Iraq and Iraqi resolve

People are always talking about Iraqis as if they weren't in the room. This is especially true when there are horrific attacks like the recent weekend bombings that killed over 60 innocent Iraqi civilians.

How do ordinary Iraqis respond to such horrific attacks? With resolve.

The Washington Post details their resolve.

"These attacks aim to destroy the country and the holy sites. This is terrorism against Shiites," said Fadhil Salman, 41, the owner of the Ghufran Hotel in Najaf. "They want to foil the elections, but this won't deter us."

"God saved us," said Abu Ahmed, an employee of Kawther Transportation Co., whose office was just 10 yards from the blast. He was cut by flying glass.

"All the dead and wounded were civilians," he said by telephone. "But this won't stop the people from returning to their normal lives."

"I swear to God, even if they burn all the elections centers, we will still go and vote," said Ali Waili, 29, a taxi driver reached by telephone in Karbala. "We have been mistreated for a long time, we have been tortured for a long time."

"It is clear that there are some trying to impose conflict and civil war in Iraq," said Ali Yassiri, a top aide to Sadr. "Deceiving Iraqis is difficult. . . . These attacks will result in nothing but insistence on proceeding toward the Iraq of the future."

Those responsible "must be trying to incite sectarian strife, but this will not happen," said a mosque caretaker, Ali Mashhadani.

Doesn't sound like the terrorists are winning to me.

Be sure to read Chrenkoff's Good News Iraq for all the latest good news from Iraq that MSM fail to report on.
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