On March 19, Iraq will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the country’s invasion by the United States and the United Kingdom.
The poor Iraqis are in a dilemma whether to rejoice or mourn the ouster of Saddam Hussein. The escalating crisis in Iraq has been sadly ignored by the rest of the world, especially the West.
The two countries solely responsible for the current disastrous situation are trying to play down the evidence that their illegal invasion of sovereign Iraq has produced nothing but chaos there. A disappointed Iraqi remarked, “I feel saddened and disappointed. I have given my life to destroy the old system and have seen members of my family and friends killed. Now I watch Iraq treated like a cake to be cut up between politicians..”
What makes these conflicts so strange and destructive is that they are fought by combatants who are part of the same power-sharing government.
Muslims have suffered enough after the ‘regime change’ by the US and the UK and the formation of a Shiite-Kurdish government in Iraq, which is being opposed by powerful groups like the Mahdi party headed by Muqtada Al-Sadr, the nationalist, who fought the US occupation and condemns Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki. He has said, “Maliki’s entire policy is offensive because it portrays them as a tyrannous majority in the eyes of Muslims in general.”
Thanks to the US and the UK for turning this historic land into a battleground.
The architects of the 2003 invasion GB (George Bush) and his dear friend TB (Tony Blair) are resonsible for the misery the Iraqis are now undergoing. The world community and particularly the ordinary Iraqis will never forgive them for the curse these two have brought to their beloved land! — S.H. Moulana, Riyadh
Ten years of Iraqi dilemma
