraq, the prelate insisted. "Those who commit such violence are resisting against Iraqis who want to build their country.

"Iraqis instead are resisting against terrorism and are not carrying out attacks, which instead are the work of foreign infiltrators. I have stressed this before: Saudis, Jordanians, Syrians and Sudanese have entered Iraq. Prime Minister Allawi has said this as well. And clearly, there are also Iraqi collaborators who, for money, help the terrorist hide."

According to Archbishop Sako, to overcome this crisis, Iraqis must "manage themselves."

"We have a government now that is setting up elections, and those who want to run for government can do so, freely," he explained.

The archbishop said that the "war being fought by the terrorists is senseless." If they want an "open, modern and democratic Iraq" they "can register to vote, negotiate with the new government, and use the instruments of dialogue," he stressed.

Convinced that the elections in January "will be a starting point for a new Iraq," the prelate observed that instead "Western newspapers and broadcasters are simply peddling propaganda and misinformation."

"Iraqis are happy to be having elections and are looking forward to them because they will be useful for national unity," he said. "Perhaps not everything will go exactly to plan, but, with time, things will improve. Finally Iraqis will be given the chance to choose.

"Why is there so much noise and debate coming out from the West when before, under Saddam, there were no free elections, but no one said a thing?"

Asked about attacks against Christian churches, Archbishop Sako explained that "Christians can be a tool for balance in Iraqi society and want to build a new and open Iraq which respects everyone's rights."

"The war in Iraq is not one of religion. And I would like to say this to terrorists ... we are peaceful and in favor of dialogue," he said. In fact, he emphasized, true Muslims have "condemned the attacks against Christians."

Archbishop Sako criticized Europe's absence from the scene.

"Europe is absent, it's not out there; the United States is on its own," he said.

Europe "must help the Iraqi government to control its borders to prevent the entry of foreign terrorists," but "also provide economic help to encourage a new form of culture which is open to coexistence, the acceptance of others, respect for the human person and for other cultures," the Chaldean prelate said.

"Europe must understand that there is no time to waste on marginal or selfish interests: The entire world needs peace," he warned.

In the archbishop's opinion, Europe must act "because Europeans know the Middle East better than the Americans, they are culturally closer to Arabs, they are very familiar with the Palestinian problem and the situation in the Middle East."

"The Middle East needs help to rediscover peace and usher the Muslim countries into contemporary society, with its foundation of democracy and freedom. If the Iraqi model fails, it will be a disaster for everyone. These terrorist groups will gain strength around the world," he said.

Adding that he is optimistic about the future of his country, the archbishop of Kirkuk asked Western Christians to pray "not only for their fellow Christians, but for all Iraqis." Even "a hardened heart can be touched by God," he said.

[Tigerphoenix]

the bib: Unless of course you guys are thinking w/the head below your belts.

Really when don't men think with what is below thier belt?? ;D If they ever did I would be worried!


Giancarlo...you will never know the power of the Weeeeeeeeeeee!

;D ;D ;D