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Stories from Iraq

Postby Ian on Mon Jun 10, 2013 7:36 pm

Long but good read: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21703819

Jurgen Todenhofer, who poured so much of his time and money into trying to make a difference after the war, says on reflection: "There is no possibility to be successful after such a war. [Former UN Secretary General] Kofi Annan was right when he said everything is worse."

He reserves his harshest words for the political architects of the intervention, George W Bush and Tony Blair.

"They have a wonderful life now," he says. "Bush is a painter, he's writing a book and Blair is the peace envoy for the Middle East. And then you see Marwa. For her it will never be over. You cannot give a leg back to a little girl. She will never have a husband, she will never have a family of her own. That's a crime."
Ian

 

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