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"People like to bring up ur past, when ur present and future look better than theirs."

Latif Yahia answer The British Sunday Times & The Guardian , The "Freelance" journalists, Dirty Tricks.

14/1/2012

87 Comments

 
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_Mostly when I write my articles they come easily, except the ones like Pass me the spinach where I bare a little more of my soul than I would really like to, but find that it's just got to be done for clarity and maybe just a little closure. Some people can go through life happily with the usual milestones, birthdays, Christmases, engagement, marriage and of course children, but for whatever reason - I could get very philosophical here -that life just wasn't meant for me. I have a very different life to many people, it's not always been one of my choosing but it's what I have lived and unless someone invents a time machine in the very near future, there's no way that I can change what has already happened. But if they do invent a time machine and I can go back and avoid certain parts of my life in Iraq, believe me it will be the first thing I do. If however I am unable to change the facts of my life but just revisit as some sort of observer, I will do my utmost to get a signed, sworn statement from Uday Hussein and his father Saddam, attesting to the fact that I was Uday's fidai/body double, because after 20 years suddenly my story is at worst, fabricated and at best, highly exaggerated according to certain journalists. It really makes me smile! Of course I made it all up! Uday was a great guy! all the women loved him, he was such a looker that I had to pretend to be him to pick up chicks! NOT! He was an angel and anyone who ever sought refugee status outside of Iraq because he tortured them, raped them or murdered a member of their family is a liar! He was so innocent that the American soldiers who shot him, his brother and nephew to death at the villa in Mosul should all be court-martialed. I am of course being sarcastic, It's true I would have preferred to have seen Uday in court for his crimes and see him try to deny my story, but more on that at another time.

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_You see, when I first left Iraq in 1992 and up until 2003 I was considered useful, whether I wanted to be or not, or whether I co-operated or not- which I didn't- my story backed up the American administrations desires to invade Iraq, unintentionally by writing my book in 1992 -the original Arabic manuscript- I gave them all the ammunition they needed to invade Iraq  -except for W.M.D's I never had clearance for that kind of information- but they couldn't act on it then, they had to wait for the right time.
 On September 11th 1991 George Bush Senior, then President of the United States of America gave his State of the Nation speech declaring his New World Order it took another ten years and a rigged election for his son George W. Bush to become President and the tragedy of the Twin towers for the dominoes to start falling.

What surprised everyone was that I was not a supporter of the war on Iraq, I was against the regime but I didn't want an invading force tearing my country apart, to this day I can't understand why people don't understand that.
I had always had a strained - we'll call it a- relationship with the CIA, they'd say " work for us", I'd say "NO", they'd say "we'll make your life hell!" I'd say "fuck you! do what you want!" and they have, I've been held in a covert prison, beaten and tortured, I have yet to attain citizenship from any country even though I lived in Europe for the past 20 years, Ireland for 15 of them, the last two of those I spent dying slowly while waiting on a hospital bed -I'm still waiting- so I could be fully diagnosed with whatever neurological disorder I have - it's "probable Multiple Sclerosis" but apart from the Brain lesions and the plaque on my spine ( which the Irish doctors tried to tell me and my wife "are within normal parameters") my neurologist here -here being my new home in Europe - is not finding things he thinks he should- still, at least I am getting treatment here, in Ireland it was left to my G.P.  he did his best, but really all he could do for me without a diagnosis was just pain management. Strangely certain blood tests that he sent to the lab came back, destroyed/lost not once or twice or three times but four! Since leaving Ireland I have been diagnosed as a diabetic also, it seems that if I had stayed in Ireland much longer I may not have lasted much longer, maybe that was the idea?! Call me paranoid if you want, but when you have lived my life you know that there are no coincidences.


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_So where am I going with this? Well how do you silence a person like me? I blog, I write books, I have my own website, I have my Youtube and Vimeo and now there's a movie based on my life story.  These are all the ways people find me, with the birth of the internet the world opened up and you can find just about anyone, anywhere and because of this I have a loud voice in the world. What concerns the CIA is the support that people give me, they follow me on twitter, they are my facebook friends and they think about what I say, especially about the American administration, the CIA and Iraq, people ask me questions and are free to believe or not as the case may be.  That's dangerous, they have spent the better part of the last decade trying to make sure that we only know what they want us to know and think what they want us to think on any given subject. So what are they going to do about me? They are going to try and discredit me, make me out to be some "Walter Mitty" figure -and that term has been used- they are going to try and convince you that I made it all up or that I have exaggerated my story -the truth of the matter is I haven't even told one tenth of my story- they want you to believe that I am telling you lies before I even open my mouth.
 How do they do this? because there is no oversight in journalism anymore, people who call themselves journalists write articles, they don't really need any proof, they can use words like "source" "close aide to..." or "member of the Hussein inner circle" and try to make you believe that this person has "spilled the beans on me", ask yourself this, why now? Why after 20 years? More and more people are listening to me and less and less people are believing the shit that they are trying to feed us. They will try and imply that I have some sort of mental illness or syndrome, ironically, because let's face it how could I suffer from post-traumatic stress if I wasn't tortured?? If you need evidence of any of this just check out the (Wikipedia) page about me, I didn't set it up someone else did a few years ago, but just look at it... all you will find there is a brief history and then the allegations, backed up by the same two articles tagged repeatedly. Other editors have tried to remedy this by adding other articles by respected journalists like Marie Colvin Foreign Affairs Correspondent at Sunday Times
, John Simpson BBC, Sir  David Frost BBC  and Ed Bradley of CBS (RIP) to name a few, only to have those revisions deleted. Wikipedia is supposed to be balanced, my page is not! I happen to like (Wikipedia), I find it useful but Wikipedia only works when the people who upload and edit the material are completely unbiased, this cannot be said about my Wiki page and if you go into talk you will see the "chat" between two editors, one talks more than the other, interestingly the one who chats the most  says  "I left the page up only for the sake of poor saps who may be pulled in by this nonsensical claimsmaking in the future." I don't have a problem with additions to my Wiki page if they are accurate and balanced, everyone is entitled to their opinion but Wikipedia is not a place for opinion, it's a place for fact. Not one person in this world is liked by everyone that is a fact, I don't expect everyone to believe me either, but if you want to try and disprove my story bring me more than pimps who used to work for Uday, an ex- surgeon who was fired because it was found that he was stitching girls Uday had has his way with and who I had refused to help with his book and an ex- who hates my guts. You see that's all that they have, even after the fall of Saddam no-one found  one document disproving that I was the double of Uday Saddam Hussein.

