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

THANK YOU AMERICA.

28/12/2011

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Latif Yahia,Iraq,USA,CIA,Uday Saddam Hussein,America,War
_There have been a lot of people over the last twenty years of my life who have told me that I should say those words, others only hoped I would and more still believed that I never would.
But here I am with them writ large as the title, you see, they are just words and it will only become clear as you read through this  exactly how I mean them.
Let me just say for clarification,( because I've had a few people recently tell me that I tar all Americans with the same brush, which I don't) that when I say America, I do not mean every man woman and child that lives on the continent of America, I mean the Administration (and whomever happens to be the picture in front, presently it's Obama) with special mention to it's foreign policy.
As the last troops pull out of Iraq to KUWAIT (so far away) but leave behind the biggest US Embassy in the world in Baghdad, you can't  help but see that it's all just  words. Recently when the Iraqis made comment about the 3,000 staff and 21,000 security that the American Administration were leaving in the Embassy in Baghdad they were told that if they didn't like the US Army as security for the Embassy they (the US) could replace them with civilian staff (mercenaries). Somehow, somewhere, someone misinterpreted the whole idea of "leaving". Leaving is everybody leaving, not 24,000 staying.  But then, I have said it before, America never goes somewhere and leaves, look at Germany and Japan for instance it's 66 years since the end of the Second world war yet they still have a presence in those countries.
Sometimes I really do just sit and wonder, this isn't news, so why do we not care? Why is it okay for America to get on it's high horse about Human rights in other countries when compared to Europe for instance it doesn't really have any and the great irony is that America never signs into Human rights legislation.  Why have we let America become the police of the world? Historically America has never attacked a country that it knew could really fight back, Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction, it's military capabilities and population were severely weakened after 13 years of sanctions, Iraq was a soft target, but I am proud to say not as soft as the American's first thought. So after 8 years in Iraq they are "leaving" they have "installed a democracy" that's a misnomer in itself and after all their drum beating about Iran have left them in charge of Iraq! If you don't believe me, just the other week when Noori al-Maliki visited the graves of US soldiers, something I might add that he has never done for the soldiers of Iraq, instead of flying straight back to Baghdad he flew to Tehran to discuss what he did in the States and get the "Okay".
So Thank You America for getting rid of Saddam Hussein and replacing him with an Iranian government, and 300 members of Parliament who all want to be Saddam and act accordingly.
Thank You America for finding, training and supporting Saddam Hussein in Egypt in 1958 just so you could oust the socialist President of Iraq.
Thank You America, for being in Iraq for 8 years, leaving 24,000 soldiers and staff behind at your embassy and moving next door to Kuwait.
Thank You America for not rebuilding Iraq, leaving it to the new assholes in charge who haven't built a wall, let alone an infrastructure, Iraqis are very happy that they don't have water, electricity or proper sewerage.
Thank You America, because of the invasion of iraq in 2003 there are nearly 1.5 million Iraqi deaths, Saddam didn't manage that in 35 years. We have 5 million refugees around the world of which only a few thousand are actually in America because America only takes the Iraqis who worked for them in Iraq as refugees, Europe has taken the brunt. We have over 1 million widows and orphans, another 3 million refugees inside Iraq's borders because of the civil war that no-one acknowledges because it would "look bad" on America.
Thank You America, for bringing democracy in the shape of men who sat in the UK , US, Canada, Sweden, France, Germany, Ireland and other countries, lived on social welfare, swore allegiance to that country and upon their return to Iraq bought votes with blankets, generators and white goods.
Thank You America, for finding the weapons of mass destruction that were such a threat to your homeland that you needed to travel halfway around the world to defend yourself.
Thank you America for showing me the true meaning of "Human rights" when the CIA had me imprisoned and tortured for ten and a half months in Vienna because I wouldn't co-operate.
Thank you America for making sure that I have remained stateless since my flight from Iraq in 1991. Just like you promised, you're certainly true to your word in this case.
Thank You America for letting Al-Qaeda into Iraq, we never had them before.
Thank You America for supporting and training Osama Bin Laden, he did a great job against those Russians in Afghanistan, it makes you wonder why he turned against you?
Thank you America for making Terrorism the disease of this century, you will have plenty of "terrorists" to fight as you have created laws that make people who speak out against "America" terrorists, what happened to the "freedom of  speech and Democracy"  that you go around liberating other countries in the name of?
Thank You America for getting the media so "on-side" that we only really see and hear what you want us to, the only Free speech is the speech you decide is Free.
Thank You America for dragging the rest of the world into economic chaos, you try to arrest the 99% and leave the 1% free to do as they please that's definitely democratic. More liberties are lost through the ballot boxes than they are by tanks!
Thank You America for creating all the Dictators of the last century and today, we know you've been having great fun going around liberating us.
Thank You America, you've really outdone yourself this time!

