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Today's article is taken from yahoo news, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070212/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
The article describes yet another bombing in Iraq by insurgents anxious to see the american soldiers leave Iraq. This particular bombing was carried out in a marketplace, on the anniversary of the bombing of an important shrine. The fact that th bombing was carried out during the afternoon, at 12.55, ensured the maximum number of casualties.
Iraq, since being invaded by america's army, has had a large number of such bombings, presumably as a protest against the occupational forces from the USA. This bombing took the lives of 80 iraqis, and more are wounded, in hospital. It is unlikely that they willl find it easy to pay the hospital bills, in the wake of a war waged on government plagued by corruption and brutality.
Though widespread belief is that the USA did wrong to invade Iraq, I believe that it was the right thing to do. If Saddam Hussein's corrupt dicatorship had not been toppled, the citizens of Iraq would still be living in oppression.
Saddam Hussein might not have had Weapons of Mass Destruction, but he has been found guilty of crimes against humanity. The USA has put an end to this evil, yet the citizens the USA has liberated are the very citizens that are hitting back at US forces. I believe that the whole situation is in a vicious cycle, with no easy way out.
The more soldiers are sent into Iraq, the more the insurgents will react. And with that increase in violence the US administration will be forced to send in more troops to quell the insurgencies.
I feel that the only way out is for the US to slowly hand over the power to the Iraqi government and establish a strong police force, one that is able to resolve issues and atop such conflicts.
The root cause of the bombings is actually the availability of weapons. Because of the corruption that was rife in Iraq's old government, weapons were easily available. There needs to be a ban on this, and police as well as the US forces need to confiscate and control the distribution of weapons.
The senselessness of the conflict is evident in that the violence is pointless, and benefits no one. The insurgents need to realise that they are better off than before, and that the US forces will leave eventually, if their work is unhindered.
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