![]() Raina Nuri, a woman in Baghdad, Christian Science Monitor, 7/25/03 My father gave me the full freedom to marry whom I choose." Muwaffak al-Rubaiei, a member of the Iraqi Governing Council, Agence France Presse and Reuters, 7/25/03 Their victims and the sons of their victims, who lived for 35 years under oppression, are feeling proud and happy." "The Iraqi people have got rid of two of the biggest criminals in history. Latif Yahia, Uday's former double, after hearing of Uday's death, Agence France Presse, 7/26/03 Mohammed Tahar al-Abid Rabu, a member of the Mosul city council, Agence France Presse, 7/28/03 ![]() But you can not rebuild a city or country-a country destroyed by war-in one month." We should wait to see what the Americans will do."Īhmed Abdel-Sahib, in Najaf, The Washington Post, 7/28/03 "We're happy, we're rid of Saddam Hussein the torture and executions of 35 years are over. Omar Abdullah, a recruit for Mosul's newly formed joint security group, Associated Press, 7/29/03 They give us new training and a mutual respect." It's good to work with the American soldiers. "It's a chance to defend our country for our people. Taha Bedawi, mayor of Fallujah, The Washington Post, 7/29/03 People are starting to realize that the soldiers are not here to occupy Fallujah forever-they're here to help us rebuild." Ibrahim Abdullah, a refugee returning to Iraq, The Times (London), 7/31/03 "It is like the soul coming back to the body." Ishtar el Yassiri, editor of the new satirical Iraqi newspaper Habez Bouz, Financial Times (London), 7/31/03 The coalition doesn't interfere in our work but, of course, we have our own red lines." "We have full freedom to print anything we want. We want flowers and springtime in the texts, not rifles and tanks."ĭunia Nabel, a teacher in Baghdad, Chicago Tribune, 7/31/03 "We don't want patriotic education anymore. Ghada Jassen, a fifth grade teacher in Iraq, Chicago Tribune, 7/31/03 Saddam was there in all the books, even the math books." "We didn't believe these things, but we had to say them. Salim Kasim, one of Uday's chief mechanics, Los Angeles Times, 8/02/03 I can get up in the morning and decide whether I want to shave or not if someone in my family is sick, I can stay home with them. Jafar Adel Amr, a tool salesman in Iraq, Chicago Tribune, 8/05/03 ![]() I think our aims are just one, to eliminate persecution for anyone ever again." In the past no one would dare to just speak out. ![]() "You never knew who was sitting next to you. "Iraqis are very thirsty to learn what is happening outside of Iraq."Ībbas Darwish, owner of a Baghdad shop that sells newspapers, The New York Times, 8/05/03 Khalid Nemah, an Iraqi taxi driver, Chicago Tribune, 8/05/03 Now I can talk-to you, to people IĬould never talk to before. There is freedom here like I have not known before. "I can honestly say now that I'm proud to be an Iraqi. ![]()
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