I'd be proud to help this terrified and confused individual. Since the US is already blamed for everything beginning with Original Sin, sending in the US military force could only help the situation.

Anarchy is what reigns in Iqaq. Sectarian bloodletting and corruption with no end in sight.
The Iraqis are nowhere near ready for democracy.
Killing for God is the creed of these madmen.
The ones who control Iraq are bought and sold by American tax dollars.
America is being held hostage again by our fraudulent goverment.
Our govenment lies everyday about the state of reality in Iraq.
It is hopelessly corrupt and a blackhole of moral corruption of the part of the Bush administration and those puppets who stealing US taxpayer dollars to funnel into their private bank accounts with no thought whatsoever to "Democracy".

I feel sorry for your situation in your country. But the people of your country are responsible for it becoming this dangerous. It is shameful that another country has to come in and try to help regain some sense of order only to be the victims of your hate and discontent at anyone that isn't of your religion. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

A fascinating glimpse of what life must be like for Iraqis trying to live a normal life under anything but normal conditions.

Why is it that Muslim countries preach peace but then so blatanly have no respect for human life? Arent the Iraq people tired of this? Why are they allowing the continued bombing of their own people? Don't say they can't do anything about it either. The ordinary citizen must show strength against the terrorists and stop fighting among themselves.

How can a country have right to enter another countrty and try to set things right? Ofcourse Iraqui's have a right to hate and show discontent.

Before the U.S. invasion, ordinary Iraqis didn't have to live in continual fear of being shot or blown up outside their homes. As long as they didn't dare to oppose the Baathist regime, they were relatively safe. Today, they don't even have that. Is it any wonder that polls show they overwhelmingly want us out?

Keep helping to get the story out. You guys are key to keeping international community informed about the real situation on the ground. Stay safe its hard to know who the authorities are.

All the more reason I am grateful to live in America in an area where this does not happen -Yet! We hope and pray you will have a country like ours someday. Keep believing that can happen. Our country had great struggles within in the beginning too.

I believe if the average Joe/Mary citizen in Iraq would get their heads out of the sand and be a little more observant and report unfamiliar happenings or faces moving in next door, then a lot of these midnight IUD burials and killings would not take place. Nobody wants to get envolved with the reconstruction effort of their own country. And all the people here in the US of A that have blocked out the happenings of 9/11 need to wake up and get this "we are in it for the oil" mantality out of their brains and start smelling the Real roses.

Our country had a rough beginning and still are striving to be the best it can be, so how can some of us expect your country to be perfect in less time? I trust that your local citizens will report suspecious activities to the proper government officials, much like a neighborhood watch -- more involvement is needed to turn the tide and make Iraq the nation it can be. There is so much good that can come out of this for all of the citizens of Iraq. Putting stupid politics on the side, America will help you, as the French helped us in our original stuggles to be free!

Being an American I can't imagine what life for the average Iraqi citizen must be like. I wish there was more information regarding daily life in Iraq. If we could see beyond the vaneer fashioned by the Bush administration, we likely could understand the situation in Iraq more clearly. If anyone of any infuence in any media outlet would send back real video of a day in the life of just one innocent Iraqi family, I think more Americans could and would express their true feelings about our occupation of this small country. I agree with others that before the invasion, people at least were safer and the infrastructure was more intact. I have always believed that this war was a personal war between the Father and Son Bush, and Saddam Hussien. So now 2500 Americans dead, who knows how many innocent Iraqis, $500 billion dollars of OUR money gone, a completely ruined reputation around the world. In addition, blatant disregard for the constitution on the part of the Bush administration, increased spying on Americans having NOTHING to do with terrorisim, sneak and peak invasions of peoples homes without warrants, illegal wire tapping etc. All of this beacuse of Bush's strange left turn from finding Bin Laden, to war in Iraq. His early statements like, "He tried to kill my Dad" indicate so clearly that responsibility for this entire mess lies squarely on George W. Bush's shoulders. Thank you for the opportunity to speak out. (if that's still allowed in our slowly developing Facist state) Don't be surpised if later, when you are stopped by a cop if he asks: "Do you have your papers." not: "may I see your drivers license." Facism comes in many forms, not just black boots and swastikas, it may also appear with an American flag on it's lapel, and folksy way of talking.

If every loyal citizen in Iraq would decide to clean this mess up once and for all, they could do it in one day because the terrorists would have no where to hide. There is plenty of help in the local areas to clean up/follow up what these loyal citzens start.

Very logical observation, "this land is not our home anymore". Given the American invasion went from WMD to freeing Iraqi people from Saddam's brutality, Americans want to believe lives lost are for the greater good....sad part is most only hear about the American lives lost, not the tens of thousands of Iraqi citizens killed and injured. Those who support this war see it as a benefit to Iraq and America, and are not willing to see and understand
what you see everyday.

