'We live in a nightmare. Death and carnage is everywhere' Ali, Baghdad resident

[go west young man]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/20/iraq1

"Immediately after the war, I had a strong feeling of optimism. I was sure the Saddam era wouldn't come back, we had money and were spending all the money.

"But then the conspiracy theories started. I began hearing my brothers and friends say the Americans were here only for the oil, and after that I would go to bed and lie awake thinking how much oil they were stealing from me. Now I don't care if they steal the money, I am so tired."

"I ask myself why life in Iraq is so cheap. We are living in a nightmare. It is like there is a camera recording us and by its light we see images of death and carnage everywhere. The Iraqi have good hearts, but we are living in a state of hysteria."

[Magleetis]

1. Human life

means nothing to shrub. He has sacrificed nothing.