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Iraq 7 years later, the Legacy of Invasion

April 25, 2010 at 8:41 pm | Posted in Turkmens | Leave a comment
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Iraq 7 years later,

the Legacy of Invasion

Seven years after the Anglo-American invasion

of Iraq, New Internationalist co-editor Hadani

Ditmars returned to a land she last visited in

2003, when she went to research her book

Dancing in the No-Fly Zone.

With more than a million people dead in

the wake of post-invasion violence, an

infrastructure in ruins despite $53 billion

dollars in ‘aid’, and a corrupt government

whose human rights abuses echo the terror of

the Saddam years, the prognosis is bleak.

But there are signs of life amidst the

devastation. The national theatre has reopened,

women continue to defy oppressive

fundamentalism, and young people dream

of a better future, where a renewed sense of

national identity trumps sectarian divisions.

As Iraq’s fortunes hang in a delicate, dangerous

balance, join the New Internationalist and special guests – writer

Haifa Zangana, and playwright Hassan

Abdulrazzak – for the launch of our May issue, as well as a panel

discussion on Iraq.

At the Hellenic Centre

16-18 Paddington Street, Marylebone, London W1U 5AS

Tel: 020 7487 5060 www.helleniccentre.org

Thursday 29 April, 7 pm, Free Admission

For media or other enquiries phone 07892486507