How do the Iraqi's take to being liberated?

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Another Ambush of U.S. Forces

<snip>Other people said, quite critical of it, in fact, said, look, we think President Bush is lying. Indeed one man says that he lies just like Saddam Hussein lies. The reason they say that this is lies, is because they say President Bush said there is progress here. One man told us, look, there's no security, there's no rebuilding. We just don't see progress here, so we don't believe it.

Another issue that President Bush raised in the address was the comparing the war in Iraq now as part of the war on terrorism, and certainly, analysts here have been very critical of that.

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SUBHY HADDAD, IRAQI ANALYST: I think it's fabricated. It's created. It's being shifted into a terrorist mecca. Why? The presence of the U.S. troops, the coalition forces in Iraq, is the magnet. It's not Iraq itself. You're talking about -- OK, the terrorists are coming to Iraq, so let's hunt them down here. Is this the idea? it seems to be too naive to me. This is not, I mean, a proper thinking at all.

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ROBERTSON: So one man also followed up from that, and he told us, look, he said, if I'm in my house and President Bush invades my house and I resist that invasion, am I a terrorist? People here are saying, look, this is our country. These are occupying forces. Anyone who fights back, therefore, is not a terrorist. So that issue has really touched quite a raw nerve here -- Daryn.

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