ERASING IRAQ
The PRESSTV discussion of Erasing Iraq which I co-authored with Michael Otterman provides some fascinating discussion on the contents of the book from the perceptive of two leading commentators on Middle Eastern affairs. A few months ago Michael Otterman and Anthony Lowenstein spoke about the Iraq conflict at a Free University of Bellingen event. The discussion on PRESSTV is a timely follow-up to the FUB seminar . See Poster
As you will have noticed, despite Iraq’s attempts to re-establish itself as a major power in the Middle East, it nonetheless continues to be ravaged by sectarian violence, economic hardship and political instability. Recent co-ordinated bombings have sought to destabilise the country in the hope of exacerbating existing tensions and perhaps bringing about a violent overthrow of the current government. Iraqi people remain in the grip of fear, intimidation and violence. They have had to confront years of war, sanctions and violence. Erasing Iraq is an attempt to catalogue what has happened to ordinary Iraqi people. It's a sad but necessary account of the costs of an illegal war mounted for the most self-serving of political and 'strategic' reasons.
Richard Hil
