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Enero 14, 2007
Por periodistas iraquíes
Inside Iraq es el blog que acaban de poner en marcha los corresponsales en Irak de la cadena de periódicos norteamericanos McClatchy. En realidad, se trata de periodistas iraquíes. El gran valor del blog es que que no tiene más pretensiones que contarnos cómo es la vida cotidiana en un país en el que muy pocos saben que seguirán vivos al final del día:
Every time I try to convince myself that is still ok to work and live in iraq I find myself wrong … just a few days ago I was in top of my house roof trying to fix the water tank it was raining a bit and suddenly clashes broke in my neighborhood in western Baghdad. I was halfway done but felt the sound of the bullets just a few meters away from my face and I said to myself what if I die is it worth dieing because I was fixing my water tank instead of dieing bravely defending my house or my country. We are gradually forgetting the happiness that we had before and now all we remembers is the everyday sad news. Today one of my colleagues in the bureau was crying because one of his best friend was kidnapped by al Qaida and I am afraid it will be my turn one day … and not to forget the unbelievable numbers of anonymous dead bodies that found in Baghdad which the average is 50 dead bodies daily.
Para aquellos decepcionados con el tipo de blogs que se publican en los medios de comunicación porque creen que resulta imposible encontrar en ellos material de interés, Inside Iraq es una prueba de lo contrario.
Posted by Iñigo at Enero 14, 2007 02:25 PM
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Gracias por ponerlo. A tener en cuenta cada día.
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Posted by: nushu at Enero 14, 2007 03:20 PM
Ya está entre los favoritos del Explorer.Gracias.
Extraigo algunas pinceladas de la vida diaria a partir de mi ingles de turista:
-Amenazas grabadas en el contestador (allí una amenaza merece ser considerada seriamente...)
-A las 14:00 se cierra el control a Fallujah. A partir de ahí nadie puede entrar o salir.
-Es real la posibilidad de que te vuelen la cabeza a ti o a los tuyos , independientemente de lo que seas o lo que hagas.
-Tienes miedo al móvil debido a que sea el medio por el que te lleguen las noticias de la muerte de familiares o amigos.
-Para hablar por el móvil tienes que subir al segundo piso, porque debido al destrozo en las torres de comunicación, en el bajo no puedes hablar...pero te puede confundir un francotirador norteamericano con un insurgente. Eso si que es un precio alto por llamar desde móvil...
-Sin policía, sin ambulancias...un vehiculo de socorro que transportaba una embarazada alcanzado por un IED. Desde una mezquita cercana se pide ayuda por los altavoces a la policía o al ejército iraquí y nadie responde.Los heridos mueren sin ninguna asistencia.
-Un primillo junto con seis chavales mas muertos por un IED mientras jugaban al fútbol.
-Los muertos son tirados al primer descampado. Las morgues están llenas y es menos arriesgado el tirarlos allí.Espacios públicos llenos de muertos que apestan.
-Esto me encanta: "Why they don't make it official in IRAQ. The government should make it official and the parliament must approve it immediately ... and the Iraqi people will dance and applause for it ... cancel the Constitution and replace it with Jungle Law ... WHY NOT???!!! ... it is already the active law in the country ... why lying to ourselves and to the others ... WE ARE the only country on earth that can not keep security in the capital for 2 hours without imposing a curfew. CURFEW ... CURFEW ... CURFEW ... every single incident the government will invent a new security plan ... and every time the security plan is imposing CURFEW and MORE checkpoints ... most of Baghdad's roads are blocked by concrete barriers and barb wires ... hundreds of checkpoints ... 40 thousands Iraqi army soldiers and thousands of American soldiers ... jet fighters, multinational forces, satellite images and dragon eye planes (surveillance).
What do they need more to keep security?????????????? ANGELS to fight with them???? The government hold the citizen responsible for any security breech in his neighborhood ... the government hold the citizen responsible to provide electricity to himself ... the government hold the citizen responsible for providing fuel for himself ... the government ... the government ... long live the GOVERNMENT.
Any way we don't need the government. We have MILITIAS, we have TERRORISTS, we have RESISTANCE, we have enough CLERICS, we have GUN DEALERS, we have SMUGGLERS, we have bad NEIGHBORS, we have trained CRIMINALS, and even more all the above have many ways to make money THEY CAN KIDNAP any time they want and WHO EVER they want (for example more than 147 employee from a ministry that is no more than 3 miles away from the government and the MNFI head quarters), and above all, we have the government of MONKEYS ... and since all what we need to announce JUNGLE LAW is provided, then why waiting ... cancel it ... announce the Republic of Jungle Law ... pack your things and go back to Iran, Syria and London ... and leave us alone as you left us for the last 35 years ..."
Eso es Irak. Tras esto, encendamos los telediarios y volvamos a ver las noticias sobre Iraq y sobre todo a Bush escoltado por su gente con fondo de banderitas con la cara intacta (¡Sorprendentemente no se le ha caido de verguenza!)
Posted by: pecha at Enero 15, 2007 10:05 AM