‘Smell’ of freedom and jubilation seen in Baghdad

THE EDITOR: Day 21 (3 weeks), April 09, and Iraq is a “free” country or is it?

Scenes of jubilation, freedom and looting from television screens, greet the world this 21st day of the war against Iraq, how chaotic. Posters, effigies, statues of the once mighty President Saddam Hussein are being destroyed, burnt, mutilated, there is joy and excitement in Baghdad; how long will it last? What will Iraq’s future be now? Is President Hussein alive or dead?

Now what will be the next plan to restore order and justice to Iraq? The whole world is looking on at the scenes, pictures, reports coming from Baghdad, now not a pretty sight, the joy and jubilation of the “smell” of freedom is felt throughout, will this be the last of Saddam Hussein’s regime? What will post-war Iraq be like? “Freedom Day” is here at last or is it?

KEN SMITH
Woodbrook