Dahr Jamail : World Tribunal for Iraq Address

http://www.dahrjamailiraq.com/hard_news/archives/newscommentary/000257.php#more

In conclusion, a quick summary of the overall situation on the ground in Iraq is in order. Over two years into the illegal occupation, while Iraq sits upon a sea of oil, ongoing gasoline shortages plague Iraqis who sometimes wait 2 days to fill their cars. ...Electricity remains in short supply. ...The security situation is, needless to say, horrendous. ...Since the new Iraqi so-called government was sworn in two months ago, well over 1,000 Iraqis and over 165 US soldiers have died in the violence. ...As I mentioned before, potable water remains in short supply. Cholera, typhoid and other water-borne diseases are rampant. ...With 70% unemployment, a growing resistance and an infrastructure in shambles, the future for Iraq remains bleak as long as the failed occupation persists.

With each passing day, the catastrophe in Iraq resembles the US debacle in Vietnam more and more.

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There is one big difference between Iraq and Vietnam. In Vietnam we had many courageous, independent reporters who were constantly telling us what was really going on. And we had a MSM that was not muzzled by corporate masters. In Iraq we have Dahr Jamail.......

This tortured Iraqi pretty much sums up the American effort in Iraq:

"In May of 2004 I interviewed a man who had just been released from Abu Ghraib. Like so many I interviewed from various US military detention facilities who’d been tortured horrifically, he still managed to maintain his sense of humor.

He began laughing when telling me how CIA agents made him beat other prisoners. He laughed, he said, because he had been beaten himself prior to this, and was so tired that all he could do to beat other detained Iraqis was lift his arm and let it drop on the other men.

Later, he laughed again as he told me what else had been done to him, when he said, “The Americans brought electricity to my ass before they brought it to my house.” "

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