An article i wrote just after the war in Iraq began.

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SCENARIO 1:
POLICE ON THE DEFENSIVE.
It has recently come to the attention of the public that certain police officers in different regions throughout the country have been found guilty of using excessive force on the arrested.
Example: A man is overpowered and arrested for an offence. He has been handcuffed and is lying down on the street. Suddenly, a Police officer goes 'berserk' and starts kicking, screaming and punching this man. His colleagues had to step in to stop the attack...(No, this is not US, I mean in the Netherlands)
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SCENARIO 2:
WAR TALES
At a road block, somewhere in Iraq. a US soldier filled up with instructions about 'suicide bombers', soldiers dressed as civilians, women dressed as men, men dressed as women, Army Generals dressed as nomads (and the list goes on) sees a small civilian car, shouts HALT! from about a mile away, those in the car appear to have been afflicted with some form of deafness, blindness or maybe paralysis. In any case, they did not stop. The Soldier opens fire. Steps out of his tank to view the suicide bombers he had just executed and it turns out that they were two children and other civilians...
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A United States tank on reconnaissance sees a suspect patrol in the distance. The colours appear to be those of coalition forces. They decide to play it safe and open fire all the same. A few of those in the patrol are hit, others come running out and waving at them. Once again, it looks like British soldiers in the distance, but you know the 'bl…...y terrorists' are so cunning. So, again, the US patrol fires...
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SCENARIO 3:
PROPAGANDA
We were told repeatedly that Sadam Hussein has links to Al-Queida and in addition is manufacturing Weapons of Mass Destruction. Till date, the coalition forces are still searching for these weapons which appear to have been hidden quite cunningly by the dictator.
Then there was the Iraqi Minister of Information who laughed away the news that the Saddam Hussein International Airport has been overtaken by the coalition forces.
"Impossible" he cries out. They are 'jokers' he claims whilst laughing away the allegations. To the comment that he looked 'afraid'. Absolutely not he says, "I am not afraid, and neither should you be"
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FOR THE LOVE OF SADDAM

Day 12 (or thereabouts of the war in Iraq) Advert on Iraqi TV, showing the public that the Iraqi people still love their beloved leader and he was still in control.
Scene one, take one: Around 14 Iraqis, brandishing their ammunitions, sing praises of their leader and pour scorn on the British and the Americans. It is obvious to all watching that these people are truly representative of the entire Iraqi population and that their praise songs are from the heart...
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SCENARIO 4:
COLLATERAL DAMAGE
a. An Iraqi hospital showing (Ali) A 7 year old, whose arms have been blown off during an attack on enemy installations.
b. Various hospitals without even the most basic of medicine.
c. Women and children shaking and shivering with fear whilst been searched my coalition forces.
d. Looting on a humongous scale, even of hospital equipment.
e. Several private homes are destroyed in air raids and missile attacks on what appeared to be 'hostile' or 'suspect' areas.
f. Market bombs killing several and injuring others.

DICTIONARY OF TERMS

Weapons of Mass Destruction: Ambiguous objects which might either be visible or invisible. If they are found in the right area, the name changes to weapons of defence if not, they are known as weapons of mass destruction.

The Enemy: All those who do not aid, abet and support the U.S. in their aims and objectives.

UN: "United Nobodies" also known as "Union of non-entitites". This is a body, formerly possessing the authority for making decisions which influence it's members, the United States of America included, but which has proven to possess authority of making binding decisions on it's members, the United States of America and the U.K. excluded.

The Whole World: Great Britain and The United States.

Strategic Warfare: War, which involves marching in, conquering the enemy within a few hours and marching out again.

Friendly fire: Being fired upon by your friend by 'accident'.

Collateral damage: When you, your son, daughter, father, mother, friend e.t.c are killed, injured or your property is destroyed because you happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Can also be interpreted to mean all that goes wrong during a war which goes outside the war original plan and has to be explained to the general populace.

Liberation: Bombing freedom down on a select group of people.

After-effects: A liberated Iraq with 3 major interest groups, governed by one interest group which effectively reverts the situation of the country back to the Saddam style of governance or if not, chaos and imbalance in the region.

End of the regime: Looting, Plundering, waving of American flags, declaration of 55 'most wanted', to be taken 'dead or alive'. Forget about 'innocent until proven guilty'.

Reconstruction: Dishing out contracts to interested parties from the U. S. and the U.K., to help re-construct what was destroyed by the U.S. and the U.K.