Iraq scene
With sinking hearts we are watching the situation in Iraq. It is so appalling that words are failing me to describe my anguish. The historic country has turned into a heap of ruins and a huge number of Iraqis are dying. They are embroiled in a civil war; it has come to this stage due to the maneuvering of the United States. It is hovering overhead like a vulture.
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan took quite a long time to declare that the invasion of Iraq was 'illegal'. It is not clear why the Security Council could not stop the war. Is it a toothless tiger? We do not understand why the Iraqis are referred to as 'terrorists'. Has the meaning of 'terrorist' changed?
They should be called freedom fighters who are defending their country from the hands of the intruders, who had invaded it in the name of introducing democracy. We are praying to the Almighty Allah so that Iraq finds peace.
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