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_There are no photographs of Haytham Adjmaya or Dhafir Jabir the "sources" in Ed Caesar's article because these guys know what they did when they were with Uday and know what would happen to them by the hands of Iraqis inside or outside Iraq if they were recognised.
A third Iraqi quoted as being one of "Saddam's bodyguards for several years" has also said that Uday didn't have a double, well, this "bodyguard" is none other than the guy who gave Saddam up, he gave Saddam Hussein his President up to the Americans for the  25 Million dollar ransom, to this day he hasn't received a penny of it! You see nobody likes a snitch, the Americans kicked his ass to Jordan and from there he was taken to the UK and now lives under protection, but is dragged out every now and then to 'make statements' I can only presume that he goes along with it in the hopes that if he's a 'good boy' he'll eventually get his money. Betrayal runs in his family, his cousin Fetah Al-Sheikh was in command of the interrogation of the suspects of the assassination attempt against Saddam Hussein in 1984 and Al-Djeil he killed 28 people during his interrogations but after the invasion of Iraq and his cousins handing over of Saddam, the Americans made him an offer. They told him he had two choices, he could be tried for the murder of the 28 people OR he could make a statement saying that Saddam had ordered the execution of the 28 and he was offered the position of Interior Minister in the post Saddam government, Fetah chose to become a witness against Saddam Hussein. During the trial of Saddam it was found that Fetah had cancer, knowing he would never make it to the courtroom a video tape was made of his evidence from his hospital room, it was shown on a big screen at the trail, Fetah's oxygen and medical equipment there for all to see.
_

Anyone who wishes to believe that I made this story up to sell books or make a movie - that would mean the I've spent the last 20 years waiting to make money that I'm donating to charity - here's a piece of advice, don't buy the books, don't go to see the movie or buy the DVD, everything I do is free of charge, you can read it  here and make your mind up, if you don't believe me at least you may be entertained!

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_My body carries the scars and my mind carries the memories of the atrocities that I have witnessed and endured. In the past twenty years the only weapon that anyone has been able to wield against me has been the word of pimps and an ex, I especially liked the comment on Eoin Butler's - who wrote the article in The Guardian - website that accused me of being Bi-polar, something that my ex has been diagnosed with. Unlike Ed Caesar's article Eoin Butler's pieces are filled with his "opinions" and "gut feelings" he may not like me, that's his prerogative, but he really makes me laugh when he accuses other more respected and renowned journalists of not doing their jobs properly, his greatest coup was when my ex contacted him! His article in The Guardian is a prime example.
Ed Caesar wrote his article put it on his blog and left it at that, Eoin Butler on the
other hand wrote an article about me in 2007 for a little known Irish magazine called Mongrel that was owned by an Irishman and a Palestinian, the Palestinian -who holds Irish citizenship- also worked supplying intelligence about other Arabs to the Irish Secret Service -there are only 11 people working in the Irish Secret Service, they need all the help they can get- Eoin then set about adding the article about me to his website, but he kept revising it, so what you read now is not the originally published article, he then continued writing articles about me, so far he has made me a weapons dealer, human trafficker, he has cast doubt on my education and generally called me a liar.  Why have I not sued him? Well, you can't get something from nothing and really he's not worth any more of my time than what I am writing here. Eoin usually writes "fluff pieces" for whatever paper takes his work, the Irish Times and The Guardian being two, but his favourite subject is me and it's usually the stories about me that get him published, investigative journalist he's not, well maybe he is, he investigates pubs. Eoin's greatest achievements are going for Mayoman of the Year, trying his hand at stand-up comedy and sticking links to his articles especially The Guardian one everywhere so that hopefully someone will actually read them. Eoin thinks he's a journalist when really he is just another tool of the system.

No matter how many people are bought, I will never give up fighting for my rights in this world against corrupt governments, the Irish department of Injustice and the CIA.


(Advice To Journalist)
"If you didn't hear it with your own EARS or see it with your own EYES,

Don't invent it with your small mind and share it with your BIG MOUTH."

This is Eoin Butler doing his stand-up comedy, I'm sorry, I didn't have time to subtitle it in English.
87 Comments
Zain
14/1/2012 07:28:55 am

Its not important how many people believe you, its who does! You speak from heart, and we can tell that, and what being said from heart enter the heart. I always say that "god bless u"

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Latif Yahia
23/1/2012 10:05:12 pm

Thank you Zain for your comment, I do speak from the heart and I can tell that you do too. God Bless you and yours, be safe and well.

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Git from dublin
30/1/2012 07:35:22 pm

Do you know where this fucker Eoin Butler lives? Just give me his address, I know what medicine his kind deserves!!

Dan Tal - Israel
13/2/2012 03:07:10 am

Please, accept my personal admiration for your courage and your inner strength to tell the story - story of resistance to evil forces, to discredit corrupted officials and to expose madness of dictators.

Don't waste your time, energy and talent to fight little wars with petty "journalists". They are not in your league.

You are the winner!

With friendship,
Dan Tal

Peter, Dublin
13/2/2012 05:53:20 pm

Dear Mr. Yahia,
First of all I would like to say thank you for sharing your story with us, I heard you had spoken at the HIST in Trinity College Dublin but I never had a chance to meet you, you are a strong man and an inspiration to me.
I just really wanted to say that you don't need to answer Eoin Butler, he's just not on your level. Eoin still lives the life of a student, he's always on Trinity campus, especially if there's anything going for Free, sometimes we joke that he's a "fregan" there's a few ways that you can look at his behaviour.
1. Being a journalist doesn't pay.
2. He likes the free life
3. He's just greedy and mean.
Actually from what I know of him it's a combination of all three, add to that he likes to think that he's some sort of celebrity and attending everything at the college is his given right. Really though we all know what Eoin "does for a living", he's a snitch for the Guards. You might be led to believe that between the pay from the I.T. the free socialising here and there and whatever retainer the Guards are paying him for his snitching services he'd spend some money on new shoes, but maybe that's his cover, looking like every other impoverished student out there except he's a bit more impoverished looking. You,on the other hand Mr. Yahia, look very much like a leader and statesman, could this be why Eoin dislikes you?
With my respect and admiration.

