Ontem estive no centro de refugiados de Weimar. Falava-se de um novo regulamento que permite a alguns refugiados, em determinadas condições, permanecerem na Alemanha. Os iraquianos que fugiram da guerra não estão abrangidos por ele, porque ainda não residem aqui há seis anos, mas também não recebem autorização de residência porque se considera que já podem voltar para o seu país. Algumas iraquianas, de Bagdad, protestaram com veemência:
- Quem tiver muita vontade de morrer, vá agora para o Iraque. Não passa um mês sem recebermos a notícia de que mataram um familiar nosso, um amigo, um vizinho. Ontem telefonaram para avisar que a nossa casa estava a arder.
Um palestiniano meteu-se na conversa: "Mataram o Hussein, e isso que adianta? Mataram um, nasceram 10.000."
Perguntei às iraquianas o que acham dos novos planos do Bush. Foram peremptórias: "Se os americanos se fossem embora, o Iraque já tinha um problema resolvido. A única coisa que interessa aos americanos é o nosso petróleo. Que culpa temos nós de haver tanto petróleo em Bassorá?!"
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O mesmo tom no blogue Bagdad Burning, por exemplo, no dia 29.12.06:
You know your country is in trouble when:
(...)
5. An 8-year war and 13-year blockade are looking like the country's 'Golden Years'.
(...)
9. People consider themselves lucky if they can actually identify the corpse of the relative that's been missing for two weeks.
A day in the life of the average Iraqi has been reduced to identifying corpses, avoiding car bombs and attempting to keep track of which family members have been detained, which ones have been exiled and which ones have been abducted.
Ou, no dia 31.12.2006:
One of the most advanced countries in the world did not help to reconstruct Iraq, they didn't even help produce a decent constitution. They did, however, contribute nicely to a kangaroo court and a lynching. A lynching shall go down in history as America's biggest accomplishment in Iraq. So who's next? Who hangs for the hundreds of thousands who've died as a direct result of this war and occupation? Bush? Blair? Maliki? Jaffari? Allawi? Chalabi?
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Eli Pariser escreveu de novo.
Para quem não recebe as comunicações do MoveOn.org, aqui vai:
Dear friends,
Just when we thought the war in Iraq couldn't get any worse—it has. Last night, President Bush rejected reality, spurned the American people's verdict, and announced his new policy: military escalation in Iraq.
The newly elected United States Congress has the power to stop this madness, but it's critical to show immediate, unified opposition from the international community.
So MoveOn is helping launch Avaaz, a new international partnership to mobilize progressive global voices. We're starting with an emergency worldwide petition to the U.S. Congress and a powerful full-page ad in "Roll Call"—the Washington DC newspaper read by every member of Congress and their staff.
Click below to see the ad and sign the petition:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/iraq_campaign_jan_2007/
After years of failed occupation, it's clear to everyone but George Bush that the US cannot solve this civil conflict through force. As Bush's own top military advisors and commanders in the field have said, sending tens of thousands more American troops will only fan the flames of this war.
World opinion matters: The American people understand the US can't police the globe by itself. That's why, before the original invasion, Bush worked so hard to promote the involvement of Tony Blair and a few other select world leaders to win over reluctant members of Congress.
Today, Bush stands completely alone—but it's our job to bring this point home in Washington. The ad in Roll Call highlights Tony Blair's decision to withdraw troops in direct opposition to Bush's proposed escalation. And the petition will help show where the global public stands.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/iraq_campaign_jan_2007/
The Bush administration is already twisting arms and doing everything it can to push this escalation through. Congress may yet find the courage to resist—if we help them—but there's no time to lose.
Add your name to the petition. Spread the word to your friends. The Iraq crisis is a global problem. Together we have the power, and the responsibility, to help change course.
Sincerely,
–Eli Pariser
MoveOn.org Political Action
January 11, 2006
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