Once America's friend, now forgotten

Once America's friend, now forgotten
By GEOFFREY YORK
From Friday's Globe and Mail

Umm Qasr, Iraq — Somewhere inside a vast, sprawling U.S. prison compound near Baghdad, the man known as Prisoner No. 152333 remembers the praise that the Americans lavished on him just a few months ago.
He was the first mayor of the first civilian government in postwar Iraq. He was a crucial voice of support to the foreign invaders when they desperately needed local allies. The American army awarded him a certificate for his "truly historic" assistance to the U.S.-led coalition. It said his "leadership and dedication" were "an inspiration to leaders throughout the world."

Today, Najim Abed Mahdi is a forgotten man. He is in his fourth month of detention in a U.S. jail cell. His career as an English teacher is ruined, his family has gone without income for three months

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:shrug:

destroy the human rights of ordinary iraqis and to make sure that
any government born of this, stays stillborn and weak.

What a bunch of fucking losers the american military... (commanders).