Yours sincerely,

Peter.

M.Flatley from Dublin
27/2/2012 06:55:23 pm

Eoin Butler an Scom Irish Pimp 100% NOT a Journalist.

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29/4/2012 05:25:42 pm

Yeah.. Zain accept ur thought and agreed. No one cant believe to live in this world. what am exposed my heart. u can do already, now speachless to it.

Ann
5/5/2012 06:27:21 pm

I’m Irish and shame to be Irish anymore, I’m Sorry Latif for what hapend to you in ireland, We Love You, Irish government So Corrupt and we Don’t have a Democracy in Ireland, Shame on the Irish Government, F**k The Irish Corrupt Government, Always continue to speak your mind Latif, and To Alan Shatter Minister for Justice in Ireland shame on You, and to Eoin Butler you are Scom. I Suport you Latif xxx

Mona Eldin
22/7/2012 08:01:06 pm

My Palestinian friend in Dublin was having sex with Eoin Butler wife, And now Eoin Butler calls himself a journalist for The Irish Times, And he looking for fame in any way fucking Irish pimp.

Séamus (Ireland)
14/1/2012 07:50:15 am

Latif We all know in Mayo Eoin Butler an Ass hole and he is A yappy dog we Love you in Ireland and fuck the Irish government, we support you, regards and much love to you and yours.

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Ciaran
31/1/2012 08:03:16 pm

This Eoin Butler guy is from Mayo? Jeawsus don't we get slagged hard enough??? Well, he may well be from Mayo, but I don't know who the f*** he is !! For f*** sake can't we get someone f***in' decent to represent the county??

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Christine
12/8/2012 11:25:42 pm

I know this Clown Eoin Butler he was come to the same bar in Dublin, Now he Claims to be a "journalist" :P, he is a PIMP 100%, Girls said to me this thing about him, Dirty fucker.

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Jacke NY-USA
15/1/2012 09:14:15 pm

I have spent a lot of time in Iraq and even the ordinary Iraqi on the streets of Baghdad knows of Latif Yahia and his story, unfortunately articles like Eoin Butler's and indeed Ed Caesar's of The Sunday Times rely on the testimonies of other Iraqis with dubious histories of their own. The two journalists that I have mentioned doubt Latif Yahia's story because they say that his claims cannot be verified, may I remind you that we cannot verify that God exists yet millions around the world believe, we cannot verify that anti-matter exists but we are one step closer to proving it after decades and that at one point we all believed the world was flat.

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Latif Yahia
23/1/2012 10:11:54 pm

Thanks Jacke,
This kind of press doesn't bother me, I know my life and I know the lives of the Iraqis that they used for the interviews. People who want to believe will and those who don't won't, no matter what proof you put in front of them. There will always be "Doubting Thomas" and when they realize their errors it will be too late.

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Martin
1/10/2018 06:07:58 am

For your information the anti-electron, known as the positron and the first known anti-particle, was discovered by Carl David Anderson on 2 August 1932 and for which he won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1936.

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B.N Ireland
17/1/2012 02:59:46 pm

The CIA r Just a group of Clowns who don't know how to do there job.

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Latif Yahia
23/1/2012 10:12:48 pm

Absolutely right! Thankfully the world is not asleep anymore to be fooled by them.

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Charlotte
17/1/2012 08:51:50 pm

I've read both articles and don't give either much credit. Ed Caesar may have talked to a few characters but Eoin Butler didn't bother doing even that! All I can say is The Guardian mustn't have had enough rubbish to print the day they took Eoin Butler's article, because it's not even rubbish, it's just crap. I thought Eoin was a journalist for The Irish Times anyway what's his stuff doing in The Guardian? did I hear right that he worked for RTE? He really gets around, huh, it obviously doesn't take them long to realize he's just full of it!
Hey, Eoin, why don't you try being a body double for a Human being?!
Hang on in there Latif, we Irish aren't all bad!

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Tammy Burris
18/1/2012 06:34:55 am

Keep Faith Latif, I have no doubt that Charlie will one day try to find you. It may not be an easy reunion but it will be worth it. Charlie is going to make having to deal with this woman and everything she brings with her worth it. Not all women arelike this woman only a few. The world is full of wonderful women ask my husband LOL. We will soon celebrate our 29 wedding anniv. You are a strong and wonderful person. Just know that you have a lot of friends and people that not only believe you but also believe in you. Tammy

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Latif Yahia
23/1/2012 10:22:42 pm

Dear Tammy,
Thank you for your encouragement, I think of Charlie every day and yes, when he does come looking for me it will be worth it. There are wonderful women in the world and God gave me one in apology for Joanna, I have been happily married now for over ten years and before Charlie was taken from me he loved my wife also. I have many videos of my time spent with Charlie and a lot of memories to share with him. He has missed out on so much, family, brothers, sisters but they are all waiting for him with open arms as am I. As you know there will be a documentary about my life after Iraq, Charlie will of course feature in it as will a lot of things, everything will be very clear about my time in Ireland and Joanna.

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Patrick O'Shea Dublin
18/1/2012 10:37:52 pm

Hi Latif, I just wanted to say that as an Irishman I'm dismayed that you are getting a hard time from this gobshite Eoin. If I were you I wouldn't take it too hard though Eoin talks shite about everyone. He's one of these guys who has an opinion about everything and loves to hear the sound of his own voice. He's a pseudo-intellectual who talks down to people, but he's made more enemies than friends, especially in his local. Mostly we Irish love fighters like yourself, we used to be fighters, not now though we're too busy listening to gobshites like Eoin and packing our bags for the US or Canada. Soon there'll only be the idiots like Eoin left, sure the country's f***ed anyway, leave it to the likes of him, see if he can bring is back from economic crisis with his articles.
Keep fighting Latif, the real Irish love you!

