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My Iraqi dentist friend, AYS, has become my eyes into Iraq. He recently writes of religious schools "brainwashing" the children saying: "America wants to spoil their youth and destroy Islam". AYS describes a documentary aired recently on AlArabiya. AYS asks a good question: "..so why are those schools left free?" Ays also wonders how some people especially in United States dare to say that the war on Afghanistan was wrong and after that the war on Saddam was wrong?" AYS:I watched a documentary movie on AlArabiya channel called ‘Madraseh Deeniyeh’, it means: a religious school, these types of schools are...

Iraqi dentist, ays, reports regularly "Stories and news from Iraq after the liberation" in his blog Iraq at a glance. Not only does his news reflect a positive outlook of many Iraqi, he has added to his masthead the words: "Liberation, Freedom, Democracy, Now we have the right to act as we choose" On Wednesday, June 02, 2004, ays had this to say. These short stories may seem so minor compared to the media stories coming of Iraq each day; but remember, as you read below, these are freedoms never experienced before by Iraqi citizens under Saddam. Hi friends, *I'm...

After the hotel bombing aired in Baghdad Wednesday, I contacted A.Y.S., our Iraqi dentist blogger friend, who almost daily provides stories and pictures from inside Iraq on his blog site, Iraq At A Glance. A.Y.S reports from Baghdad Thursday, March 18, 2004:Wake up... “ No it wasn’t a bomb.. it was a missile fired from a plane”“ I don’t believe the explosion was due to a car bomb.. I heard many planes were flying around the area at that time” “ NO.. it’s not a bomb, why the crater is inside the hotel ? those Americans bombed the hotel”.. "AHHHH.....

On Friday, January 02, 2004, A.Y.S. wrote: Hi everybody Hi friends, we are in Basrah, I met an old man in the bus, he told me dangerous things in the village that I will work in, do you know what he has said ? He said ' Oh .. that village !! it is important to prepare yourself for the insects and the flies!!! They are different in size and EFFECT !!' he added ' It is far away from the center, inspite of all the bad things concerning the life there, but the people there are kind and live...