The Horrors of War and Terrorism

I have been away for a very long time, my great and deep apologies to all who read my blog, and to those who have e-mailed me. I have done a great dishonor by not keeping up with e-mails. In my culture, it is looked at very badly if one does not return the warmth that one is given by a stranger, friend, or any other human being. Please do forgive me.

In my time away, Iraq has seen daily bombings on the scale of what happened in London two weeks ago. I am very sad to see what happened in London, but for me, it is nothing new, those of us in Iraq have become used to tens of people dying on a daily basis, it is sickening, as I think we have become used to it, almost as if we are losing our humanity in the midst of so much death, pain and agony. The bombings in London are important though beacause they show that my religion is being molested by evil forces who use religion for their own agenda. The same fanatical mindset that causes so called "mujahideen", which means holy warriors, but which are in reality nothing of the sort, to blow up Iraqi children, this mindset has clearly spread to the rest of the world, even in the Unitd Kingdom.

I was distressed to learn that the bombers in the UK were born there, but I am no longer surprised. The tentacles of bin Laden and his brothers are very long, and the entire world must do what it takes to not only cut them off, but to destroy the center of the growth. It is like a tumor, one branch is cut off, yet others keep growing. Despite all the sucesses of the US in killing and catching terrorists, terrorism continues, and it has only gotten worse and worse here in Iraq. We never had public death on this scale in the days of Saddam. Strange that there can be some good comparison to his regime.

But don't think I am sympathizing with him, no, he should be killed tommorow. His trial is only going to foster more attacks on Iraqis, and one way to show his demons that Iraqis will not fall to them is to nip their inspiration at the root, and kill Saddam. Sure, attacks will go on, but we will have sent an important message to his sympathisers, and to those who think that terrorism can work. It cannot. People only get sick of violence, and they themselves react in order to bring peace to their community. Every man on earth is looking for a peaceful place to live, and this cancer is depriving us of it.

Either men do something, or we get used to it. I have hope that Iraqis will do something, and there are always good signs demonstrating this, but I also see the sickness of getting sick falling over my people, even over myself. None of you, my dear readers, have seen the horrors of what war and terrorism bring. I have seen it all. The first time was in the opening days of the American invasion when I saw victims of errant American bombs, they were no longer people, they were nothing more than clumps of human muscle, fat, and so on. Faces no longer existed, it is for this reason that such things are even more heart-breaking for the family.

Imagine your loved one dying, and you having to see them in their end, no longer looking like the beautiful human that they once were.

Do you know what a person looks like who has been subject to war? I hope not, it is disgusting. The worst image that is burnt into my memory is that of a young man, I believe he was a victim of a road-side bomb, and his head was there, but his face was no more. It looked like his head had vomited out his insides. God help the dead, and God help us cure the insanity that is gripping our nation and the world.