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Christopher Franklin US
19/1/2012 06:07:55 pm

Dear Mr. Yahia,

I have read with interest your article above, my first instinct is to tell you not to pay attention to this sort of thing. These kinds of articles are written by cheap people who have no care for the harm that they try to inflict on others. They are only out to try and make a name for themselves on the back of you or someone else. That is why governmental agencies use them, they can be easily bought.
Your Wikipedia page is certainly unbalanced but as a Wikipedia editor I have been unable to re-balance it, it's as if it has a 24 hour watch to revert any additions. Which of course confirms your belief. Stay strong, if the situation with Wikipedia continues to deteriorate we can have the page removed permanently, it will be a loss but better to have a loss than have it vandalized by the powers that be.

Your friend and supporter.

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Tom M. Shaw UK
20/1/2012 03:26:23 am

Dear Mr. Yahia,

I came to your website because I read your wikipedia page and was disturbed by the lack of citations and balance. Following links can be informative, I've read the articles referred to on the wikipedia page and can only come to the conclusion that whomever is editing your page with the additions of the Sunday times article and what can only pass as journalism from The Guardian are one if not the same person. I read the papers daily and have noticed the lack of professionalism over the years culminating in the recent debacle of the News of the World. We would be naive to think that his kind of behavior was confined to one newspaper, in time we will come to know the full extent of the rot. Take heart Mr. Yahia, whether these men who call themselves journalists believe you or not your story is widely accepted as true and millions have heard your name and your story especially since the movie. The newspaper industry has suffered because of the lack of real journalists and the oversight that was there to protect them and the public, now it is too easy for them to say what they like without consequence. The tables will turn Mr. Yahia and as you know: He who laughs last, laughs hardest.

With my sincerest regards.
Tom M. Shaw

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John Wade London, UK
20/1/2012 08:59:41 pm

Dear Dr. Yahia,
Firstly I would like to extend my apologies to you for not being able to reinstate correct information on your wikipedia page, if you have had the time to look at it recently you will see that there have been too many revisions and reversions. It seems that there are several editors that just sit on your page waiting to counter any revisions or additions that I make. In addition, one of the links that is constantly added and re-added by these editors contains the following information:

This is from the website of Eoin Butler.

Ryan wasn’t the only offender. Ed Bradley, David Frost and John Simpson all interviewed Yahia too and took him at his word. Watch this clip of him being interviewed by BBC’s Hardtalk programme last year and notice how many times presenter Stephen Sackur stumbles upon but ignores anomalies and inconsistencies in Yahia’s story.

What’s even more damning here is that Hardtalk researchers actually contacted me before that interview went ahead. I passed on what information I had about the Latif Yahia, which was more than enough to raise serious question marks over his credibility. (Sackur refers to my article in part three.) But they chose to ignore the vast majority of what I told them.

This is a quote from the blog of Eoin Butler that is linked to your Wikipedia. On one hand he slams John Simpson of the BBC while simultaneously stating that the BBC researchers for HardTalk contacted him during their research. As to the veracity of his claims, well I think that this matter is for the hands of your agent and lawyer, I also think that the luminous names in journalism that he accuses of just taking your word ,implying that with the resources available to such programs that they didn't bother researching your story, these journalists should not be impressed by his comments. Ed Bradley would turn in his grave.

This blog by Eoin Butler is constantly updated, do not be surprised if after you read this he has changed it again to avoid confrontation with the respected journalists that he accuses of not doing their jobs properly.

I wish you the best Dr. Yahia, you have my greatest respect and admiration. If I can ever be of assistance to you please do not hesitate to ask.

Yours sincerely,

John

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Latif Yahia
23/1/2012 10:48:31 pm

Thank you John for trying, you weren't the only one but not to worry. My story has been out in the open for the past 20 years, where these "editors" have been for the last few years that Wikipedia has had a page on me I don't know. Strange what having a movie based on your life story will bring out of the woodwork.
At the moment they are squabbling like toddlers, eventually they'll get bored and find someone new to edit.

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Stuart B. Dublin
21/1/2012 06:28:21 pm

Hi, I don't know who this Eoin butler guy is, but if he thinks that he's a better journalist than Ed Bradley, John Simpson and Sir David Frost he's the one with the "Walter Mitty" fantasies! Have you ever googled this guy? All his stuff is rubbish, he's nothing but cheap filler! If the only way he can make a name for himself is off your back and the backs of all the great journalists that he's besmirched, well then he's just proven what a sad, sad guy he is.

You have my support and the support of millions around the world, I don't think that you can say the same for Eoin Butler.

Keep strong.

Stuart

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Latif Yahia
23/1/2012 10:43:38 pm

Thank you Stuart for your support, I do know how many people around the world support me, especially from countries that have lived under dictators and understand exactly what it is like to live under those circumstances. The world is changing rapidly around us and we are not tied down with the lies that were perpetrated against us previously. We can change the world one person at a time for the good of all.

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Ashley
22/1/2012 08:42:08 am

You are amazing!

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T. O'Toole, Galway
23/1/2012 08:56:24 pm

Dear Dr. Yahia,

You have my utmost respect and admiration, I read a lot about you, I think that your life story is amazing and I wish you only the best in your life. To read these stories that knackers like Eoin Butler write causes me embarrassment to be Irish and anger at how people like him can get away with writing such shit! Sorry about the profanity but I use it with impunity. If he was a decent journalist and really wanted to do something he should put his alleged investigative talents to good use and find out where all the money from Ireland has gone! Then at least he might make a "name" for himself by writing something decent and maybe even making the lives of Irish people a bit better. Telling us that his gut tells him this that or the other is of no fucking use to us! Bloody Gombeen! Go back to Mayo Eoin! They might have some use for you there! But even Mayomen can't put up with the likes of you!

