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"The occupation formally ends Wednesday and some Iraqis already are wondering whether the pain and anguish of 14 months of American rule will be remembered more fondly than Saddam Hussein's brutal 23 years in power." --Hamza Hendawi, "Many Iraqis See Liberators As Occupiers" (read article at Newsday.com)
Now, enjoy this brilliant (though slightly sad) bit, courtesy of The Onion:
Coalition: Vast Majority of Iraqis Still Alive
BAGHDAD—As the Coalition Provisional Authority prepares to hand power over to an Iraqi-led interim government on June 30, CPA administrator L. Paul Bremer publicly touted the success of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
"As the Coalition's rule draws to a close, the numbers show that we have an awful lot to be proud of," Bremer said Tuesday. "As anyone who's taken a minute and actually looked at the figures can tell you, the vast majority of Iraqis are still alive—as many as 99 percent. While 10,000 or so Iraqi civilians have been killed, pretty much everyone is not dead."
Posted by ayelet at June 30, 2004 09:38 AM