With work and a little lethargy these days as well as some planning for the future, haven't done much news and world affairs reading.
However I did have a chance to talk a little with a Toronto college teacher Mr. I. Khadduri who's a former head of the nuclear weapons program of Iraq but NOT a Saddam supporter, a staunch patriot and strongly outspoken against the actions and motives of GWBush and his administration. He's got a blog abutamam.blogspot.com where he writes his opinions, in both english and arabic, of events and news as well as links to articles of his homeland. He's been interviewed by various news outlets and even mentioned briefly in the esteemed activist and thinker Noam Chomsky's book Hegemony or survival.
For years he's been speaking out against America's policies regarding Iraq, especially during the beginning of the invasion in 2003 (when he was featured on the front page of the Toronto Star).
His opinions on the US occupation in Iraq bear much consideration as they give insight into the rage and bitterness felt by ordinary Iraqis against the Americans which obviously he shares.

The very recent national election held on Sunday heralded a new age in Iraq. However whether it's for the better or the worse is still undetermined. It's good to see people happy and proud, brave and excited on their country's future, please don't consider this election an overwhelming success yet. Regardless of the continued optimistic coverage displayed on tv and the newspapers in the aftermath, it's still early to think the people are going to really gain self control of their country and improve conditions.

A set of brief but detailed answers to key questions concerning the sitation in Iraq.