My apologies for the ill treatment you have suffered at the hands of a few Irish, they act that way out of fear, because let's face it, if you entered politics here in Ireland you'd have my vote and the vote of many, many others. Ireland needs change and maybe you're the man to bring it.

Slan leat a Chairde.

Tommy

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Latif Yahia
23/1/2012 10:33:07 pm

Dear Tommy,
Thanks for your message, I agree that some people's time would be better spent investigating where the cash went, but what can you do when someone who licked your shoes in 2007 to meet you turns around and starts writing rubbish about you. It's just the whole newspaper industry really, they don't have news to fill the paper so they make it up, pad it out etc. He's just a yappy dog, there are two ways of dealing with yappy dogs 1. wait until they tire themselves out or 2. throw your shoes at them. Being from Iraq shoe throwing is preferable! Well, in the words of another much maligned individual "There's only one thing worse than being talked about, Not being talked about"

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Ashley USA
24/1/2012 01:51:34 pm

I believe that everything happens for a reason. You are spreading so much knowledge that is hidden from the world. Everyone has a purpose in life. Thank you for further opening my eyes.

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Micheal Murphy
24/1/2012 05:01:29 pm

It's about time we introduced new blood into our political system, too long we have left it in the hands of our own, thinking that because they were Irish through and through that they would do right by us. Well we were very wrong. If you should ever decide to help Ireland by starting a political party I'll be one of the first to stand beside you. Ireland needs a shake up and i think you're the right guy for the job!
With respect.
M.

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Adam L.
25/1/2012 04:24:48 pm

Thank you for being so open, your truthfulness is refreshing. So often people only tell you the good things about themselves and don't admit they have any failings or flaws. I think that's why you have so much support, people, including myself, believe you and believe in you. You're an inspiration.

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greta
26/1/2012 04:41:22 pm

You are a great man, may God look after you always.

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Mike Anteau
29/1/2012 08:51:10 pm

Who the fuck is Eion Butler?

'nuff said.

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Paul O'Connor
30/1/2012 03:05:09 am

Yeah, who is Eoin Butler?? Just a moron who thinks he's a journalist. Instead of helping us by going after the real crooks here, he goes after a guy who's had enough shit already in his life!! Cop on to yourself Eoin and do us all a favour, go after the guys who are paying your wages, they're the real bad guys! And if you can't, shut the fuck up!!

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Phil, Dublin
1/2/2012 06:30:42 pm

Did you ever type "Eoin Butler" and "investigative journalist" into the Irish Times website? What do you think you get?
NOTHIN'
Yep that's what he is! NOTHIN'

Brendan
1/3/2012 05:54:38 pm

EXACTLY!

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Jim
30/1/2012 04:46:43 pm

Since reading your article above, I have been looking at your Wikipedia page and watched as it has descended into a libelous mess. Is Wikipedia going to do something about it or are they in on It too?
Such a shame if they are, I used to like Wikipedia for most of it's content but if it can do this to one page what are they doing to the rest??

Stay strong Latif, you're better than them.

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Latif Yahia
15/2/2012 07:26:49 pm

Dear Jim,

Thank you, no my Wikipedia "situation" hasn't been resolved yet. Not that I haven't sent them numerous emails etc in an effort to amend or even delete the page. I don't care that the articles on it are negative, I just care that they are the ONLY articles. This has been going on for quite some time now and if it continues, I will have no choice but to believe that Wikipedia is happy with the way things are. If that is so I certainly won't be donating again, they'll certainly be the subject of a blog highlighting the difficulties of having a page that can be edited by anybody with a computer! I used to listen to others being interviewed who spoke out against Wikipedia before, especially with regard to it's accuracy and impartiality and now I know first hand exactly why.
The battle continues.

Best regards,
Latif Yahia

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Tanya S.
31/1/2012 07:56:39 pm

Dear Mr. Yahia,
I just wanted to say how much I admire your strength and bravery. There are so many sheep in this world and not enough shepherds only wolves. thank you for guiding us and showing us the way, it's only with help from people like you that we can see those with the power for who they are and how the only interests that they have at heart are their own interests.

Many blessings to you.

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Sheridan
1/2/2012 06:07:52 pm

I want to thank you for being so open and honest, there are very few people that speak from the heart like you do, those of us who leave comments here know that. i think they say that for every One good comment received there are ten more waiting. You are a good and great man, never let anyone tell you something different.

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octavia chappell
3/2/2012 04:45:09 am

I really want to know what your name means? I recently saw the movie The Devil's Double and I have been obessed with your life as well as Uday's. Reading about all you been through, I couldn't imagine me being in your shoes.
thanks for sharing your story

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Fuck You
3/2/2012 12:59:08 pm

You say Uday never had bodyguards or protection yet he is shown with them when the video starts. You're a typical retarded sand nigger. Fuck you, fuck Allah and fuck Muhammed you backwards dune coon. I hope all your people die when we steal their oil. ALLAH AKBAR!! FAHLALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA!!!!

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Jake USA
4/2/2012 04:53:06 am

I see your mother raised you well. Apart from the watching movie have you ever read anything that this man has written?? Go get yourself an education and some manners. America really needs people like you to join the army, we'll have another war for you to go and express yourself in soon enough, yet another reason people hate Americans. People like you make me believe in sterilization.

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Sophie
5/2/2012 06:08:15 pm

Well, at least he took the time to write:))))) I don't agree with F*** You's comments, the only person he's really insulting is himself! We should all pray to help people like him, his mind is closed off from reality. This kind of behavior is the only way he can make sense of his hatred and anger. Sad really.
As for you Mr. Yahia, stay strong, you only have to look at the other comments here to see what support you have, this guy is in the minority EVERYWHERE!
Much respect ,
Sophie

Stan NY-USA
5/2/2012 06:47:36 pm

You're really showing your "moron" there man and it smells like White Trash!!

