Roads to Iraq

Today 11 September 2008 is exactly the day 2000 since the U.S. occupied Iraq under the name “liberating Iraq”. Thanks to Al-Akhbar article as a reminder of achievements of this “liberation”:

In 2000 days, about 1 million Iraqis killed and 4 million displaced which is the biggest exodus largest since the Palestinian refugee crisis in 1948. As for the American side there are 4155 dead soldiers and 30324 injured, add to this 176 dead Brits and 138 dead from other nationalities.

The costs of the occupation exceeded 1 trillion dollar, most of it is paid by the American taxpayer.

The facts indicate that the U.S. invasion of Iraq destroyed the infrastructure of the country, putting it in a civil war because of the wrong management of the American governor Paul Bremer, who based his decisions on sectarian divisions.

Since 2003 the American occupation forces did not establish a single power plant, claiming unstable security situation, and that includes the southern provinces, as well as Kurdistan, which are relatively stable.

The same goes on the oil refineries, for the first time in the history of Iraq imports oil in billions of dollars annually while the country lies on the second oil reserves.

As for the unemployment, the rate reached the highest levels and exceeded the 40% most of them are colleges and institutes graduates, who were in the past to ensure themselves a place in government departments and institutions.