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By Jamal Mudhafar
August 8, 2005
Original Article (English)
The headline of this article is not the
title of a science fiction film. It truthfully portrays what is taking place
in
The gates of hell are now wide open thanks
to the
There is no electricity, no water, no fuel, no food rations, no security, no sewage
There is terror everywhere and there is fear of everything - fear of the present and of what lies in the future. All indications are that our future is bleak. There is nothing left in this country to makes you feel secure about your own future or that of your children.
What is happening is not a war, rebellion or insurgency. It is mass killing and annihilation coupled with torture and the brutal, barbaric dismembering of innocent people.
Bombing and shelling of towns goes ahead and no one gives a damn for the lives lost and property damaged. Politicians have honored none of the promises they made during elections and there is a dangerous decline in public services and government performance.
The shock we have received since
Stray bullets are no longer the prerogative
of
If the bodyguards of a senior official want to reach a destination on time and are delayed by a traffic jam, they fire into the air to scare other drivers out of the way.
If someone is injured or killed as a result
it is his or her problem. In fact, being killing by mistake is now perhaps
one of the main causes of death in
Trust between the people and the government
has collapsed. Now we are at the mercy of the stars, as neither