English Students at Baghdad University
These were written in April 2004 by English Students at Baghdad University, aged 19 - 20 years.
One thing that has changed for you in the year since the war officially ended...
Asmaa
I say only the war on Iraq is very very terrible and fearful thing and also not justice.
Samar
The tanks become a special weapon and the gun became only for children.
Ihub
We breathe the freedom sometimes, the shedding of blood is still in our cities.
Akram
There is only one thing change after the war and it is that Saddam’s regime has gone forever.
Mohammed
There is changing just in places. Saddam was in Iraq and the US Army in Qatar but now Saddam in Qatar and the US Army in Iraq.”
Anfal
Please, stop, stop this war…! I think the crime (war) is usually happening every day, every hour in my Baghdad capital.
Senan
Many things have changed in my country like everyone can have a mobile, satellite channels and things, everyone when he understands the freedom in the right way. My country will be the best in the future.
Haqi
It is very critical situation (the period of war) but we must keep our progress and make a new country, (the Iraq country).
Ayad
It was very bad situation still but we hope to get better.
Amjed
The thing which is changed is we get freedom.
Nagam
I want only one great wish which is I want my country to live in peace like others.
Hadeed
The change for worst because we live in bad circumstances and we want to live peacefully.
Senan
I think there is no change because we are from Saddam to America and they are the same.
Limea
I think that many things had changed but it changed to the worse, one of these things is that when I go to the market I can’t feel safe.
Safa
There is some change here and there, but we hope that we could get our country freedom and live in peace like other nations.
Saif
We lost safety.
Mezar
We want the war ended and to find safety.
Uday
The change is very good but we need security in order to rebuild new Iraq and free Iraq.
Enas
The change is very good in freedom but not very well because we have many dangers and fear for tomorrow.
I feel very sorry about the Iraqi people that have died. I want all these things that are changed and I want the American soldiers to go out from my country without any war with them because I don’t want the American soldiers to die and I don’t want the Iraqi people to die. My life has changed since the war
because my family take a good salary from their job.