Hans Rustad Opprørerne i Irak sprenger alt i lufta som kan forbindes med gjenreisning, og dreper alle som har den minste forbindelse til amerikanerne eller Allawis regjering. De viser en kaldblodighet og råskap som Saddam var en sann læremester i. Det hviler nå en atmosfære av frykt over deler av Irak.
Det er hjerteskjærende å lese reportasjen fra landsbyen Abu Ghraib utenfor Bagdad.
«They are very effective at intimidation,» a local Iraqi politician said in an interview at a secure U.S. military civil affairs center, speaking on condition of anonymity because he, his family and his colleagues have been told they would be killed if he cooperated with reconstruction efforts. «This is their new strategy. Whatever we build, they are going to destroy. If a project is under the aid of the Americans, they are going to destroy it. The terrorists don’t want Iraq to be under control, they don’t want the people of Iraq to be at peace.»
De unge opprørne er Saddams sanne barn. Han lærte dem opp til absolutt ufølsomhet for folks lidelser. Dessverre tror jeg en ikke ubetydelig del av ungdommen lar seg besnære av dette ufølsomme macho-kompaniskap preget av handling og utdeling av død.
«They want to demonstrate that the government is not successful, and they want to create a climate of fear,» said Army Col. Mark A. Milley, whose 2nd Brigade of the 10th Mountain Division is pouring millions of dollars into rebuilding Iraq’s infrastructure. «These are very serious people out there. There is no enemy as coldblooded and vicious as this enemy.»
In recent weeks, insurgents have killed five members of the town council and have kidnapped two others. One of the hostages, a woman, is presumed dead. The other might have been beheaded, authorities suspect, based on telephone calls to her family. Eight members of an Iraqi National Guard post in the region have been killed in the past seven months, including one who was recently beheaded and another who was shot twice in the left eye as he left work this week. They were killed after receiving red form letters from extremists calling themselves the Company of Death. The battalion commander said he has had his life threatened 34 times, including six assassination attempts in the past 10 days.
Denne volden etterlater noen spørsmål til de her hjemme som mener USA er problemet, ikke løsningen (K. Halvorsen). Mener de at irakerne skal overlates til disse lystmorderne?
