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<p>WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Hamas and Hezbollah are operating openly in southern Iraq, an Iraqi-American recently returned from the country said Thursday.</p> <p>"I was surprised to see an office for Hamas in Nasariah, and also a Hezbollah office in Basra and Safwan," said Zainab Al-Suwaij, a Shiite Muslim native of Basra. "I was shocked to see their flag and their sign there. ... Do we ... who are emerging from the terror of Saddam after 35 years, need this in our country?"</p>

Former Ohio congressman John Kasich's "From the Heartland" segment tonight on FoxNews featured a guest, Zainab Al-Suwaij, the executive director of the American Islamic Congress. FoxNews' website says about this segment: A Muslim Makes the Case for War Against Saddam John talks with Zainab Al-Suwaij is the executive director of the American Islamic Congress. Ms. Al-Suwaij joins us from Bosnia and explains what it was like to grow up in Iraq in the shadow of Saddam Hussein's reign of terror. She believes that this is a war that must be waged. Zainab made an interesting statement regarding the so-called...

Iraq: Those under Saddam Hussein's thumb have reason to resent America - for failing to free them when it had the chance. It's time for the U.S. to make amends.To most of the anti-war protestors who took to the streets last weekend, the idea that the U.S. might owe the Iraqis a war, or at least regime change, is the height of absurdity. In their view, a war against Saddam is somehow a war - and a crime - against the Iraqi people.You might hear a much different view from expatriate Iraqis, who are free to speak their minds. They...