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"Charles Farley" |
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09 Apr 2004 05:38:56 PM |
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April 9th - Liberation Day in Iraq |
The site 'Iraq the Model' is a weblog, or web-based diary, where
Iraqis Omar and Mohammed share their thoughts from inside Iraq.
Their posting from today is regarding April 9th, Liberation Day:
IRAQ THE MODEL
Friday, April 09, 2004
The first candle.
It's the day that brought me back to life. It's the 9th of April and
I'm free, and they will not steel my joy again and they will not
silence me. A year ago at the same date, the thieves and criminals
prevented me from celebrating my freedom in the open air, and today
thieves, criminals and fanatics are doing the same, but they will not
steal my happiness that is making my soul fly and dance with joy and
they can't stop this.
A year ago, words failed me as I met the 1st American soldier, and I
still remember his name, "corporal, Adam" and all I could utter was
"thank you!" how could I ever put my whole life in few words? How
could I have thanked that soldier enough? How could I have told him
what it meant to me to see him and his comrades-who brought me back to
life- at last? Thank you Adam, Lieutenant Antonio, Captain Brian
Curtis and all the coalition soldiers who I can't remember their
names, and those I never met.
It's the 9th of April and I feel safe! And I don't care what those
'political experts' on the newspapers and TV channels, say about the
'occupation', deteriorated security and 'unemployment'. You can't
understand this, because you never experienced real fear this long.
Let me tell you about it, as I'm one of those who passed Saddam's
filthy test of life.
The statue fell and with it, horror fell. You don't know what it means
to be scared to death most of your life, brothers and sisters. I knew
that and I faced it during the reign of evil and darkness. I was
afraid to talk, I wasn't allowed to think and I wasn't allowed to
feel...I wasn't allowed to love.
How dare anyone imply to me how should I feel? And who they think they
are, those who try to put words in my mouth? I'm alive and I'm free,
and I have the right to say whatever I feel and chose the words I
like. No one will tell me again what to say and what to feel.
Yes, it's the 9th of April. I lit the 1st candle today to celebrate my
1st year, as a free man and no one will prevent me from celebrating.
I, who the earth is no longer enough to contain my feelings, I who
have wings now, and I don't have to carry an ID...I'm Iraqi. I have
the right to wander through my country southwards and northwards,
without being stopped by someone to ask me who I am and where I'm
going. I'm the son of the 9th of April.
Years ago, when I was a fugitive, a Ba'athist who's a friend of my
father and a relative said to me mockingly "how long are you going to
live like this!? Get out of this 'hole' and turn yourself in to the
authorities and do your military service." I looked at him and I
couldn't say anything, but my soul screamed inside me, "The day when
your tyrant becomes a defeated fugitive will come. He will search for
a hole to hide in, and I will own Iraq then". And here comes the dream
true!
I'm the son of the 9th of April, tyrant's clowns, and you have to fear
me, you who betrayed me every minute and every day, and you want to
chain me again???
You know why it's impossible now? I was a slave and I never knew who I
am... and now I'm free! Thanks to all who dared to tell the truth and
didn't fear the consequences. And as for you, who saved me and my
people, I can't thank you enough. My voice goes feeble and my eyes
swell with tears as I think of the Iraqis, Americans and all the
coalition soldiers who gave their lives to free Iraq and make this
world a better place. God bless their souls and all those who decided
to fight to the end and never been discouraged, even in the toughest
moments. I hope you can call me brother, because I'll never fail you,
as you never failed me.
This time, the 9th of April has come again and in what way! The powers
of darkness and evil are trying to stifle my candle with their foul
breaths but this time I'm alive and free and I will face them, and I
will lit it again and again ...and again.
By Mohammed.
http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/archives/2004_04_01_iraqthemodel_archive.html#108152812710601777
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| User: "Fredric L. Rice" |
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| Title: Re: April 9th - Liberation Day in Iraq |
11 Apr 2004 12:22:15 PM |
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Charles Farley <charles@farley.net> wrote:
The site 'Iraq the Model' is a weblog, or web-based diary, where
Iraqis Omar and Mohammed share their thoughts from inside Iraq.
Their posting from today is regarding April 9th, Liberation Day:
What a complete fabrication. The notion that any Iraqi would actually
_thank_ the monsters that are murdering their children and stealing their
country's oil is beyond reason. Certainly it's some buttfuck Republinazi
playing pretend on the Internet again.
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Anti-War / Anti-Fascism protest: http://www.linkline.com/personal/frice/awp.htm
"They proselytize. They come to the door and take your son. They turn him into
a homosexual." -- The Rev. Louis Sheldon
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| User: "Charles Farley" |
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| Title: Re: April 9th - Liberation Day in Iraq |
12 Apr 2004 10:16:07 PM |
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(Fredric L. Rice) wrote:
Charles Farley <charles@farley.net> wrote:
The site 'Iraq the Model' is a weblog, or web-based diary, where
Iraqis Omar and Mohammed share their thoughts from inside Iraq.
Their posting from today is regarding April 9th, Liberation Day:
What a complete fabrication. The notion that any Iraqi would actually
_thank_ the monsters that are murdering their children and stealing their
country's oil is beyond reason.
The Boston Globe
December 18, 2003
Justice and Saddam Hussein
"This is a regime" -- I am quoting "The Threatening Storm" by Kenneth
Pollack, a Middle East scholar who served two tours of duty in Bill
Clinton's National Security Council -- "that will gouge out the eyes
of children to force confessions from their parents and grandparents."
This is a regime that will crush all the bones in the feet of a
2-year-old girl to force her mother to divulge her father's
whereabouts.
This is a regime that will burn a person's limbs off to force him to
confess or comply.
This is a regime that will slowly lower its victims into huge vats of
acid, either to break their will or as a means of execution.
This is a regime that will drag in a man's wife, daughter, or other
female relative and repeatedly rape her in front of him.
This is a regime that will force a white-hot metal rod into a person's
***** or other orifices.
This is a regime that employs thalium poisoning, widely considered one
of the most excruciating ways to die.
This is a regime that will behead a young mother in the street in
front of her house and children because her husband was suspected of
opposing the regime.
This is a regime that used chemical warfare ... not just on the 15,000
killed and maimed at Halabja but on scores of other villages all
across Kurdistan."
The liberation of Iraq from such mind-curdling horror was a profound
moral achievement.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2003/12/18/justice_and_saddam_hussein/
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