A special thanks to Mr. Obama the President of America, during his speech in the White House with Noori al-Maliki who was visiting, he said the following:


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Sam USA
28/12/2011 10:16:10 pm

You are a really great man Mr. Yahia...thank you for being an inspiration for me and so many others, i'm sure...i wish you all the best, and never forget that you are not alone in you're fight for justice...me and many others are right behind you...

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Helen Ayash Hill link
2/1/2012 07:34:14 am

I Have a friend visiting Baghdad at the moment. She says all the progress they are trying to make is being done by the Private Sector, the government has done nothing. She said it is Hell there in summer due to lack of electricity. We used to work in Baghdad International School, which was blown up allegedly by the Americans & then looted by the locals. They don't know what to do with Saddams unfinished largest mosque,( possibly in the world.) People no longer feel safe, My immediate family (all Sunni) have left Baghdad, some living in the USA. I have just watched "The Devil's Double", it verifies, what we heard , when we lived there about Oday & his psychopathic behaviours.Despite the film portraying a lot of negativity, life under Saddam was safer & there was stability. Democracy & liberation has done nothing for the people of Iraq, they deserve better.

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David Chessler
29/1/2012 03:23:55 pm

Of course the rebuilding is being done by the private sector. Many of those companies paid good money for that war, you better believe they're going to get their share of the rewards for nation building. A lot of the same people that have vested interests in defense contracts also have investments in the effort to rebuild. They make money coming and going, while others get to bleed for their profits. It's sick!

Behzod link
9/3/2012 05:02:24 pm

I'm proudly agree with you Sam. America is the wonderful country but with no future. The time will come to put an end to that country, I believe in God!

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John CBS TV - USA
28/12/2011 11:19:24 pm

I saw the movie and I really admire this man for his courage and am saddened by what he had to endure as well-----thank you Latif for sharing your story.May you find peace in your heart and may these memories fade . It is truly good that so many of these people are gone for good--may they never be replaced

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James Mulligan (Dublin-Ireland)
28/12/2011 11:33:12 pm

Always continue to speak your mind Mr. Yahia..Kee­ping anger bottled up is far more dangerous than letting it out..Free speech was made for truthful people like you.

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Stephanie Caruana
29/12/2011 04:30:57 am

To Alan Shatter Minister for Justice in Ireland, Latif Yahia should be given a citizenshi­p in Ireland...­show that democracy does truly exist in this world irregardle­ss of race,relig­ion & status...S­hame on You Mr.Shatter and the Irish Government­­, Give the Man a chance! He's lived through enough of Hell!
The US Govt should be concentrat­ing on their pathetic gun laws(even a child can own a gun!),heal­thcare,edu­cation, economy,un­employment­, racism problems etc..What does the Irish govt mean by saying "If we give you the citizenshi­p,we'll ruin our relations with the US?"..Why is the US Govt interferin­g?I am not an American but I am begging the Govt "Don't ruin the world with war on terrorism,­don't interfere with another country's laws unless we ask u too.

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The truth
16/2/2012 10:58:18 am

No child can purchase a gun in America, the nation actually has much stricter gun laws than its European and Oceania counterparts. You are very misinformed

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Angele Cunningham (AP News) USA
29/12/2011 03:55:07 pm

I Love This Quotations by: Latif Yahia,
Government is not the solution to our problems. Government is the problem, and The CIA are behind all the dictators and terrorists across the world.
Absolutely A class Quotations.

