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mai 26, 2008Jeg treffer stadig mennesker som mener det ikke finnes terrorister i Irak. Al Qaeda er visstnok “frigjøringshelter”, av samme alen som Gunnar “Kjakan” Sønsteby og Max Manus.
La gå at de såkalte frigjøringsheltene utstyrer handicappede kvinner med bomber, og sprenger dem i luften midt på en markedsplass fylt med sivile irakere. Eller at de sprenger en åtte år gammel jente ved hjelp av fjernstyring, fordi hun kommer gjennom sikkerhetskontrollen uten å bli kontrollert (det er jo assymetrisk krigføring, tross alt). Og når de trener opp 14-åringer til å bli selvmordsbombere, så er det vel som gratis skolegang å regne?
Den bestialske taktikken er et resultat av at Al Qaeda er på kraftig retur i Irak. For øyeblikket pågår en operasjon som skal renske dem ut fra kjerneområdet i Mosul. Skal vi tro bloggerne på Iraqthemodel, ser den ut til å være vellykket.
Den mest gripende skildringen kommer imidlertid fra den seksten år gamle bloggeren “Sunshine”:
“Yesterday I was in my way to the teacher’s house, and was smiling the whole way, I didn’t see residue of car bombs burning nor bullets’ covers, or any signs for a previous fight.
I know there is still a long long way till Iraq heals and return to the way it was before, and there are billions of things need to be done, but I am trying to focus on the positive things, everything has a solution the only thing we are seeking for now is safety, it is a great bless to have safety, I didn’t know how important safety is till I lost it, life without safety is unbelievable, there isn’t any word can express that, imagine yourself among criminals having guns and killing everyone around you and you can’t protect yourself, it is the most horrible thing that can happen to anyone , and I hope those events I and every Iraqi witnessed will be only memories and stories we tell to the next generations..
Even my 4 years old brother noticed the change , yesterday we were playing, he said he’ll go downstairs to bring his toys “ alone”, “there’s no explosions today” he said,, I was shocked and thought wow even a 4 year old kid noticed that!! I hope he can get better and start speaking well again (few months ago he lost his ability to pronounce and create sentences correctly when a car bomb exploded about 30 meters away from our house, he was in the bathroom alone and got panicked and since then he stutter a lot)..”