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here) IRAQ THE MODEL Wednesday, February 02, 2005 New techniques of the "resistance". I strongly believe that terrorists are cowards but the cowardice youre g oing to see in this story is just exceptional. The suicide attack that was performed on an election center in one of Bag hdad's districts (Baghdad Al-Jadeedah) last Sunday was performed using a kidnapped "Down Syndrome" patient. Eye witnesses said (and I'm quoting one of my colleagues; a dentist who l ives there) "the poor victim was so scared when ordered to walk to the s earching point and began to walk back to the terrorists. In response the criminals pressed the button and blew up the poor victim almost half wa y between their position and the voting center's entrance". I couldn't believe the news until I met another guy from that neighborhoo d who knows the family of the victim. The guy was reported missing 5 day s prior to elections' day and the family were distributing posters that specified his descriptions and asking anyone who finds him to contact th em. When a relative of mine (who has a mental handicap due to an Rh conflict at birth) told me a month ago that a group of men in a car tried to kidn ap him as he was standing in front of the institution he periodically vi sits to get medicine and support waiting for his brother; He said that they tried to force him into the car telling him not to be a fraid and that they're from the "mujahideen and not going to hurt him". My relative, despite his handicap was moved by his survival instinct and managed to run away. After I heard the other story, I began to connect between the two stories and to consider my cousin's story as a true one that uncovered a new mi serable war technique that can come only from the sickest minds. What a huge difference there is between those who kidnap and use the ment ally handicapped to perform their murders in cold blood and between the brave Iraqis who sacrificed their lives to protect their brethren. one s tory that is famous now in Iraq is about one brave Iraqi (A'adel Nasir) who saw a suspicious looking guy walking around a polling center in (Al- Hurriyah) district and soon the brave man realized that the suspicious guy was trying to commit a suicide attack; he ran towards him, wrestled him and knocked him down causing the bomb carried by the terrorist to ex plode, sacrificing his own life and saving the lives of the people stand ing in line at the gate of the voting center. It turned out later that t he terrorist carried a Sudanese id. Now, the school that hosted the voting center on the 30th carries the nam e of A'adel Nasir, as the Iraqi minister of education announced today. The pathetic terrorists are breaking one world record after another in co wardice and insanity and this tells how bankrupt they're getting.
What happened yesterday was an extremely significant turning point that w ill leave its marks on the future of the region. The world stood astounded at the sight of the masses that challenged deat h yesterday to plant the seed of hope in those boxes and now the enemies of the change cannot deny all that; the people have said their word cle ar and loud in their purple finger revolution. And what were the motivations of the people who have never experienced democracy before? There were so many misconceptions about Iraq and these were the reasons w hy viewers from outside as well as many Iraqis were surprised. In the pa st few months, the media have played a big role in reflecting a blurred image about the will and preparations of Iraqis to hold the elections, n ot to mention exaggerating the size of the "militant groups" and their c apabilities. The world has discovered yesterday-Iraqis are included here-many facts th at correct those misconceptions; now it's become clear the weakness of t he terror groups and their limited geographical distribution and I think that the low number of attacks we witnessed yesterday wasn't the result of the security measures alone but largely because of the limited areas these groups exist in and this rendered them capable only of launching attacks within their strongholds as the roads between provinces were blo cked. Thus I believe that yesterday's attacks have identified the places where the terrorists mainly reside. The over exaggerated estimations for the strength of terrorists have also contributed to intimidating the people but even with that, the silent m ajority moved forward led by the natural human desire for freedom and by the belief that elections can make their lives better. The people think of elections as a one day struggle that can prevent suffering on the lo ng term. The silent majority has realized that elections are good and serve the pe ople's interests; they don't know much about practicing democracy as the y never lived under one but it's the common sense of the people who see how democratic nations enjoy stability and prosperity that led them to t his conclusion. Maybe the "fatwas" from the religious leaderships contributed to this too but I don't think "fatwas" were the main reasons behind the excellent t urnout. I expect the results to reveal that many Shea't voters didn't vo te for the lists favored by the clergy. Even the list of the "united nat ional alliance" which is expected to be among the big winners wouldn't h ave gotten all this popularity among voters if it had included too many clerics as less than 10% of the candidates in this list are clerics whil e the rest are technocrats, Sunni, Kurds, Turkmen and people from other religious minorities; without this variety in the list, it would've been resting now at the tail of the choices list. What happened yesterday reminds me of the fall of Saddam and they way Ira qis expressed their delight on the 9th of April, only that yesterday's c arnival was greater, louder and more specific. I am afraid from being trapped in an ecstasy that directs our attention a way from making use of the achieved victory; this victory is represented now by the feeling of Iraqis that freedom lovers and democracy supporte rs are the majority and they're everywhere and that there exists a stron g unity among Iraqis against terror threats. Every person has realized that he's not fighting alone in this battle and that all Iraq, from the very north to the very south is sharing this vi ew even in the cities where security is a big concern, like Diyala, Mosu l, and Tikrit; The majority wasn't silent yesterday and the people's confidence now is a t its peak and we should encourage and invest this feeling now and rebui ld the bridges between us, I mean the government, the coalition and the people so that we can find the best way to exterminate the terrorists an d the criminals who we know now how few and isolated they are. The joy of victory can make us lose important positions if we allowed it to delay us from making use of the advantage we achieved over the terror ists now. What we do need now is balanced optimism and a search for new and improve d methods to deal with the remaining tasks. On the other side, all those who stood against the change will regroup ag ain and launch another campaign to criticize and lessen the significance of this revolution and they will try to find gaps in the process to sha ke the confidence and the determination of the people. I also call those who are pessimistic about the situation to make their p essimism balanced if they want to find solutions for the problems they e xpect to erupt. The reaction of the dictators and the enemies of freedom remains predicta ble; the neighboring countries and the Arabic media will try to find new weapons to use against the ongoing democratic process and these new wea pons could be even more cruel this time. We here remain assured that we've put our feet on the right track and tha t the bright future we wish for Iraq has become much closer after the 30 th of January but we all have to reevaluate our previous assumption acco rding to the new facts on the ground in order to find the best way we ca n push the process to further successes.
We would love to share what we did this morning with the whole world, we can't describe the feelings...
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