can't really decide on a few segments, but here's a bit on the author and a link to the piece.
War of Terrorism (Part One):--The Countryside MurdersMike Ferner spent the month of February, 2003 in Baghdad and Basra, with Voices in the Wilderness, a Chicago-based campaign to nonviolently resist economic and military warfare against Iraq. He returned recently to write about the current situation in Iraq. He is a member of Veterans for Peace and works for the Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy. He can be reached at: mferner2003@yahoo.com
http://www.counterpunch.org/ferner02172004.html