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Sajaad
1/1/2012 01:00:34 am

Long live iraq

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Brian Gutierrez
13/1/2012 01:35:24 pm

i just finished watching "the devil's double" and wanted to look up more about the extraordinary man portrayed in the film. i found this website, and just wanted to say thank you. i am an american who is in complete disgust of our foriegn policy. america (and the rest of the world for that matter) is being run by banksters whose goal above all else (human life, dignity, respect, honor) is to make a profit. it disgusts me to know the way that our country is being run, and saddens me that there really isnt anything i can do about. i continually try and educate others about the REAL united states of america (murdering globally for profit) but most everyone i talk to is a brain-washed sheep. i must say though, an awakening is occuring here in america. more and more people i talk to are waking up and realizing the truth.
i guess i really just wanted to write and say thank you. thank you for telling your story, and thank you for continuing to be on the side of the truth. if you, Latif, actually read these comments, i would whole heartedly appreciate a friend request on facebook (i have subscribed to your posts), and possibly a signed copy of the The Black Hole (e-mail me for more details) seeing as how it has been impossible for me to find here in the us. once again, thank you!

-an american citizen who realizes there is more to the world than what is shown on the box of lies (television)

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Latif Yahia
14/1/2012 04:29:15 am

Dear Brian,
Thank you so much for your message of support and honesty, I hope the American people do wake up to what is going on, I know that the American people are just as much victims as the rest of us and in some ways more-so. Americans have been under the hands of the news makers for too long, it saddens me that the country that is held as a beacon for freedom of speech and democracy is the one that has the least of both. I thank you! I thank you for acknowledging that there needs to be change in Americas foreign policy and that your fellow countrymen and women need to wake up from the anesthesia that they have been under for such a long time. Like in everything, the first step is always the hardest.
I will always fight for the truth and with the support of my friends, family and people like you I will have the strength to carry on.

My best regards to you and yours,
Latif Yahia

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Ananda Tish Anawi
15/1/2012 06:56:54 am

Some Americans have been awake their whole entire lives. We are educated, awake and patient. A dead person stops fighting. An alive awake person is full of surprises. Latif many blessings to you for telling the truth on your path, Power,Control and War are very LOW vibrations. May your Love and Courage continue to shine upon us all! Love & Light, Ananda ( born in USA)

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glenn from usa
26/1/2012 04:33:24 pm

Just saw the movie. very interesting. you are a good and brave person if that was portrayed correctly. Most americans get it. Don't be fooled into believing that we don't. Most people I know and associate with know we are being played like puppets and humiliated worldwide. America really is mostly good. The foundation of America is good and inspired by God. You seem like a champion of human liberty and freedom...and one brave enough to fight for it. Thank you for your example.

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Martha Franks
28/1/2012 05:39:35 am

I saw this movie and was so taken by the courage to fight back this evil person. You were meant to live so that you could help all of us change. I am an american. Not all Americans are bad. I was inspired by your willingness to see justice done. I admire that. So many of us give up because they see the politics of things and see no other chance but to back down, walk away and live with what has been done to you. I loved this movie and look forward to reading more about your life.

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David Chessler
29/1/2012 03:20:32 pm

Latif, we are very much prisoners here in America - we live in prisons of our own making, in our own minds. Things are getting bad here though - and people are waking up. For decades Americans just did not want to acknowledge that their government was responsible for propping up brutal dictators. Now they will at least acknowledge it as fact (although some of our more deluded citizens will make excuses for these actions, whereas before they denied them outright).

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Behzod link
9/3/2012 05:11:57 pm

Thank you America for debt crisis and any other financial crisis which are all dramatized by yourself. "...And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement." (Surat Al-Qamar 54:3)
I believe in God, the time will come to put an end to America!!! Farewell America, and Thank you America for all!!!

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Behzod link
9/3/2012 05:12:21 pm

Thank you America for debt crisis and any other financial crisis which are all dramatized by yourself. "...And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement." (Surat Al-Qamar 54:3)
I believe in God, the time will come to put an end to America!!! Farewell America, and Thank you America for all!!!

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Behzod link
9/3/2012 05:13:02 pm

Thank you America for debt crisis and any other financial crisis which are all dramatized by yourself. "...And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement." (Surat Al-Qamar 54:3) I believe in God, the time will come to put an end to America!Farewell America, and Thank you America for all!

