Last of the Iraqis - 6 - Struggle of Powers

I think this is a very crucial time and will decide many things. And from another aspect the Kurdistan Issue, I can't believe my eyes when I see the news and what they are saying in it, Turkey wants to use the army and enter Kurdistan borders, the Kurds are shaking and they are asking for help!!!

They want the Iraqi government to do something, the demonstrations are asking for that too while none of them is carrying an Iraqi flag!!!

They carry the Kurdistan flag only, no Iraqi civilian can enter Kurdistan without something like a visa and they have residency laws for the Iraqis, they consider there selves another country and depending on that they behave, why do they want the Iraqi government to do something ? Aren't they another country with a flag and a complete government?

If they can't manage things by them selves and they want the rest of Iraq to be with them, they should carry and use the Iraqi flag with their flag, at least they shouldn't put the ones who carries or wears the Iraqi flag behind bars!!!The Iraqi flag is forbidden in the north!!
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Last of the Iraqis - 5 - Art of Death in Mesopotaniam

I think many have heard about the methods used for torturing prisoners or politic prisoners to take confessions from them, we heard about the Russian who was poisoned with Uranium , or what happened in Abu-Ghraib, but I don't think that many people know what the militias and AQ does to Iraqis not to take confessions from them or force them to do anything, but just to kill them and enjoy their death and cause the maximum grief and suffer to their parents and beloved, or maybe terrorizing the people even more and make the people wish that they die by a bullet or an explosion, it's a blessing now if an Iraqi dies by a bullet or an explosion. Even death in Iraq isn't like anywhere else, those militias and AQ seems to enjoy killing and I think they look at it as an art or something, the more weird and savage the way they kill people in , the more creative they look at it , because as I said they look at it as an art!
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Last of the Iraqis - 4 - The Black Heart

About 1,000,000 deaths and 1,500,000 Injured Iraqi civilians since the beginning of the war in 2003, an estimation of 4,000,000 Iraqis have been displaced with 2,200,000 fled out of the country and the rest are refugees inside their own torn country (I believe the real number of Iraqis outside Iraq is greater than this).
Great numbers, right? a lot of zeros, a lot of grief and sadness, a lot of humiliation, a lot of black clothes, rivers of tears and many shocking stories, it's not just numbers. Just count all the people you knew throughout your life, not only the ones you talk to, but all the people you know, what their count will be? 500 or may be 1000? let's say 1000. Can you imagine that all the people you know are only 0.1% of the civilian casualties in Iraq.

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Last of the Iraqis - 3 - The Jail

As the date of My wedding anniversary becomes closer, I decided to make a surprise trip for both of us, me and my wife, to celebrate our anniversary for 3 weeks in Jordan. I wanted us to relax, live a normal life for a while, see our parents and have some fun and because I wanted it to be a surprise, I didn't mention it because my wife (of course) reads my blog. Anyway, I started to arrange the requirements of the trip, I needed to book tickets, and take a sick leave, because it's the only type of leaves that I can have, and I have to go to Al-Sadir hospital (formerly known as Al-Qadesia hospital) which is in Al-Sadir city (formerly known as Al-Thaora "the revolution" or Saddam city)! I don't know why they force any one who wants to take a leave to take it from there! I know there is a thin line between Braveness and stupidity, but this is a necessity to me and I have to go and that's what I did, Al-Sadir City is somewhere that not only Sunni are afraid to go but even most of the Shiite who doesn't live there, like my friend who is Shiite and whom I asked to accompany me there and was terribly afraid to do so, I know Al-Sadir city is the stronghold of Al-Mahdi army, but people thinks that it's the grave of anyone who dares to go there of course except the people who lives there, anyway I decided to go, I decided to take the risk to have some peace later. I wear raged clothes, and didn't shave that day so I will not bring attention.....

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Last of the Iraqis 2

'Me and my wife were staying up late watching movies few days ago , I wanted to make us some tea, I went to the kitchen and I was filling the kettle from the tap water, and I don't know why I felt uncomfortable with the water, I decided to fill a glass cup so I can see the water'.
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