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Jake
18/3/2012 03:37:54 pm

you're a moron, not your

P.J.
12/2/2012 06:25:39 pm

I used to follow Eoin Butler on twitter, I liked his Shuffle piece in the Irish times. I never knew he got political or I suppose what I mean is that he wrote other things rather than music, local sports stuff and his Q+A piece. I was kinda shocked that he was havin' a "barney" with you (Mr. Yahia) on twitter so of course it made me curious as to who you are and why this was happening. I came here to your website and then read what Eoin had written on his blog and articles, I was shocked. He really has it in for you huh? do you know why? Does he? He's always been sarcastic that's part of his thing but he's really laid it on thick for you. Ya know he's made all sorts of claims on his website like he's going for Mayo man of the Year but that went to Michael Dermody this year, a really great guy, and Mayo person of the Year went to Enda Kenny our Taoiseach so I don't know where he gets the balls to call you a "fantasist" when he writes this stuff on his own website! Ah, sure it's probably just jealousy, cause if he dreams of being Mayo Man of the year his dreams aren't that big really are they? Sure you've probably lived more in one week than Eoin will in his whole life. I don't know if you've heard this before but there's a saying " A life well lived is the best revenge"
I just thought I'd give ya my tuppence anyway and tell ya I don't follow him anymore, you're far more interesting anyway.

Live well, be happy.
P.J

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Latif Yahia
15/2/2012 07:16:25 pm

Thank you P.J, a wise man once said that there were "two certainties in life, death and taxes" I would like to add a third, "Haters". Sometimes we know the reasons why, sometimes they themselves don't know why, but I think just about everyone will come across one in his/her lifetime, Eoin Butler is mine. He says that I am no longer of interest to him and he has no intention of writing anything else about me, "good" I say, it just makes you wonder what has changed? He thought enough to write several pieces and then keep updating them on his website. Maybe he's the kind of guy that can't admit when he is wrong? anyway "Good luck" to him, it saves me suing him, half of nothing is nothing.
Thanks for the support.

Best regards,
Latif Yahia

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Anthony
13/2/2012 10:26:45 am

I was a United States Marine I served in Iraq during the most recent engagement when I returned home I was Other Than honerably discharged for crimes I never committed. I was not a lackey and spoke my mind too much so I have seen the injustice in our government mybe not to the extent you have but I was dishonored in front of my family I am glad you are speaking out you are a role model for all people who have suffered the un just treatment of a corrupt system (a.k.a All Governments) Never let them silence you. May God Be With You.

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Latif Yahia
14/2/2012 05:53:48 pm

Thank you Anthony for sharing with us what can only be a painful and shocking experience. As an ex-military man I understand the hurt you feel.
These days our "patriotism" is judged by how we can keep our mouths shut when we see something wrong, do not let them change your mind, we are Patriotic when we speak out against the wrong within our country, culture or society, that is true Patriotism. We join the Army to protect people, not to become tools of torture or war without rules.
My God bless you and keep you safe, the day will come when everyone will understand that you stood for right and justice.

Best regards,
Latif Yahia

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suraj
14/2/2012 04:34:12 am

i really respect what you did for your country and for every one no matter how much we say about you its always less i belive every word of what you said god bless you people like me from india support you. god is always with you

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suraj link
14/2/2012 04:40:03 am

i am a great fan of you sir i respect every thing you did you are a role model to me people like me from india are always with you what you have faced no one els cant even imagine god bless you sir

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Latif Yahia
15/2/2012 07:04:59 pm

Thank you Suraj, I am grateful for your support and understanding. I visited India many years ago and was truly amazed by it's beauty and culture, it left a lasting impression on me.
My best regards to you and your fellow countrymen/women.

Latif Yahia

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Tim H.
15/2/2012 10:44:48 am

Please believe us Mr Yahia when we
Say that
You are one of
Countless incredible
Heroes, with the
Ordeals you have been through



Consider running for Taoiseach, Dr Yahia
Until we have a leader of your calibre, Ireland has
No chance of overcoming its present
Turbulence

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Latif Yahia
15/2/2012 06:59:58 pm

Thank you very much Tim, but I can't be a politician, I can't be two faced.
As you know in Ireland most people vote by "family" one family is Fianna Fail another Fianna Gael etc until this style of voting changes in Ireland and the people expect and demand new and better leaders Ireland's situation will not change. I love Ireland and it's people but hate it's government and have had open debates with people like Micheal McDowell, especially about his decimation of Irish law with regard to immigration and his attempts to "keep Ireland white". Some of his followers include Eoin butler a journalist in mainstream Irish media.
I do agree that there has been an element of immigrants that were out to take what they could get from the Irish State but not everyone who comes to your country is hungry, as much of the Irish population has done over the generations and more recently they are really just looking for a better life, I would have thought that the Irish people would have understood that better than most.
I appreciate and am humbled by your suggestion but I need you to ask yourself is Ireland ready for a face of colour to represent them? Why not a young person with fresh ideas, education and spirit, someone like you, because by contacting me you have shown that you care enough for your country to actually make a difference,

Best regards to you and all Irish who love their country enough to look for a solution outside the box.

Latif Yahia

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razzak
16/2/2012 06:23:55 am

you are making up all these comments, no one believes you .. you faggot, even the people that do have their doubts, if I'm wrong.. then post this comment.

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Latif Yahia
16/2/2012 05:13:17 pm

Why should I make all these comments up ? I don't need to. I take it that you are Iraqi living in Perth, Australia or at least that's where your IP 180.216.37.29 comes from. No one is loved or liked by everyone, so I accept that there will always be people out there like you, who while they are insulting cannot make a strong argument for their opinions. You are entitled to believe what you wish, as another commenter wrote earlier "it is not the number of people who believe you, but who believes you." I am happy that you don't, because if you have to use insults to make yourself heard then really you don't have anything worth hearing.

Best regards,
Latif Yahia

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Jake
18/3/2012 03:42:12 pm

It's a bit creepy you blasted his IP publicly like that

Richard C. Melbourne, Australia
18/2/2012 09:31:39 pm

to Razzak, well you're obviously wrong mate! He posted your comment! What no answer?? No surprises there then, if you're going to accuse someone at least offer a piece of proof. I think that you are the kind of guy that just goes around leaving messages on websites here and there because that's all you have to do with your time. Go get a job! Or at least find something useful to do with your day. If you are living in Perth, stop giving the rest of us Aussies a bad name.

