Iraq: Killing off everyone
azzaman: Mass Killing
The scenes of murder, destruction and terror we see every day can be summarized in a daily television program under the title: "Killing off everyone".
Such a program will probably encourage publishers to issue a new book under the title: "Give up life and start with death."
In this book we will have an overview of the new philosophy of killing. That is, if you have not yet been killed by sword, you will certainly be killed by a car bomb, an explosive charge or a mortar attack.
In antiquity, Greek philosophers used to say that life is the art of training how to die.
Today, the Americans have succeeded in translating this philosophy into reality by training us on how to be ready to die round the clock.
Thus, no Iraqi man today leaves home without reciting al-Fatiha (saying his prayers) over his own soul, the souls of his family and his neighbors.
Our ancestors of the Mesopotamian era used to carry amulets around their necks as a charm against evil or injury.
Amulets are no good for us, their descendents. No amulet or talisman has the power to protect the bearer from the evils and arrogance of an American cowboy or a terrorist emir (prince).
We are today between two fires: the fire of occupation and the fire of terror.
Because the idea of death haunts us day and night, we have drastically restrained our social relations, once the pride of our society.
We spend most of our time crouching over the floor of our houses. Our houses have turned into jails and we have become both the jailers and the inmates.
Our contacts with the world outside our homes are now confined to informing the loved ones and close friends when a relative is killed. And they are too many.
We need to make sure that they attend at least the funeral and come and offer their condolences.
Killing is so rampant in Iraq that there has been a boom in funeral-related merchandize. Shops offering funeral and mourning services today vie with those selling furniture or wedding articles.
In fact killing has even turned into a trading asset in Iraq. It is indeed the only lucrative trade remaining in the country.
Killing, my friend, has become a hobby in my country like hunting, stamp collecting or bird-watching.
It spares no one. There is no way to evade death whether you were a construction worker, a teacher, a barber, a professor, a baker, a doctor, a dentist, a man, a woman, a child, or an elderly.
All this happens and the minister of interior is still there, the government is still there, and the minister of defense is still there and the U.S. troops are still there. Link
db: It's not all bad - because tomorrow is Iraqi Freedom Day
The scenes of murder, destruction and terror we see every day can be summarized in a daily television program under the title: "Killing off everyone".
Such a program will probably encourage publishers to issue a new book under the title: "Give up life and start with death."
In this book we will have an overview of the new philosophy of killing. That is, if you have not yet been killed by sword, you will certainly be killed by a car bomb, an explosive charge or a mortar attack.
In antiquity, Greek philosophers used to say that life is the art of training how to die.
Today, the Americans have succeeded in translating this philosophy into reality by training us on how to be ready to die round the clock.
Thus, no Iraqi man today leaves home without reciting al-Fatiha (saying his prayers) over his own soul, the souls of his family and his neighbors.
Our ancestors of the Mesopotamian era used to carry amulets around their necks as a charm against evil or injury.
Amulets are no good for us, their descendents. No amulet or talisman has the power to protect the bearer from the evils and arrogance of an American cowboy or a terrorist emir (prince).
We are today between two fires: the fire of occupation and the fire of terror.
Because the idea of death haunts us day and night, we have drastically restrained our social relations, once the pride of our society.
We spend most of our time crouching over the floor of our houses. Our houses have turned into jails and we have become both the jailers and the inmates.
Our contacts with the world outside our homes are now confined to informing the loved ones and close friends when a relative is killed. And they are too many.
We need to make sure that they attend at least the funeral and come and offer their condolences.
Killing is so rampant in Iraq that there has been a boom in funeral-related merchandize. Shops offering funeral and mourning services today vie with those selling furniture or wedding articles.
In fact killing has even turned into a trading asset in Iraq. It is indeed the only lucrative trade remaining in the country.
Killing, my friend, has become a hobby in my country like hunting, stamp collecting or bird-watching.
It spares no one. There is no way to evade death whether you were a construction worker, a teacher, a barber, a professor, a baker, a doctor, a dentist, a man, a woman, a child, or an elderly.
All this happens and the minister of interior is still there, the government is still there, and the minister of defense is still there and the U.S. troops are still there. Link
db: It's not all bad - because tomorrow is Iraqi Freedom Day
posted by exoplanet at 10:46 PM
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