Our situation is no different from the dark days of Saddam Hussein
Now where have I seen this kind of corruption lately?
By Samak Burhanuddin
Azzaman, October 12, 2005
The former regime of Saddam Hussein suppressed all forms of freedom, did not tolerate the slightest dissent and buried any voice he did not like.
As a result of his rash, brutal and despotic polices we ended up in the kind of the brutal foreign occupation we have now.
Iraqis’ pleasure over the collapse of the regime was short-lived. It did not take us long to discover that there has been little or no difference in conditions before and after the so-called “liberation of Iraq.”
But the tragedy is that those ruling us still persist that their days are better than those of Saddam Hussein’s.
Two and a half years after the “liberation” we need to examine our conditions to see whether they are better or worse than those before the “liberation.”
Today our country is plagued with crises which have been accumulating and aggravating with each passing day without anyone of them addressed or even alleviated.
The fuel crisis is a product of the new era of “liberation” and there is nothing in the horizon that it is going to be solved in the near future.
Then we have acute shortages of most amenities, including basic services like power, clean water, garbage collection and sewage disposal.
We need not mention the security situation and the daily car and suicide bombs as well as rampant corruption, assassinations and kidnappings.
In reality we are in the midst of mounting chaos, and dangerous descent into lawlessness and disorder.
All our hopes for a better future are gone and our dreams broken.
The reign of Saddam Hussein was the worst of times. And now we are also passing through the worst of times.
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By Samak Burhanuddin
Azzaman, October 12, 2005
The former regime of Saddam Hussein suppressed all forms of freedom, did not tolerate the slightest dissent and buried any voice he did not like.
As a result of his rash, brutal and despotic polices we ended up in the kind of the brutal foreign occupation we have now.
Iraqis’ pleasure over the collapse of the regime was short-lived. It did not take us long to discover that there has been little or no difference in conditions before and after the so-called “liberation of Iraq.”
But the tragedy is that those ruling us still persist that their days are better than those of Saddam Hussein’s.
Two and a half years after the “liberation” we need to examine our conditions to see whether they are better or worse than those before the “liberation.”
Today our country is plagued with crises which have been accumulating and aggravating with each passing day without anyone of them addressed or even alleviated.
The fuel crisis is a product of the new era of “liberation” and there is nothing in the horizon that it is going to be solved in the near future.
Then we have acute shortages of most amenities, including basic services like power, clean water, garbage collection and sewage disposal.
We need not mention the security situation and the daily car and suicide bombs as well as rampant corruption, assassinations and kidnappings.
In reality we are in the midst of mounting chaos, and dangerous descent into lawlessness and disorder.
All our hopes for a better future are gone and our dreams broken.
The reign of Saddam Hussein was the worst of times. And now we are also passing through the worst of times.
Link Here
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