By Mussab al-Khairalla , Baghdad (Reuters)
(snip)One of the hospitals she regularly supported was a spinal cord
clinic in Baghdad run by Qayder al-Chalabi, who said her loss was a huge blow to
all Iraqis.
The killers "made a very big mistake. This was the wrong
person," he told Reuters Wednesday.(snip)Unemployed Yusuf Ali, 35, said attacking or kidnapping aid
workers was a development that would only harm the nation.
"The enemies of Iraq are attacking power stations, oil
pipelines and kidnapping foreigners and aid workers at a time when we need them
most. Aid workers would be flowing into Falluja right now if they didn't fear
decapitation," he said.
Mata Musing:
One can only hope that the "big mistake" feeling in the nation is a true assessment.
I've long felt the average Iraqi citizen truly needs to be more engaged in the fight for their own freedom. They should direct their anger against the terrorists - their true enemy. The more citizens that rise up against these thugs - and the sooner they do so - the quicker the US coalition troops can come home. But I understood this may take time... time for them to realize that the US and coalition are going to stay and finish the job... not cut and run.
But I must say, a little more help from the average Iraqi citizen with intelligence, and refusal to give in to terrorist demands, could go a long way.
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