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Iraqis Seek Normalcy Amid Chaos "..life is much better than compared to Saddam time." ____
Associated Press Writers ^ | 11-10-05 | ROBERT H. REID and SALLY BUZBEE

Posted on 11/10/2005 10:26:04 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares

"In a small dusty classroom, dirty with mold but brightened by a red plastic flower in a vase, English teacher Azhar Hashim tells a student practicing the words "I'm from Iraq," to raise his voice when he says that.

"We all have to be proud of our country," she says, her black dress stained white with chalk.

In the next room, Thanaa Mohamed asks her students to describe the rights of Iraqi citizens. "Equality and freedom," answers 12-year-old Jiwan Arasin.

"Who can define equality?" Mohamed asks. "All people were born free," answers Esraa Jabbar.

And freedom? "To express your opinion freely," answers Walid Khalid."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


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KEYWORDS: baghdad; bushdoctrine; freedom; iraq; iraqieducation; purplefinger; rebuildingiraq; schoolhouse
I thought this a fair article about everyday Iraqi's lives. Quite positive in many areas. Certainly incomplete, only about Baghdad life.
1 posted on 11/10/2005 10:26:05 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares
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To: Names Ash Housewares

re: "We all have to be proud of our country,"

I hope none of the children end up in schools here in America and express this sentiment! Many of our schools have done everything possible for the last 40 years to tell students that we should be ashamed of our country. Leave it to a teacher in a country where the people know firsthand of the pitfalls of other forms of government to hit the nail on the head!


2 posted on 11/10/2005 10:33:45 PM PST by jwpjr
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To: Names Ash Housewares

Is this the AP?!


3 posted on 11/10/2005 10:35:50 PM PST by jveritas (The Axis of Defeatism: Left wing liberals, Buchananites, and third party voters.)
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To: Names Ash Housewares

Dream Land Cafe




Somebody in Iraq is a Seinfeld fan.


4 posted on 11/10/2005 10:36:39 PM PST by kms61
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To: Names Ash Housewares

I will take being poor, struggling and free , over being content to live with a dictators boot firmly placed on my neck.

Too bad Iraqis lived with Saddam for so long. But when that is all you know, you know no different.

Now they are tasting a bit of freedom , and I think they will like it.


5 posted on 11/10/2005 10:37:07 PM PST by Peace will be here soon ((Liberal definition of looting: "Self-help Humanitarian Aid."))
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To: Names Ash Housewares

What? You mean those Arab muslims want normalcy and normal life? What a lie. They simply want dictators breathing down their necks each day and cutting their fingers off. Don't you know? </s>


6 posted on 11/10/2005 10:45:10 PM PST by indianrightwinger
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To: jveritas
Is this the AP?!

Indeed, it is.

Twelve hundred and fifty positive words about Iraq.

That fulfills the monthly quota. Now, we return you to our regular reporting, The Democrat Agenda...

7 posted on 11/10/2005 11:05:54 PM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: Names Ash Housewares

Happy to read this. Proud to have served there. The word is leaking out even though liberal media tries to maintain a strangle hold on the truth.


8 posted on 11/10/2005 11:10:43 PM PST by truemiester (If the U.S. should fail, a veil of darkness will come over the Earth for a thousand years)
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To: okie01

I think for the AP this article fulfills the whole year 2005 quota for positive news :)


9 posted on 11/10/2005 11:13:29 PM PST by jveritas (The Axis of Defeatism: Left wing liberals, Buchananites, and third party voters.)
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10 posted on 11/10/2005 11:28:43 PM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (SAVE THE BRAINFOREST! Boycott the RED Dead Tree Media & NUKE the DNC Class Action Temper Tantrum!)
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To: truemiester

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11 posted on 11/11/2005 3:46:29 AM PST by rlmorel ("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
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12 posted on 11/11/2005 5:39:51 AM PST by bitt ('George Bush was to go up in flames this Fall, not Paris.'...Richard Baehr)
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To: Names Ash Housewares

Conditions in Iraq may not be perfect, but when you think of what they endured under Hussein for years and years, today, their daily lives are a blessing.


13 posted on 11/11/2005 5:40:31 AM PST by hershey
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To: Names Ash Housewares
"The school's biggest problem is parents' fear of attack, which often keeps children home. There also is the disturbing trend of students asking each other if they are Sunni or Shiite, says principal Yasamin Subhi Amin."

"The teacher of Islamic education is under orders to tell children they are all Muslim."

Interesting.

14 posted on 11/11/2005 5:43:23 AM PST by airborne (Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't!)
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To: Names Ash Housewares

Thank you for posting this. I'm going to share this article with my coworker, who just got back from Iraq a few weeks ago. He was doing convoy protection (Army), which has to be one of the most dangerous jobs over there.


15 posted on 11/11/2005 7:17:46 AM PST by AirForceBrat23
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