A statement released today by the Baghdad city council has publicly demanded $1 billion and an official apology from the US military for damages done to the city over the course of the past eight years of occupation.
“Anyone can recognise what American forces have done to Baghdad by turning this beautiful city into a military camp,” the statement noted, adding that US military vehicles left the streets littered with potholes and military operations built annoying concrete barriers that the city will eventually have to pay to remove.
The statement also makes references to failed US improvement programs, and damages that the concrete barriers caused to the sewer system and water system beneath the streets. Baghdad’s infrastructure was clearly already crumbling in the lead up to the occupation (owing primarily to the decade of US-backed sanctions), but the situation continued to worsen when the US troops arrived.
There had been hope that when the US finally formally exited Iraq’s cities in June of 2009 serious improvements could begin to be made, but the post-invasion violence and economic struggles have continued and much of Iraq still lacks even basic access to services like electricity.
Flowers and jubilation? What became of that?
I am convinced that the flowers and candy that were going to be showered
upon us as conquer-liberators was smuggled out of Iraq and into Iran.
If we were but to invade Iran while making sure that the borders are
sealed against candy/flower smugglers. We could get what is rightfully our
reward: confections and bouquets.
According to my confidential sources FTD failed to deliver on time. My sources could not identify party responsible to deliver jubilation.
The Iraq was the Iranian tar baby that Shrub fell for hook line and sinker.
1bil $$$ in reparation for mounting an illegal war based on manufactured evidence, resulting in the death and mutilation of millions, should always be hefty. Just ask the Germans.
The expectation of flowers and jubilation was an American wet dream. The troops should have down weapons and left when the virgins and flowers failed to turn up.
this is my rifle, this is my gun. The troops could not leave without discharging both.
The meaning behind the flowers and candies which was for George W. Bush to celebrate the Iraq invasion with Paul Wolfowitz in Baghdad.., or as he calls him "Wolfy", but Paul Bremer was there before anyone, among other things and millions in cash he took the flowers and the candies thinking that it was for him. Later Rumsfeled complaint about what’s been happening to Dick Cheney where he shoot that attorney while hunting for non able flying birds. Then George W. Bush willing to have said something said, “Mission accomplished” while on a pirate ship. Later George Tenet and Negroponte were complaining to Madeline Albright and last thing I know it was Hillary Clinton acting on behalf of her.