IRAQ: Ever Closer to Fears of Civil War

[deadparrot]

ARBIL, Aug 18 (IPS) - Hanan's family could never have thought three years ago of leaving Baghdad. They had lived for years in peace with their Shia neighbours in the ethnically mixed Shaab district. All that changed the morning they saw a letter in their courtyard giving them three days to leave.

Hanan left for Arbil with her five children 10 days ago. Arbil is in Kurdistan, where peace prevails, unlike the rest of Iraq.

"It is very dangerous over there in Baghdad," Hanan, 40, told IPS. "It is a war of streets between Shias and Sunnis there. Nobody can feel safe."

In Salahaddin town now, 29km east of Arbil, she feels safe. They live in the house of a Kurdish friend, since they cannot afford to pay rent, and no one in the family has a job.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/65731380071155921658

[LynnTheDem]

1. "lived for years in peace"...under Saddam Hussein ... "never thought

of leaving Baghdad..." under Saddam Hussein.

But thanks to BUSH and his illegal immoral "superme crime" war of aggression...!

Now isn't that nice! America; worse than Saddam Hussein. RAH! RAH! RAH!

Thanks bush, you stupid MFer.

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[Lindacooks]

3. You really think that we can kill the very last terrorist, huh?

Totally foolish.

[Skittles]

4. some people seem to believe there are a finite number of terrorists

they fail to understand bush inc is creating them far faster than they are killing them

[Lindacooks]

5. Yes, isn't that amazing?

And they also fail to realize that what they are proposing is genocide. Or maybe they do know that and don't care, or like it.