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Jessica Jenkins
27/6/2012 03:22:37 pm

Hello Mr. Yahia. I know I am jumping into this conversation rather late, but I could not simply read and run. First allow me to say my friend that you are absolutely right, every point you have made here and your feelings regarding the United States of America are 100% valid, and Latif I am so sorry. There is no excuse for the way you were treated, and America had absolutely no business in Iraq from the time Old Dubbya (George Bush Sr.) decided to pick a fight with Saddam. Now that is not to say that Saddam was not a piece of work, he was a sadistically ambitious man no doubt, but it was not for us to dethrone him.

The thing about us Americans is that no matter how bad things really are, no matter how important a decision is, we would rather allow someone i.e. our politicians to call all the shots ... Americans do not respect the responsibility that life demands and as such we continuously allow our leadership to dig holes we cannot possibly climb out of without blood stained hands. Though ashamed to admit it, I am guilty of seeing the world through rose tinted glasses too.

I wanted to believe that Iraq had WMD’s … I needed to believe it, because if they did and my family was their target then invading would be the right thing to do. I was on the bandwagon with everyone else when Dessert Storm. It was quite easy to vilify Iraq back then. I was an impressionable kid, a proud devoted American in JR. high school. But I had no idea what real loyalty was, I had no real base on which to ground my pride, how could I at 13 years old? Back then all I really did know for a fact was that George Bush said …

“This will not stand, this aggression against Kuwait.”

And according to Bush Kuwait was a friend, and despite all of our faults Americans for the most part are fiercely loyal to our friends, this I knew, and thus along side my fellow Americans my call for war was strong and true.

A decade passed before I really began to question my country’s motives for our involvement abroad. But my questions were not enough to keep me from enlisting in the US Army. I received training in and worked as an Intelligence Analyst in Germany for most of my Army stint. Three more years passed and as they did my need for answers had gone chronically unanswered, moreover, my faith in my country had been severely shaken. During my enlistment my focus was on Milosevic and his tyranny in Kosovo, once again a conflict we had no business becoming involved in, but we were and so I did my job however reluctant I was. By the time it was time to reenlist my unit was coming back from Kosovo, and ramping up for another battle in Iraq, this time under the infamous leadership of Baby Dubbya (Bush Jr.) Long story short, I refused to work for Bush a second longer than I had to, so I got out.

Today Latif, I echo your sentiment to say THANK YOU America. Thank you for offering me the opportunity to see first hand what you are all about. Thank you for helping me to remove the rose tinted glasses. And thank you ever so much for showing me that for all intents and purposes I was a sheep happy to be led so long as I was never made to take responsibility for my life and my country. I cannot help but wonder at this point, can America change for the better, and if we can, if we can be redeemed, will we? I sure hope so. I truly hope and pray that someday this country, my country, my America will rise to what our forefathers had envisioned from the start. One Nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. --- George Washington

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Patrick
22/7/2012 03:40:00 pm

So insanely ungrateful and ignorantly insane. How about...

Thank you Middle East, for breeding the most violent and hateful religion of all time, that seems to want nothing but violence and death for the entire world. You can hate on America and the CIA all you want, sure there are some evil people in the american government and CIA/FBI, but I would much rather deal with the CIA and a shitty government than deal with muslim psychopaths. I'll take the lesser of two evils, and you can take the religion of hate and violence. I just wish the US would show some spine, and give the middle east a nice big glass parking lot. All you want to do is kill eachother, why can't you leave us out of it?

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23/10/2012 10:13:39 am

What's up colleagues, how is the whole thing, and what you want to say regarding this article, in my view its truly remarkable for me.

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23/10/2012 10:44:06 am

Sheryl Underwood is killing "The Talk" with her constant talking, inappropriate comments, and loud...unfunny antics...get her OFF.

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John Vii
3/1/2013 09:40:59 pm

i just watch the movie, and i saw how devil is Uday, but to be fair, not all american are not like that, and you are right, the media are the spoilers. Also, not most middleeast countries are terrorist attitude or whatsoever...they just had such things need to be reform or change, but they push it in a gruesome way. All in all...I am very proud of you Mr. Latif for you fight for freedom...and like what you said in the movie.."I am Latif!!!.....I am not like Uday.....

God Bless you...

Allahu akbar

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31/1/2013 09:04:57 pm

Thank you America for removing Africa's longest liberation movement off the tzerror list.

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