Prison Uprisings

4 Iraqi detainees killed, 6 injured

U.S. guards opened fire Monday on prisoners during a n uprising at the main detention facility for security detainees, killing four of them, the U.S. command said. Six other prisoners were injured.

The uprising broke out shortly after noon at the Camp Bucca internment facility near Umm Qasr in southern Iraqi government of Basrah after a routine search for contraband in one of the camp's 10 compounds, the command said in a statement.

"The riot quickly spread to three additional compounds, with detainees throwing rocks and fashioning weapons from materials inside their living areas."

"After about 45 minutes of escalating danger, lethal force was used to quell the violence," the statement added.

The statement said the uprising "resulted from both the use of force to control the situation and from violence by other detainees within the camp during the riot."

wait wait.
don't have any bad ideas about freedom or democracy, "The cause of the riot and use of lethal force is currently under investigation by the chain of command and the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigations Division, which is standard procedure whenever a detainee death occurs," the statement added.

Maybe they were just celebrating the historical elections.
Maybe they were crying out of joy and freedom..
Maybe they were happy because of the new bush statue in Baghdad...

An Open Letter to the Australian People

Please know that Iraqis in general have feelings of respect towards Australia, and i have so many Iraqi friends and relatives living in Australia, and loving it. My dad visited Australia last year, and he had a very positive image about the country.

You must know that I have never met a single Iraqi with feelings of hate or aggression towards the Australian people, and all of the recent incidents of attacks against the Australian occupation forces in Iraq are starting a black page in the history of relationship between our countries. Most of us wish that these incidents didn't happen, most of us wish the Australian forces didn't take a part of this occupation, and most of us wish that the relations between our cultures didn't start by these violent incidents. The following picture was taken after a suicide car bombing against the barracks housing Australian troops in Baghdad ten days ago, the Australian troops are being targeted because they are taking a part of the occupation.



I met many Australian soldiers in Baghdad, I used to go swimming at the Al-Hamra hotel near the Australian embassy there. All the soldiers I met were super friendly and nice. Yet, whether they were nice or not, they are a part of the occupation forces, and they are taking a part of this mass murder occurring in Iraq.

Yesterday, the first Australian soldier was killed in Iraq. I want to send my condolences to his family and friends, and I hope they know that the occupation governments are the real killer of their son, and our sons. I would like to ask you to put more pressure on your government to pull out your military Forces from Iraq. Let the bush administration handle and solve the problem with the Iraqi people. It is their responsibility. Don't give the bush administration a fake international cover to justify their war against Iraq. The presence of your military groups in Iraq is just political; it is just for supporting the US administration's misguided foreign policy. Supporting the racist "war for the U.S. Empire" is the last thing anyone wants to do.

Please don't let your sons and daughters in the military die in Iraq, please don’t let your civilian sons and daughters be killed in Iraq, please don't start a terrible history of violence and hate between your people and our people by letting your government take a part of this new mass-murder.

"The Worst Casualties So Far"

How many times did we hear this statement in the last couple of months?
when the Iraqi explosive attacker blow himself in the tent of Mosul and killed some dozens of US soldiers, when the US helicopter was shot down western to Fallujah and some more dozens of US marines were killed, and now with the british C130 shot down in the north of Baghdad with unspecified number of occupation forces killed.

This video shows Iraqi national resistance firing some anti-aircraft-missiles, and the C130 exploding in the air. The attack killed another Australian Soldier, the first Australian soldier to be killed in Iraq.

It is the "worst casualties so far" for the Australian government too, I guess.

I wish the occupation forces would leave Iraq as soon as possible, and I wish this blood bath would stop soon too. I wish the bush adminstration will try to fix the mistakes they did in Iraq. I am sure little bush can't bring back the thousands of Iraqis and US soldiers killed though.

Rumors, Romance, and Super Stars

I remember the "elections" that used to happen in the time of the Iraqi national dictator government, people were going in millions at those times too. Pre-elections rumors used to terrify people as much as the pre-elections rumors are terrifying Iraqis now. They used to tell us that anyone who doesn't go to vote will be punished, and that the voting ballots have secret numbers that the governmnet can read and discover who said NO. People believed those things at that time, and those rumors were an important reason why Iraqis went in millions to say YES to their national dictator. I am sure that some people went to vote because they believe in voting, or for other reasons. Yet, I am sure that people were not "crying out of joy" after they voted.

This should be a new quote from the 21st century, a similar quote to that of Marie Antoinette.

allow(ie): SIR, tens of thousands of people are dying, the rest have no water or electricity, and there is a lack of oil products. Life is tragic, and millions are leaving the country...
little bush: let them eat elections.

If bush, allow(ie), and the other monkeys want to jump and party for their fake victories, let them think more about the next step where no one will be celebrating.

I really feel surprised about the way the elections are being romanticized, as if Iraqis are another kind of creatures who don't give a damn for all the tragedies in their lives, and just care about voting. As if Iraqis are one-track programmed machines that the bush administration created to vote, vote, vote, and cry out of joy.

If anyone thinks that the current elections are fundamentally different from the ones that used to happen before the war, you are wrong. Maybe at that time Iraqis had one fake option, and now they have 100 fake options.

The current elections will open the doors of hell. They'll open the doors for internal conflicts, and they'll increase the attacks on the occupation forces, when everyone sees how the bush administration has no intention of pulling out from Iraq and paying compensation for the illegal war they started.

I really wish that Iraq will have the chance to hold real and sovereign elections one day.

as I said some days ago, Iraq needs a road map, a pre-elections road map before holding real elections. Elections are not papers with names thrown into boxes, they need a massive scale developed infra-structure and social capacity. Iraq needs a plan with a vision for ending the current crisis. The elections that happened yesterday will make the situation more complicated, and will make the possibility of holding real elections in the future more difficult. Iraq needs three major things before holding any elections :

One: ending the foreign military and political presence, an end for the occupation.
Two: fixing the destruction that occurred because of the illegal war, and paying compensation.
Three: Stoping the internal cycle of violence.

After these three points are made, we can talk about real constructive elections.

* Three-Point-Plan, yet much of hard work. I really think the first step to start in this plan is to confess that the Iraq war was illegal. A public apology and confession on the part of the occupiers will be the real turning point. Putting a schedule for pulling out the occupying forces should be announced as soon as possible, and groups of international forces can fill the security gap for the next couple of years with a clear schedule about the exact time of them pulling out of Iraq too.

* Compensation should be paid to Iraqis as individuals (ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars), the same case that happened with Kuwaitis after the illegal Iraqi invasion of 1990, and other compensation should be paid to Iraq as a country (some hundreds of billions of dollars), the same case that is happening with Iraq paying compensation because of the illegal acts of its government.

* The internal cycle of violence will decrease gradually with the withdrawal of the occupying forces and the enhancement of the economical situation. Iraqis can solve their problems by themselves; they don’t need a foreign occupation to help them.

The Super Stars of the Day

today, i have two super stars.

First, a smart reader from the US that sent me an email saying:
"Compensation, I am all for the idea as a US citizen if you count the 105 billion we have already spent and the next request for another 80 billion just made by bush. Not to count the loss of american contrators that a there to help you rebuild."
BTW, i sent him my regards, I am really thankful for all the money that little bush spent for destroying my country and killing my relatives. I will sent some more flowers to his address later.

Second, a real Iraqi hero. The new mayor of Baghdad, Ali Fadel, would like to erect a statue in the city to honor little bushy!
isn't this gorgeous?
Now... this is a real thing that makes me cry out of joy