Today is the first ever Iraq Sovereignty Day, it marks the pull out of troops and hand over for the new democracy.
“I feel the same way as any Iraqi feels — I will feel my freedom and liberation when I don’t see an American stopping an Iraqi on the street,” Baghdad resident Awatef Jwad told CNN.
“Without the Americans, we were afraid of each other,” Hanaa Abdul Hassan, a Baghdad resident, told CNN. “And now that the Americans are leaving, we will be more afraid. We knew the Americans were holding them back, so now I don’t know what’s going to happen,” she said, without specifying who “they” were.
Other Resources
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040629/main7.htm
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/01/01/2009-01-01_us_puts_green_zone_of_baghdad_in_iraqi_h.html
