“The day of your liberation is near,” Bush said three years ago

"The day was Monday the 17th, time was 10 p.m., but the year was 2003. Sitting close to the radio, I was listening to the news on the BBC. Silence filled the room. My mother and sister were like me, concentrating on every word. Most of the news was about the coming war, later called “Operation Iraqi Freedom”.

“Bush had declared to the Iraqi people ‘the day of your liberation is near.’”, the BBC anchor said quoting George Bush’s words to the Iraqi people three days before the war. A moment of silence and a sigh followed. “It is going to happen. There is no way out,” I told my anxious mother.

For us, war means a lot. Destruction, killings, more suffering and sorrow. The war with Iran, Gulf war and its aftermath uprsing caused a lot of pain and a negative image of the west and east inside Iraqis’ hearts."
Baghdad Treasure