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Alive in Baghdad - Majed Jarrar, a Teen in War

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Visit http://www.aliveinbaghdad.org each monday for new videos about life in Iraq! Make a donation to support our work at http://www.aliveinbaghdad.org/... Brian Conley: "I met Majed in Amman in 2005. He was a bright teen who was equal parts fire and self-righteousness and irresponsible and fun-loving. He helped start the ill-fated Iraq Indymedia, Al Muajaha. He's had a mixed past dealing with Westerners, Americans, and activists. Majed talks about the interest and exoticness of America and the possibility of Baghdad's first McDonald's. He has a strong love for his country and his home. It's also important to remember, however, that despite Majed's honest love for his country, he is not indicative of all Iraqi's upbringing. Despite being Palestinian, he grew up in an educated wealthy family, made famous by his brother Ra'ed's blog dispatches. Most of Iraq's people have not been lucky enough to escape the dangers of their country. Many Iraqis speak English, far fewer as well as Majed and his family members. His upbringing and luck aside however, Majed has a dedication and love for his country, and is eager to speak about his life there and his hope for his countrymen."

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: AliveInBaghdad

Length: 06:09
Rating: 4.66
Views: 12818

Tags: aliveinbaghdad  baghdad  Indymedia  iraq  Majed  Palestinian  terrorism  waronterror  

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cowgirl0246 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I don't know what it is about this video- but every now and then when all this crap talk about war REALLY starts to bug me, I just gotta come back and watch this one!! I don't know WHY I pick this one specifically... I just do!!
therealslimshady1112 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
There is such thing called "reading"..have heard about it?
thforkn (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
dude your an idiot. Saudia Arabia produces more oil then the rest of the middle east combined. Are we at war with them? With OPEC? No moron, we are not.
xexoptimus (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
true..... for the younger generation.
Riyun72 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yes you are since you are so ignorant to pick it up, it wasnt that hard to pick mate.
madmanstan7025 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Hell we could take Iraqi oil and produce petroleum products at 10% of the current price and still make enough in taxes to fund research for alternative fuel so we wont be so dependent on oil. That way when the free oil runs out we have an alternative. Alas but no we are stupid, we keep worrying about poor iraq, ah poor guys here we'll send another 300,000 troops over there for your target practice. We'll even send them over with shoot me first T-shirts.
madmanstan7025 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
At least if gas was 10 cents a gallon we would have some justification for the war. Not a great excuse but a definate benefit. I bet if gas dropped to at least a dollar a gallon you would see a definate change in some peoples attitude towards the war. People would be saying, "yeah Bush kicked Saddam's ass and got us some free oil." Americans would be lauding the president for boosting our economy instead of destroying it the way hes doing.
madmanstan7025 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
hell we are supposed to get spoils of war, we should get free oil and gas should be 10 cents a gallon in the USA right now. Hell when we defeated germany we got lots os steel and copper. Hell we beat Iraq where is our oil? Tell me if this war is worth anything? Ill tell you what we are getting. We are losing.
madmanstan7025 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
America wont have power to the people until we go back to the system of currency we had before. regulated by gold and silver. Funding a war would be done by selling war bonds and borrowing from the central bank wouldnt be a possibility. Going to war would be a business of the people. If people didnt buy bonds they couldnt finance a war. And if we did go to war people wouldnt bitch because they would reap the benefits of the war in bond payouts. Tell me where the hell is our free oil?
madmanstan7025 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Oh by the way the war is not over oil the war is simply a tool to get our government to borrow more money from the central bank and put us further into debt. Debt = slavery. Think about it every time you look at your 15 credit cards, youll be paying on them for the rest of your life. Just like America will be paying interest to the central bank for the rest of its existance. Sorry to tell you that the guy you voted into office isnt running our country the bank and a few corporations are.

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