This is one of a series of conversations. See links at the bottom of the post.
Jassim: I still believe in american
Karen: yes, many people are asking to force a full American exit from Iraq
Karen: what do you think would happen if the Americans were to leave now?
Jassim: even if I do not agre or understand USA government policy some times I respect soldiers
Karen: Bush is currently planning to send 21,500 troops
Jassim: because I know what they suffer too, I jusy hope them would take care of iraqis
Jassim: yes I know that
Jassim: if usa withdraown from Iraq every one will kill every one else
Jassim: it is like a civil war now but it will be official
Jassim: no one know what would happen exactly but every bad thing is possible
Jassim: may be arabic countries will attack us
Karen: is the Iraqi military part of the solution or part of the problem?
Jassim: Iran also
Jassim: both !!!
Jassim: no one can depend on them
Jassim: they are a wasting formoney
Jassim: for money
Jassim: like most of money spent in iraq
Jassim: just wasting
Jassim: most of it went to private pockets !!
Jassim: or to support militia
Jassim: political parties
Jassim: imagin
Jassim: let's say that there is a 100000 dollars for some charity project
Jassim: 80% of it is an expences for forighners: flyes, expensive hotels, parties, useless workshops and conferances and so on
Jassim: only 20% officially will go to charity
Jassim: 10 or 15% of this 20% will go for local staff (steel it)
Jassim: finally only 10 or 5% reach the targeted populations
Jassim: I went to Jordan last year
Jassim: we had a workshop for so silly thing in IOM
Karen: IOM?
Jassim: I saw how they spend money there while they gives me nothing to do here
Jassim: International Organization for Migration
Jassim: a UN agency
Jassim: they have a party mostly every day there!!!
Karen: that is the western model for conferences
Jassim: I begged them many times for few money would do many things here but they always refused
Jassim: you can not do this while this money is for poor people
Jassim: it is not for all that expances
Jassim: expensive flys tickets
Karen: I agree. A lot of money is mismanaged, and not just in Iraq!
Jassim: vacations, big and expensive offices
Karen: at the university here, they talk about money shortages, but every department still has parties and there are receptions at every conference
Jassim: I could do much things in silly amounts like 5000 or ten thousend dollars
Jassim: but they always refused
Jassim: yes you right
Karen: that's sad!
Jassim: I saw how money wasted here for nothing
Jassim: while people get nothing
Jassim: remember
Jassim: I'm implementing a former evaluation now
Jassim: on IOM and UNHCR projects
Jassim: this was a part from what we mentioned
Jassim: ----- was happy to expose that too hhhhhhhhhhhhh
Jassim: although we believe that we change nothing
1 A conversation with an Iraqi
2 Further conversation with an Iraqi
3 Conversation with an Iraqi disclaimer
4 What are the Americans doing in Iraq? An Iraqi point of view
5 Muqtada al-Sadr and the Battle of Najaf -or- Shell casings were falling on my roof
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