In 2003, when Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq, a woman named Hamdiyah al-Dulaimi had three handsome sons

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http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070407/NEWS07/704070333/1001

Baghdad's easy living is gone
Citizens struggle for books, water, lights
April 7, 2007

ASSOCIATED PRESS


BAGHDAD, Iraq -- In 2003, when Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq, a woman named Hamdiyah al-Dulaimi had three handsome sons who had wives and families. They were the accomplishments of her life.

In hindsight, it was a much better life than she realized at the time. Most certainly better than it is now, four years after the fall of Baghdad.

On April 9, 2003, the people cheered invading U.S. soldiers in the city square. Leaders of the coalition troops promised liberty, freedom and life without tyranny. But Baghdad still has none of those things. And al-Dulaimi has no sons.

Last spring, a dozen men knocked down her door with machine guns. They screamed "Filthy Sunnis!" and handcuffed her sons: Haqqi, 39, Qais, 37 and Ali, 31. Al-Dulaimi dropped to her knees, clinging to the ankles of a kidnapper. She begged, then she bargained: "At least leave me one. Take the other two."

They beat her head with gun stocks until she passed out. Then they took her sons. The next day, their corpses were on the sidewalk. Like so many others, their grieving mother fled -- to Syria, in her case.

[Tyler Durden]

1. Before we are gone, they will DIEFY Saddam.

The same as when we bankrupted the Soviet Union. Boy, have THEY got a great country now, or what?

Homeless in Moscow
Mafia in St. Petersburg
Twice the alcoholism
Healthcare almost non-existent

Things weren't GREAT before in either place, but they REALLY suck now.

I wonder what other countries we can "fix?"

[struggle4progress]

4. They's tryin hard to "fix" the ole USA

[Tyler Durden]

2. K&R

Hey it may be Easter, but I can't think of a better time to tell the truth.

[windbreeze]

3. For shame...for shame...

how would I feel, if the Iraqi's had invaded this country, and taken my sons...I would want revenge.....(shaking my head in absolute disgust, while knowing I cannot begin to comprehend the depth of this woman's pain and sorrow)
windbreeze...

[roguevalley]

5. Sophie's choice all over again. God bless her. I cannot fathom her pain.

I am so soooo sorry for this. It will be a terrible blight on history for us all.