Omtale; Baghdad Burning - Girl Blog from Iraq av Riverbend

Med "Land i verden"-prosjektet mitt i bakhodet, endte jeg opp med å lese "Baghdad Burning - Girl Blog from Iraq" av Riverbend, så nå kan jeg krysse av Irak.

Fra august 2003 til september 2004, og forteller om første delen av okkupasjonen/krigen i Irak, sett fra en irakisk kvinne sitt ståsted. Hun går fra å ha en sikker jobb innen data til å knapt tørre å gå ut i gaten uten mannlig eskorte. Alt på grunn av fundamentalismen som oppstod etter frigjøringen av Irak fra diktatoren Saddam Hussein. Hun forteller om hvordan det er å leve i en krigssone, og det å først ha bittelitt sympati for de amerikanske troppene som ikke er vant til den irakiske varmen, til å mislike dem på grunn av deres handlinger ved Abu Ghriab fengselet.

Boka er definitivt rake motsetningen fra "glansbildet" de amerikanske myndighetene kom med, og det er en bok som bør leses, fordi den gir et annet blikk på Irak-krigen.

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