Five years on: Iraq war voices - USA/Iraq/Terrorism/USA Deaths 4000
Roland Huguenin-Benjamin; 24/5/07
- ‘Yasmin’ is an Iraqi woman who fled the violence and now lives in Sweden
- ‘Mohammed’ is an Iraqi dentist who lives in Baghdad
- Camilo Mejia is a former US soldier and Iraq war veteran
- Tom Basile is a former spokesman for the CPA, the US-run transitional government in Iraq post-invasion
The war in Iraq has now entered its fifth year and the violence shows no signs of abating. As part of its special coverage of the fifth anniversary of the conflict, Al Jazeera spoke to five people who all experienced the conflict and its aftermath. First, Al Jazeera spoke to two Iraqis - one who remains in the capital, Baghdad and one who has since fled to Europe - and asked them to share their memories of the war, what has happened to them in the five years since, and where they see the future of Iraq. Both have requested anonymity, fearing reprisals. Al Jazeera also spoke to a European aid worker who worked for the Red Cross during the US-led invasion, a former US soldier turned anti-war activist, and a US former member of the Coalition Provisional Authority, which governed Iraq in the aftermath of the invasion.
See: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/62B26BEA-CFCA-4146-82BD-4A9F2C179273.htm
USA death toll in Iraq hits 4,000
22/4/08
The death toll of US military in Iraq has passed 4,000 after US Central Command announced that four more troops had died in an attack. The soldiers were killed on Sunday by a roadside bomb during a patrol in southern Baghdad, the military said on Monday. At least 50 Iraqis, most of them civilians, also died on Sunday in violence including bomb blasts and shootings. More than 29,000 American soldiers have been wounded after years of conflict in Iraq, according to the icasualties.org website, which also carried the 4,000-strong US death toll.
See: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A5AEE6E2-D2CA-4F12-8680-458E6AFEDFEC.htm