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Sean De Lear
16/2/2012 10:27:35 am

Rest assured Dr Yahia, we in Ireland are never going to give you up. We are never going to let you down. We are never going to run around and hurt you. Having said that, I'm sure it goes without saying that we are never going to say goodbye, tell a lie, run around or desert you. You are a hero to all of the world. All the best from your friend, Sean De Lear!

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Latif Yahia
16/2/2012 05:15:52 pm

Dear Sean De Lear,
Or is it Chandelier? Thanks that really brought a smile to my face, I liked Rick Astley in the 80's. If it's true also of the Irish people, my thanks, but either way it was creative.

Best regards.
Latif Yahia

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Suzanne Mackintosh
1/3/2012 06:09:49 pm

Dear Dr. Yahia,

I just wanted to let you know how much of an inspiration you are, not just to me but many, many people around the world. Can I just say that the best response for negativity is positivity. You are much loved and respected in this world keep up the great work and your head held high.
There will always be naysayers, just don't give them any power by giving them any attention.

Yours Respectfully,
Suzanne

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ARKAN link
26/3/2012 11:40:30 am

Not because I took about 5 hours thinking about the insane how will have the chance to put him self in your place ,, you have made your fathers will at the end ,, and this is the mater .
We didn't chose the way or the place that we lived , but what it maters is to be what we want at the end.
I do believe you bro .. not because the movie or the pictures that I have seen No Sir !! it is because I have the same blood and the same brunet skin you have and it grouse burning under the sun of " Al rashid " Capital Baghdad.
Same blood , same skin, same pain,same tears.
Asking God to rest your fathers soul in piece ,, and Blessing you dear bro.


A.S

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ghada
5/4/2012 01:18:21 pm

hi mr.latif am ghada and i really admire you and you are a brave man i love iraqy people so much i really do and used love uday but what i heard about him made me change my mind.

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sudipt panda
10/4/2012 04:39:11 am

truly sir,der z only 1 word for u-respect!!!and i mean it...and i vl try my best to make your story reach the people in our community...and udays bitter truth to be disclosed to the world....

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Young Turk
25/4/2012 09:08:39 am

Hi Latif,

First of all I want to say you are a extraordinary man! You are speaking your mind and sharing your intelligent thoughts with us, thank you for this!

I have watched your movie I think you have produced a great film which shows the struggle and torture you went through, also showing the tragedies which happened in Iraq. Keep on sharing your thoughts with us please, you are enlightening the WORLD!


Regards from London

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Grace
31/5/2012 05:24:06 pm

Hi Latif and readers;

Hi Latif and readers;
Thank you for your courage to live such an authentic life. Your work does pay off even at times when it might makes us feel defeated and overwhelmed.
Hopefully, systems dictated by cowards/parasites who relay on others to 'take the bullet' will one day soon self destruct




Love Grace

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Meg
29/6/2012 02:41:38 am

Your story is your story, and nobody can dispute that, no matter how hard they try. I give you so much credit for sharing what you have been through. Sharing your story gives other people permission to do the same. Furthermore, you are giving recognition to some of the victims from along the way. Know that there are so many, including myself, who support you, thank you, and encourage you to keep sharing your story.

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Jennifer
8/7/2012 06:04:39 am

I just saw you on "Locked Up Abroad" and if you aren't telling the truth, you deserve an Academy Award. Your story was very compelling and made me very thankful I was born in a free country. Good luck to you.

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Levi Patrick
13/7/2012 01:37:25 pm


Hi Latif,

I just saw the evil's Twin, luckily I didn't buy it! I find you story very believable.

Few people get a look below the blanket of propaganda and as one comment said above, "born in a free country," I find it hard to believe there are any "free" countries left.

Please forgive the many in the US for they are asleep in a cloud of confusion and the US is not the Constitutional Republic my Grandfather fought for in the 18th century.

The most important thing I wanted to say is to watch this lady who cured her MS by what she eat here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjgBLwH3Wc

Stay strong and alert.

Go with God,
Levi Patrick USA

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Maggie from Dublin
14/7/2012 05:00:34 am

Hi Latif, Sorry to hear you have to leave Ireland....it`s crazy.
Your children will have an Irish accent I guess, Irish schools....and the Irish Government did not take the fact that your children will be settled in the schools into consideration.
We all know what an injust world this is..this has got to be a Human Rights interest surely?
If your book was to blame, you just told the truth, sadly; especiall y Governments don`t want the truth to get out...because they are up to their eyes in corruption and war-mongering.
CIA involvement somewhere along the line? Don`t forget there are many people in the USA who will have contacts with the Irish government, the zionists etc., it might also be that Ireland is too scared to have you there, or that you are just been made a scapegoat.
I`ve read some facts about Saddam that is contrary to what the US Bush etc., has said about him and accused him of. Iraq is NOT a better place to live at all. since the war, the USA will pay in the end for their bloodshed...Gaza etc., makes me too sad. If Iraw was a better place
then YOU would be there now living peacefully with your wife and children. Again, they wanted you away from Iraq, because you knew the truth....and they wanted the CIA, US lies to prevail.
Where will you go now? I love the Arab world, I fell in love with it when i was 8 ears old (I`m 55 now) always have loved the terrain....I visited Dubai twice..I want to go back....I listen to Arabic music....wonderful....
Where-ever you live I hope you have some peace and know that the world continues to watch what the US is doing and shakes it`s head in dis-belief....and also, we all know, that people of this world are waking up and seeing what the USA/UK governments Israel etc., are doing.
They will not be able to prevail, I don`t believe God will let them,
and Fuck this scom Eoin Butler, he is NOT a Journalist he is a pimp from Mayo.

Take care.

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Shanawa
22/7/2012 12:29:15 pm

Hi Latif,

I know for a fact that torture wasn't unfamiliar with Saddams party... My father was tortured by his party even before he came to power, and he was just 15 years old... I'll leave the details out...

I have to say that you seem like a brave man, and I admire you. Thank you Latif, and even though time may not heal all wounds, I hope you're happy, you deserve it.

