CBC journalists Nahlah Ayed and Margaret Evans in Baghdad
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007 | 10:49 AM ET
CBCNews.ca welcomed CBC journalists Nahlah Ayed and Margaret Evans reporting from the streets of Baghdad on Thursday, Sept. 13.
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Nahlah Ayed
Margaret Evans
The focus of their special coverage through the month of September is the Iraqi people, what they see and what they say about their country today.
Their stories look at:
- The impact of the troop surge on everyday life.
- The country's infrastructure, especially water, electricity and medical care.
- How Iraqis view their own government.
- Refugees.
- Will life return to the once great but now deserted Abu Nawas St. in Baghdad?
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Chat Questions (10)
Chris D'Agnillo
For the normal citizen, how do they feel about the United States and allies being in their country, and do they feel it has done any good?
Tom O'Farrell
Do Iraqi's generally think Canadians are different to Americans. Or that we are all the same.
Les Hamilton
Toronto
How much do criminal gangs contribute to the daily misery of the normal person? Are the gangs being impacted by the surge? Do the gangs control the black market? Are they a significant factor in commerce?
Frank Reinhardt
There has been numerous media reports reporting on the numbers of insurgents killed in Iraq. It has become common practice to refer to these insurgents as “Al Qaeda fighters”.
The question:
How does the Pentagon know that the insurgents are in fact members of “Al Qaeda”?
Could this be propaganda created by the Pentagon / Whitehouse?
Joseph Spuller
What do the average Iraqis think about the idea of partitioning Iraq into three new nation states along ethnic lines (Shiite, Sunnis, Kurds)?
The reason that I ask this question is because I am of the opinion that partitioning offers a viable way to lessen the violence and conflict in Iraq. Of course, I realize that such a process is fraught with difficulties, but I like to think that they are surmountable if a consensus emerged amongst the nations of the world that they would support such a process.
But how would the average Iraqi react? With hope or with despair?
Dakin McDonald
Congratulations to Nahlah Ayed for her interview with Nouri al-Maliki. My question, to Ms. Ayed, is this: does the Iraqi Prime Minister have any control over the situation in his country? Does he have the power and influence to make a difference in anyone's life?
keith cummings
Under present living conitions, given a choice, would a majority of Iraqis prefer the invasion by Americans and their post-invasion puppet government, or the way things were under Saddam?
Lona Touckly
Ottawa
Do the average Iraqis (not the ones in so called power) have enough food to eat everyday?
Where is the food coming from?
Do Iraqis actually receive any type of medical or other aid?
Are there really any rebuilding of anything occuring in Iraq?
Are children attending schools everyday?
Do Iraqis think that Iraqis are killing and injuring innocent civilians, or are these being done by foreigners?
Karl
Winnipeg
How much control do the private security firms such as Blackwater have in the country? Also, with the recent statements by General Patraeus regarding troop withdrawls will this just lead to an influx of more private security firms to fill the gap? As their numbers are not required to be disclosed to the American public the Americans could pull back their thirty thousand troops and replace them with a force that is not held accountable to anyone and opperates without any oversight from congress or the voting public. Basically, is the country stable enough to allow this troop pullback or is it being done to save face in the wake of this debacle?
Mahmod
canada
Does anybody know where Iraqi revenue from oil is going. How much is being spent for Iraq rehabilitation and how much share USA is grabing for the so called liberation of Iraq.