A Family in Baghdad:

Thursday 5/6

Good morning….
Baghdad is quite. There was less traffic since the publishing of the torture photos from Abu Gharib. It feels like the whole city sank into sadness and disbelief. People used to talk about such incidents but as they had no proof, it was nothing but gossip. Then the pictures were published and it turned into a fact.

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I want to stop for a moment at the incident of killing 4 Americans at Falluja. Now we know that they weren't civilian contractors. They were working for a private security firm; a firm that trains men to perform assassinations and engage in fighting and similar actions. I remember now a comment made by my neighbor that I didn't believe at the time. Now it surfaces into my brain again. After the Falluja incident I called her and we talked about different things. She works for the ministry of health and I know that those working at government offices know some secrets the regular citizen finds about much later. I told her how amazed I was and that I refuse such acts of killing and burning people in the streets. She said: Don't be amazed Um-Raed, they were involved in torturing and mistreating Iraqis in prisons.

I said: what prisons?

She said: You didn't hear about it?

I told her I didn't and then changed the subject because I didn't believe her.

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