The Mercury

It is indeed shocking to read of a refugee crisis in Iraq now, after so many years of innocent killings and destruction that has left the country basically in pieces. How many more Iraqis are going to flee the country when more than half the population has been displaced and a little less than half either killed or maimed.

History has perhaps not witnessed carnage and destruction in the magnitude as witnessed in Iraq and the daily bombings continue. The situation of the country getting worse has far surpassed – the situation could not get worse than presently.

The article makes reference to Iraqis fleeing due to also 'other violence"  -  one needs to carefully analyze the situation of the entire run-up to the invasion of Iraq by the US and its allies – only to realize that a third force is involved in the friction between the Shias and sunnis which worked very well for the foreign invasion forces.

The poor Iraqi people have no option but to accept the current situation and orderly listen to the foreign forces otherwise there would be more bloodshed. As much as many Iraqis do not want foreign troops on their soil, however they (the foreigners) have created a mind-set of the people that their non presence will further wreck the country and cause total anarchy and a civil war.

Let us all pray, especially Muslims in this month of Ramadaan for peace and tranquility to shadow in that region.

Yunus

Isipingo