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Octubre 12, 2005
Voces de Bagdad
The Guardian da la palabra a varios habitantes de Bagdad. Sus testimonios demuestran que la falta de seguridad es la mayor de sus preocupaciones. No temen sólo a los coches bomba o a los terroristas suicidas. La policía ha recuperado una costumbre habitual en los países en situación económica desesperada, la de extorsionar a los ciudadanos.
Tariq Mustafa, 54 años, propietario de una imprenta.
My biggest fear is the car bombs. They can go off at any time. There have been nine big blasts near my shop since the war. The last one blew in all our windows and collapsed part of the roof. (...) The security has improved in the past few months but my family still feels trapped at home.
Wisam Wadi'he, 40 años, propietario de una tienda de bebidas alcóholicas:
Most of the alcohol shops in Baghdad have closed. It has become too dangerous, we are targets for everybody. I am the last one open in my neighbourhood. (...) The biggest problem is extortion. Men in police and army uniforms come in all the time - eight times this year I think - looking for money.
Sarmad Riyadh, 35 años, dueño de una tienda de antigüedades:
If the Americans left tomorrow I would close my shop immediately. No one wants his country to be occupied but in Iraq we have no security. We have a government of ghosts, no one is in charge. You see the police around the city but when they come here they just ask for money.
Um Mawj, 40 años, ama de casa:
My nephew was kidnapped, my friends' children were kidnapped. They all paid ransoms. When I dropped my children to school I'd wait outside until they finished and take them straight home. My daughter's exam was cancelled because of a bomb alert.
Yanar Muhammad, 44 años, militante por los derechos de la mujer:
We are facing a religious ideology that oppresses women domestically and politically. Iraq is a worse place for women than it was under Saddam. The streets are not as safe. Politicians are going back in time and trying to force us all to wear the veil. Things have improved a bit. In 2003 you did not see a women on the streets without a veil. Now there are a few.
Posted by Iñigo at Octubre 12, 2005 05:09 PM
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Si, parece que no, pero es tierra de nadie y la ley que impera es la de la selva, por paradojico que paresca estando en el desierto.
Saludos
El Enigma
Nox atra cava circumvolat umbra
Posted by: El Enigma at Octubre 12, 2005 05:34 PM
El tema es...¿que hacemos?
¿Nos marchamos de Irak y que se las apañanen ellos, o aguantamos y seguimos dandoles razones para mas y mas fanatismos?
Complicado veo el asunto.
Posted by: Anonymous at Octubre 12, 2005 07:12 PM