Iraqi blog: Baghdad "exhausted, relentless violence, no basic services"

[rainbow4321]

Is it any wonder Iraqi people are not happy....chimp's "freedom" is either killing them or making their lives an ongoing hell.

Found this amongst some of the blogs:

http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/

A replica of Hamas emerging in Iraq.

Baghdad looks so exhausted these days and so do her people; the relentless violence, the lack of basic services and the scorching heat abolishes human desire to do anything or to even think of anything. In general laziness and wariness is the common feeling in the city.

Even the parliament failed to convene this week because less than 50 MPs showed up. One can also easily notice that traffic on the streets is not as heavy as it used to be and people are getting less interested in talking politics. Well, the harsh conditions and lack of activity could also be seen from the declining number of updates coming from the Iraqi bloggers in general!

Living for many of us was reduced to existence long time ago; dreams and desires are shrinking under the heavy shadows of the situation.
The government too looks exhausted trying to face all these crises under pressure from a community that is demanding quick solutions and unwilling to listen to the government's excuses.
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The militias had sent clear messages to the government that they will not give up easily and probably the latest kidnappings that reached top officials in the government reiterate these messages, it's like telling al-Maliki "No matter what you do we're going to do anything we like, anytime we like and anywhere we like against any target we choose".
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The following website lists a lot of blogs, many from military bloggers but also, apparently, from Iraqi citizens.

http://milblogging.com/recentlyupdated.php

[Erika]

1. It also sounds like America

We need our taxes spent on our needy and infrastructure. W has siphoned our taxes to his corporate buds in a way that the axis of evil would admire him.

[rainbow4321]

2. The gov. corruption also resembles chimps' regime

They learned quick, didn't they?

http://thisfuckingwar.blogspot.com/
Has the following link/article:

http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=130096®ion=6

A committee investigating corruption in Iraq says it has reached unprecedented levels and those responsible are nearly untouchable.

Judge Radi Hamza Radi, head of the Iraqi Commission on Public Integrity set up in 2004, says corruption has “exploded" since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003. Eight former ministers are under investigation, including former defence minister Hazem Shaalan, who is accused of "squandering" $A1.76 billion. Of 1,400 court cases filed 42 involved high-ranking officials.

"Dozens of police and army officers are in detention waiting to be tried, while employees of the education ministry have been charged with falsifying diplomas."

"It is impossible to bring to justice a high-level official without the permission of his minister and if he is implicated as well, then he does not give this permission," he explained.

[Ms. Clio]

3. didn't this used to be one of the favorite blogs of the war triumphalists?

Written by several pro-U.S. Iraqi brothers? And just look at their wingnut links, and they don't even link to Riverbend.

So this is an especially grim and somber report.