12.1.06

Dahr Jamail's Iraq Dispatches

"Dear Dahr,

It is difficult to make a picture of what is going on, the situation isjust so bad.

Lack of supplies, including water, petrol and electricity. Jamming of traffic, as the police allow one lane to pass through thesecurity check points, and it takes long time to pass through thesecheck points. Many areas in Baghdad are very unsafe, and quite inaccessible.

The kidnapping and assassination of physicians is still going on.A consultant surgeon was recently assassinated in his home.

He lives inYarmouk district near the culture center. One of his sons was kidnappeda few months before and released after paying several thousands of U.S.dollars.A friend of mine, Dr. S. who is a well known Neurologist, was kidnappedfrom his clinic and his family asked the help of his friends andrelatives to help collect the ransom.

My wife was driving downtown and she was hit on her left hand by a bigstone thrown from a police pickup because she did not recognize that she should give way to a fast car that was trying to bypass her.....she is lucky not to get shot by them!!!!

The Iraqis now get frightened from the local police and military as theyexhibit a very high level of misconduct and abuse of the authority that they now have.

Have I mentioned that power supply is one hour every five hours!!!!!

Ahmed [Name changed for security reasons]"

This is no way for any human being to live.

I destest US infiltration of this country and destroying any freedom they used to have. Sadaam was no angel, but the more I learn about US gov secret agencies, we are do different, probably worse.

But then I say to my friends overseas who think it is so wonderful here...have you been here?
What makes you thing america, which deserves no capital a is such a great country?

Our Government DOES NOT CARE about the people, they only care about thier foreign investments, and as you well see they will destroy any country to get fulfill their own self serving agendas.

Watch and see, this is going to get much worse.

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