Inside Iraq
Jason Kuznicki on Jun 8th 2007
Horrifying and yet poetic. I quote in its entirety:
When I was far from Iraq in 2004, my boss said to me,”Now that we know how bad Saddam was; the mass graves … etc. I must ask you - who were the people we used to see on TV - hundreds of thousands of them - clapping and shouting joyfully in his support? Who were they and where are they now??
Abu Aden was a dangerous man.
He was affiliated in some way to Saddam’s Intelligence Agency, went the rumors.
His eyes shifty - his voice loud - his demeanor mean.
He granted himself discounts on his rent, and woe to the landlord who dared question this. He took up pavement space for his own convenience.
No-one dared challenge him whether right - or wrong. He was Saddam’s man. Those who did, disappeared.
. . . .
Abu Aden is a dangerous man. Shifty and loud, but his Mehdi faith is his life’s blood.
He is strong in his faith. So strong he gives himself discounts on his rent without fear of being brought to account. The Lord God would never think to task him as to such a worldly affair, I’m sure. Neither would He look very favourably upon any who cross him in any way.Those who do, disappear.
No-one can task him as to anything he does… he is too strong … in his faith.
Abu Aden is a Mehdi man.
Abu Sajjad is a Bedr man.
Abu Osama is an Islamic Army man.
Abu Asaad is a Tawheed wal-Jihad man.
In Iraq, today; idols are proliferating. So are their followers.
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