I send my love and respect to brave Iraqis who live and hope and work for freedom and law and for the new Iraqi government of Mr. Maliki. Thank God we also have brave and wise and good Americans who are willing to extend the hand of comradship in the struggle against this unspeakable darkness which attacks Iraq today. When we have defeated it together I pray our two nations' friendship will be deep and eternal. In the meantime, thank God for decent, righteous, folk who stand for what is right at any cost, a type of person of which I perceive Iraq has many.

I'm very glad you're alright. It must have been a very terrifying experience. I tremendously admire work by journalists such as yourself, Dar Jahmal, John Pilger and others who do not hole up in fancy hotels or are 'embeddeed' in the relative safety of military units.

I thought I'd pass along to you an article I read recently about the level of war coverage and how it has degenerated especially during the Iraqi war..Here is the link http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13492.htm
Please don't think the ignorant comments here about Iraqis and our 'helping' your people through a military occupation reflect the feelings of most Americans. Someday we will have a serious debate in this country about our foreign policy and all the lives that have been ruined, lost or shattered through our military adventurism...Most of us here know George Bush is an imbecile and its the greedy elite in this country who make wars for profit (such as dick Chaney and the windfall profits he has reaped through Halliburton.) I wish you the best. Stay safe..Someday I hope we will learn to all live in peace and respect one another..A vision of just how we might go about this is at www.planetization.com....All the best to you....

I'm with Jeremy, and am ashamed that a fellow Illinoisan seems to be blaming you and all other ordinary Iraqis for all the bad things going on in Iraq when it's actually various relatively small groups fighting for power for whatever reason who are behind the violence.

I'm sure the average Iraqi wants Iraq to be a place where he or she can live with his/her family in peace and couldn't care less about religion or whatever the terrorists, militias, etc are fighting about, so we shouldn't be blaming the victims. Instead, we should show compassion and support for Iraq and her people and hope that they will soon be able to live in peace.

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I feel for you, yours is a country in pain from a tryant, and now this insurgency. As a nation, America can't expect you to have a stable government overnight, it took us quite a while and we're still trying to improve. We had Franch to help us in the beginning, you have America to help you. Regardless of one's Faith, my prayers are with you towards a Free Iraq where everyone can enjoy the fruits of freedom. Viva Iraq!

Thank you for this glimpse of reality. I hope that you and your fellow Iraqi citizens understand that NOT EVERYONE in America supports or condones the actions of the Bush administration in occupying your country. It is despicable that your families' and our soldiers' lives are shattered every day in this misguided attempt to control your homeland. Peace.

The violence in your country, and some of your neighbors, is horrific and unbelievable. I feel sorry for all of the "normal" citizens born into the mess...it doesn't seem fair. But the reality is that your leaders have been letting this happen for decades, and the people have accepted it as a normal way of life, probably in fear. What is happening today with the US over there cannot possibly make it worse, when it was already at rock-bottom. Things can only get better, making your countries a more peaceful, livable place. It is obviously not at that point now, but this is the goal and intention. For those that think your country was better left alone -they are the ones with their heads in the sand. Decades of killing, torture and hatred have led to a hotbed of terrorism, which now affects the whole world - THAT cannot be ignored.

If we did not enter your country and try to right things, then there would be no law and order in your counrty, and Saddam would try to take over the world. Well worth the fight I think.

Gee, we got zarquawi, why haven't things gotten better? Remember when we killed Saddam's sons, and then tastelessly posted pictures of the dead, mutilated bodies? That will show them, they said, things will get better. The 'we got him', got Saddam, and surely that would bring peace. Then three elections, bought and paid for by the U.S., and that didn't fix it. Good week in Iraq my ass, more like three bad years in Iraq, and no end in sight. To go to the other side of the world and try to impose a government on a foreign culture that already disliked us is the height of stupidity and arrogance. Bush broke iraq, and it will bankrupt us trying to fix it...

I sometimes wonder how it would be like to be on the other side of the war. I served a year in Iraq, and wondered what happens when the soldiers leave the area. I only wish I could have done more while I was there to secure the Iraqis' right to be free.

Stay strong! I have been in countries where anarchy was the rule. I hope the US intervention in Iraq will result in stability and peace and democracy for the Iraqi people. Finding a way to support the forces that want to move towards democracy and freedom may be difficult but is the necessary next step for all Iraqis. I believe that most Americans support efforts to see Iraq become a free, democratic nation. We are having trouble with our military intervention there, though. The blood shed, the instability that still persists in so many parts of Iraq and the insurgency that seems to be suppported by some Iraqis are the most troubling aspects for me.
Stay strong, keep the faith as Islam is a religion of peace and we are with you as we are "of the book" and support peace.

l believe the people of lraq want peace and stability. We are rebuilding their infrastructure and training their security forces along with police and lraqi military. Once our think tanks feel their people are up to par and can take control of their country, then and only then will our military start to pull out of lraq. We still must have patience and give demoncracy a chance to be set in place.