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SN Kannan, India
26/7/2012 08:29:36 am

Hi Latif, just saw Devil's Double & routinely Wikied to know more about u - OMG the controversies are fantastic & certainly certifies another story/movie. I think you are a great guy. Is the entire story of the film true ? I cannot believe you missed killing Uday when you fired a full magazine at him in the party - practically at point blank range. You, a trained Army officer - missing ? I guess that scene is to make the usual "movie masala" (as we say in India). Hope you settle somewhere & live well. Try India. It's a great place & nobody really cares.

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Deborah
5/8/2012 11:18:43 pm

Dear Latif,

I'm from Amsterdam and here we talk a lot about the corruption of the system & gouverment, the cia & the brainwashing media. I totally believe and support you, These alligations of you not speaking the truth is one of the oldest tricks in the gouverments book to play people out! I'm so proud of you, it's people like you who make change possible! Ghandi once said; First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win. You did win, and with your words & appereance of not being indoctrinated and keep telling the truth, you give people strenght to also tell their truth. Change starts with the mind, and you make people think about & question a lot of important matters. Don't let any article or what so ever get to you, you got lots of support from all over the world!!! Good luck & God bless you and your family.

Best regards, Deborah

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Louis
9/8/2012 12:58:59 pm

Take care Latif, I have no doubt about your integrity and I am more than aware of the the dirty and treasonous organisations like the CIA that pretend to be fighting for the democratic cause. If only people really knew the truth or just opened their eyes to who creates such monsters. They are the same and god help us if they finally achieve their goal. Uday will be a pussy cat compared to what will transpire.

We have been conditioned to believe that we can't do much about all that is happening but the very fact that they are afraid of freedom of speech and attack all those who try to speak the truth is in itself a testement to how we can and should do what we can. "for evil to flourish it takes good men to do nothing". In the famous words of Dave Allen, "may your god go with you".

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Louis
9/8/2012 01:01:52 pm

Take care Latif, I have no doubt about your integrity and I am more than aware of the the dirty and treasonous organisations like the CIA that pretend to be fighting for the democratic cause. If only people really knew the truth or just opened their eyes to who creates such monsters. They are the same and god help us if they finally achieve their goal. Uday will be a pussy cat compared to what will transpire.

We have been conditioned to believe that we can't do much about all that is happening but the very fact that they are afraid of freedom of speech and attack all those who try to speak the truth is in itself a testament to how we can and should do what we can. "for evil to flourish it takes good men to do nothing". In the famous words of Dave Allen, "may your god go with you".

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Jae Donovan
13/8/2012 06:08:52 am

My Dear Brother Latif,
I just wanted to say how moved I am by your story and what you have been through. I watched the movie The Devil's Double last night and I could not stop thinking about it. My stomach was in a knot knowing that a human being was forced into this life. And as I watch the video of you now on this site I wept. It was like, to me removing the actor playing you and actually seeing you was mind blowing. You carry yourself with such grace. There is so much truth in your voice and in your eyes! So much humbleness in your body language that I felt you deep in my heart. The petty things we get caught up in every day are put in perspective. And I pray for you and your family.
One Love

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YOUSIF From KURDISTAN
15/8/2012 12:09:48 pm

Dear Dr. Latif,
I heard that you are Kurdish,
Is it true?
God Bless you,
Do you ever thinking about visit to Kurdistan?

Regards

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Azard Mohammed link
19/10/2012 04:03:29 am

Mr Yahia ,
You should show the CBS interview to this journalist it shows where in public you were in the newscast apologising as Uday. That would shut them up. Also I have a question for you , I understand Uday has a son Mesut Torum with a former Miss Iraq Sonim Torum. Did you know this ?

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maya
7/6/2013 01:06:47 am

DEAR SIR,

I admire yr strength courage perseverance and and the utter determination that you have lived with. you have gone through a lot and I hope that even though you have suffered much in this life on earth, jesus still loves you. we live only one life, and when we die its either heaven or hell. I hope tht you will accept jesus love for you, and his sacrifice he made to save you, so that you will be with him in heaven after you die. I sincerely pray for you. saddam hussien was an animal, and so was uday, they are both, burning in hell, for all eternity tortured by demons in hell, and they have no relif day or night, forever. I hope that you will choose the right path followed by only a few, and will go to heaven,so the sufferings that you experienced here on earth will be nothing compared to the glory that you shall have in heaven..GOD BLESS YOU !!!

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Jack
9/7/2013 08:01:39 am

Fuck Eoin Butler and Ed Ceasar we Love Latif.

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saba ansari
28/6/2014 12:27:06 am

I was reading a book (Love in a torn land) by a kurdish women and i got interested in Iraq. I was just looking at things connected with your homeland and stumbled across your name.......I must say that all of us have difficulties in our lives but i cannot imagine the pain you must have gone through and the loss. I just wanted to share a thought :) "the more Allah loves his servant the more he is tested". I hope that this message finds you in good health. :)

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MisterArtGuy
23/7/2014 10:58:32 am

Dear Dr. Yahia,
We met by random chance today at a café. I must say you are a truly remarkable person, a testimony to endurance and survival and the bravest man I've ever had the privilege to meet. I would have loved to have been able to stay and listen longer, unfortunately time was not in my favor.
May God bless you with strength, health and happiness

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Martin
27/9/2015 10:02:56 am

If Mubaraks wife saw this, can't she verify it?

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Alejandro Pinzon
30/7/2018 04:24:39 pm

Dear Mr Latif I just wanted to say that I admired the courage you had and the sacrifice you did to save your family. I can imagine what you went through and the actual horrors you saw during the time that Saddam Hussein was in power. I am from Colombia and you see there is no difference from what our countries went through. My country at the time when Pablo Escobar was alive there was murder everyday and it wasn't safe to walk around the streets even if you were with someone. The only thing I just want to say is with great respect and honor that you are a hero and a great example of courage and strenght. Oh and deep respect for your people and your country of Iraq, I love the history of it because it is considered by many to be the cradle of human civilization, basicly where everything started. May God bless you and I will support your network. If you want to have a chat and discuss about these experiences my email is [email protected].

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