The Mercury

Just when we thought South Africa is within meters away from a recession, another petrol hike next month will have a ripple effect on basic commodities. How does it feel – maybe ask the ordinary Iraqi…for over a decade Iraqi's have suffered unbearable pain and suffering from the economic sanctions of the U.S.A. Over a million people suffered and died as a direct result of the US aggression against a nation suspected of housing weapons of mass destruction.

It is obvious with so many men dying in the Iraq-Iran war and subsequently the Gulf war and now the US invasion, the number of women that have become widows cannot be exaggerated. The Iraqi government is not in any position to assist the millions who seek help in a devastated and torn-up country. A very sad and disheartening situation.

One wonders what is it like to be in Iraq where bombs go off like car accidents on our deadly roads in South Africa. Women and children have probably suffered the most and continue to suffer the survival of unpredictable circumstances. The Iraqi mothers and daughters have not only become breadwinners but have taken the responsibility of the nation's men folk. We pray to God for the country to return to normality.

Ebrahim