Summary:
Faez Ghani Aziz, the director-general of the State Company for Vegetable Oils was killed by eight gunmen. People believed that the reason why he was killed was because he refused to rehire the employees that he had laid off. By the spring of 2004 the securities law was ready. Bremer signed it on April 19th. This was the beginning of a new Iraq, but there was still a lot to be done. For example, people didn’t stop on red lights; they would drive on the wrong side of the road, and could go as fast as they could. To protect the Green Zone shut down the expressways connecting the northern and western Baghdad with the city center. Even though the traffic police had returned, they were corrupt. People could give them money so they would summon them to appear in court. By early 2004, leaders of the CIA had gone to the conclusion that Iraq didn’t have WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction). After everything that the Americans did for Iraq, Iraq was now ready to control itself again. Bremer had done it. Iraq was now a country which controlled what it did, and was not being controlled by Saddam. It was what Iraq had been waiting for a long time.
Quote:
“Everyone applauded. Bremer smiled… Congratulations to the new Iraq.” (Chandrasekaran 298)
Response:
I was happy because all the hard work that the American’s did to help Iraq finally paid off, and now life could be back to normal. I was hoping that the American soldiers would be able to go home because they have left their families behind and I’m sure they miss them a lot. It would have been a happy ending for everyone.
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