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The Iraqi Quagmire: The Passport Dilemmas |
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Saturday, 24 March 2007 |
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I tried to get an application for a new passport from the Iraqi embassy in Amman, but after the terrible treatment I received there I am going to think more than once before trying that ordeal again. I was with dozens of men and women whose ages varied between 12 and 85 were kept waiting for two hours in front of a very small metallic wall and then the door opened and everybody ran to the entrance. Three Jordanian policemen were heroically trying to control the stampede towards the door which followed, I with few people stayed close to the wall of the building and then those who were able to penetrate the new Berlin wall managed to get in. In addition people who were important got in and even passports of unidentified passports were escorted in to come out few minutes later smiling majestically at the condemned. Two hours into the nightmare I begged one nice Jordanian policeman to allow to get into the building to inform the officials inside of the people's dilemma, so I was escorted to a very important looking man whom I was told was the council who in a gesture reminiscent of Saddam, he asked me in a very infuriating way about the problem. Midway in my story he shouted at me saying I am very busy – finish your story. I said your time is supposed to be for me and others in trouble like after all you receive your salary from what we pay the government when he burst into me and shouting at his subordinates to kick ME outside which they did.
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Saddam Hussein; The End of the End, But is it? |
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Wednesday, 10 January 2007 |
Saddam Hussein died during the early hours of Saturday, December 30, 2006. The condemned ex-president arrived at the site were he would be executed, a military complex which housed during his reign the offices of the military intelligence the complex is located in a dominantly Shia district, al-Kadhimia. Saddam was wearing a black suit under a black overcoat. He has been delivered to the custody of the Iraqi authorities by the Americans few minutes earlier and was led to the execution chambers by three masked men in the presence of few authorized men. The death penalty which was delivered late November has been verified by the special appeals court on Tuesday November 26, 2006, it was final and stipulated that the execution had to be done within a month, the appeals court's decision stirred a fevered speculation as to when it would be conducted but on Friday, December 30th, the speculation reached a very high pitch and many people were claiming that it was very imminent. Saddam was hanged Saturday December 30, 2006 at 6:10 AM, Saddam had finally gone, and we were promised that his end would usher in a new beginning and the end of the torture of the country and the nightmare of its people. But...
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The Hanoudi Letter: The Second Anniversary |
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Thursday, 21 December 2006 |
During these holy and fragrant days of Christmas I beg you my friends, brothers and sisters to share with me a prayer to the mighty God to look with his boundless kindness on this tortured land and its anguished people and lift them in his merciful hands from the terrible nightmare they are enduring this Christmas. This coincides with the second anniversary of the launching of The Hanoudi Letter, which reminds me of my worries in the beginning over its usefulness and its chances of survival. Now after two years online, I am very proud of the modest success it has gained, a success which would have been impossible without your generous support and love. I am greatly indebted to you and I wish you all a merry Christmas and a very happy and a very successful and prosperous new year.
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The Bush Administration, the Iraqi Quagmire and Baker's Report |
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Monday, 04 December 2006 |
It is very lonely when you grow old, but you are also very vulnerable if you are living now in Iraq like me. I have been here for a bit more than seven moths and in spite of the dangers which are posed by this stay I feel very strongly attracted to the place, the currently unfolding events in this country are nothing but historical. I am also enjoying the modest professional help I am providing to the victims of the incredible violence which is engulfing the country. A very good American friend, a prominent radio journalist an intelligent and a very decent woman told me after the recent atrocious attack on the offices belonging to the ministry of higher education during which dozens of employees and visitors were abducted most of whom are still unaccounted for told me that my staying was senseless and provoking fate. I am still around alas I feel very lonely and vulnerable in spite what I have just said about the unfolding history and the great enjoyment provided by my professional work.
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