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Scarce jobs, unsafe streets tarnish = gains in=20 freedom
President rallies returned troops as = Iraqis=20 reflect on the mixed blessings GIs brought =

Borzou = Daragahi,=20 Chronicle Foreign Service=20

Friday, March 19,=20 2004
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Baghdad -- Haydar Kamel had a free = afternoon but couldn't decide whether to catch a racy = flick=20 like "Showgirls'' or "The Story of O'' at one of the = movie=20 theaters on Al-Sadoun Street, peruse one of several = hundred=20 newspapers or watch satellite television, options he = never had=20 under Saddam Hussein.=20

He finally opted to surf the Web at a new Internet = cafe on=20 Arasat Street -- and launched into a tirade against = the=20 U.S.-led war and occupation of his country.=20

"So, OK, we have freedom," said the 26-year-old=20 underemployed carpenter. "But where are the jobs? = Where is the=20 security? What kind of freedom is it when you can't go = out on=20 the streets at night?"=20

A year after the U.S. invasion, the euphoria that = greeted=20 the overthrow of Saddam Hussein has long since faded. = Even=20 those most enthusiastic about the U.S.-led war have = discovered=20 that freedom can be a two-edged sword.=20

Some Iraqis say their lives haven't changed at all, = though=20 when pressed, they concede it's nice to be able to = discuss=20 politics without fear of being turned in to the secret = police.=20

"At the time of Saddam, I had to be careful what I = said in=20 front of my friends," Abdul Wahab Abdullah, a retired=20 agricultural engineer, said after arguing for 15 = minutes that=20 little had changed in Iraq since Hussein's Baath Party = was=20 overthrown. "Now, we can criticize the government, = even the=20 American occupation, without fear of being jailed and=20 tortured."=20

In some ways, Iraqis are like tropical fish long = confined=20 in an aquarium that are suddenly dumped into a = free-running=20 river filled with predators. In place of the hermetic=20 certainties of a police state, the contemporary = world's=20 troubles -- crime, terrorism, drug abuse, ethnic = conflict --=20 have come rushing into their lives, all at once.=20

"Things were bad under Saddam, but at least he = protected=20 Iraqis from terrorism and criminal gangs,'' said Ali = Habib, a=20 retired lawyer playing backgammon with friends at = al-Zawar, a=20 19th century cafe in the old section of town. "What = good is=20 having freedom if you don't dare go out at night for = fear of=20 being robbed or beaten?'' At Baghdad's Amusement City, = a leafy=20 park with a rusty roller coaster and a decrepit tunnel = of=20 love, groups of young men and women gather on a clear, = sunny=20 day. Mostly college students, they tease each other, = play=20 soccer on a green field and, away from public = scrutiny, steal=20 the occasional kiss.=20

But they complain that the park, which used to be = open late=20 into the night, now closes at 2 p.m. because of = security=20 concerns. Each afternoon, they scamper home to their = families=20 and sit in front of the television. Channel 2, a = Lebanese=20 station that plays shows like "Buffy the Vampire = Slayer" and=20 movies like "Cannonball Run 3," has become especially = popular.=20

"The Americans took away security and instead gave = us=20 'Frasier,' " says Asa Qasem, 20, an engineering = student.=20

The mood of Iraqis often depends on where they = stand on=20 Iraq's geographic, ethnic and economic maps. In the = Kurdish=20 north, which has been semi- autonomous since the 1991 = Gulf=20 War, Kurds relish the progress they have made over the = past=20 year.=20

The young roam the streets at night, frequenting = the=20 numerous bars and clubs.=20

"We're richer than we were before the war," says = Ari=20 Mohammad, who teaches English language and literature = at the=20 University of Sulaymaniyah. "There are higher salaries = than=20 before. Our civil society is growing."=20

But for many other Iraqis, the biggest concern is = the=20 economy. In the southern city of Nasiriya, young men = mill=20 aimlessly below a bridge that was the scene of the = some of the=20 most intense fighting in the war. Dozens of civilians = died as=20 they fled crossfire between coalition forces and = Hussein=20 loyalists into nearby fields.=20

Iraqis here -- mainly Shiites who enthusiastically=20 supported the invasion -- had great expectations for = the=20 postwar era. Those hopes remain largely unfulfilled.=20

Hossein Kasem, an unemployed 22-year-old, said his = life had=20 not improved -- except for the freedom to take part in = self-flagellation ceremonies in commemoration of the = great=20 Shiite martyr Imam Hossein.=20

"We want jobs as well as the freedom to hit = ourselves,"=20 says Kasem.=20

His pals break out in laughter, easing the mood as = the sun=20 sets and the young men head home.=20

But the danger remains that the discontent feeding = today's=20 grumblings could erupt at any time into violence.=20

Nearby, on the Euphrates River, fisherman Hossein = Ali sits=20 in a canoe and uses a rod called a silia to catch = shaboot,=20 gatan and buni -- big river fish the people of this = region=20 have been eating for centuries.=20

"Catching fish requires patience," says Ali. "It's=20 something Iraqis don't have."=20

Night falls, and Ali also grows impatient. As he = holds his=20 silia in the water, his assistant plunges the wires = attached=20 to a small, battery-operated charger into the river, = jolting=20 the fish to the surface for Ali to scoop up.


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Italy 17=20

Spain 8=20

Bulgaria 5=20

Ukraine 3=20

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Denmark 1=20

Estonia 1=20

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  How Iraqis feel about the war's aftermath
  Poll of 2,652 Iraqis commissioned by the BBC in association with other =

international  broadcasters.
  Compared to a year ago (before the war) are things overall in your =
life:
  Much better now   21.9%
  Somewhat better   34.6%
  About the same    23.3%
  Somewhat worse    12.7%
  Much worse         5.9%
  Difficult to say   1.6%
  From today's perspective, was it right for the U.S.-led coalition to =
invade=20
Iraq?
  Absolutely right  19.6%
  Somewhat right    28.6%
  Somewhat wrong    12.9%
  Absolutely wrong  26.2%
  Difficult to say  12.7%
  Source: Oxford Research International
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