Iraqis will not be pawns in Bush and Blair's war game

There was an excellent piece by an Iraqi exile, Kamil Mahdi, in The Guardian, on the 20th February. It has interesting information about Iraqi history. In talking about various challenges to the system he says: Of course Saddam Hussain crushed all these challenges, but in every case the regional and international environment has supported the dictator against the people of Iraq. It is cynical and deceitful of Tony Blair to pretend that he understands Iraqi politics and has a meaningful programme for the country. Iraq's history is one of popular struggle and also of imperial greed, superpower rivalries and regional conflict. To reduce the whole of Iraqi politics and social life to the whims of Saddam Hussain is banal and insulting. To read more see http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,899030,00.html

Start Date: 2003-02-25 19:00:00-05

End Date: 2003-03-27 19:00:00-05

Created By: Orla Ni Chomhrai