KIYA:
>>The Bagdad population is without protection there are nearly no bunkers, they stay in their houses and hope they are not hit. Have you seen all those destructions on TV??? Liberation for death?<<
I saw interviews with Iraqi families that said they would not use the existing bunkers because of what happened in the '91 conflict when the US tageted and destroyed a civilian bunker, thinking it was a military one. so it doesn't even matter if there are enough bunkers. the interviews i have seen remind me of interviews with Londoners during the blitz in WWII. they are so used to being bombed they just go on with their regular business, and hope for the best.
>>Young Iraqi here in Germany are signing up to become Iraq soldiers, they will be merely cannon fodder<<
yup, but at least it shows they believe in the sovereignty of their country, as I am sure they are not going to "support saddam"
>>your mass media are "controlled" by the Government, reducing themselves to a megaphone for mislead patriotism - and this in a country where free press was so important.. Where is Woodward??<<
Eh, it's nowhere near complete control. They can't control the Associated Press (AP), nor many independent press organizations. I read articles from the AP and others all the time that make me question what's going on. for example, in yesterday's New York times, there was prominent article on how the CIA itself was blowing the whistle on Bush's supposed links between Iraq and terrorism:
"The forged documents were not created by the CIA or any other U.S. government agency, and CIA officials were always suspicious of the documents, American intelligence officials said. But the information still ended up being used in public by Bush."
so there ya go, still some free press here. It's not all doom and gloom, but a lot of the popular media seem to be pressured to tow the "Bush" line, for whatever reasons. It is a positive sign that even the CIA is becoming wary of Bush.
