"Democracy" in Iraq

From: "Democracy" in Iraq
by Dahr Jamail

I also wonder how people in America have yet to take the appropriate action necessary in order to force their government to impeach Bush and bring him and his regime to justice for the countless war crimes they have committed in Iraq. (...) I watched the news about the aforementioned statements by al-Dahri on Al-Jazeera with one of my close Iraqi friends here. As we watched the large funeral procession with the body of the murdered cleric while al-Dahri made his ferocious statements, I watched her head drop into her hands as she said softly, "This is so horrible what has happened to my country since the Americans came." And she couldn't be more correct. For the Bush Administration is guilty under international law for the catastrophe Iraq has become. Under international law it is the primary responsibility of the occupier to safeguard the citizens of the country they occupy. For the Bush Administration, that means over 100,000 dead Iraqis and counting. Other news most likely ommitted by most corporate television outlets in the US today? In Baquba a car bomb detonated near a police convoy which injured 18 people, most of them policemen. In Kirkuk 7 bodies of Iraqis who worked for a security company were found. In Baghdad a roadside bomb aimed at a US convoy injured 7 Iraqis. A Transport Ministry driver was shot dead in Sadr City. In Beji 2 Iraqi police were killed by a car bomb. In Mosul mortar attacks killed 2 Iraqis and injured 7 school kids. So that's nearly 500 dead Iraqis in a little over two weeks to add to the list of crimes for the Bush Administration, which grows longer with each passing day.

"Democracy" in Iraq
by Dahr Jamail