In Iraq, Colin Powell was praised for helping liberate the country from a despot but also condemned as an 'engineer' of a bloody war.
Marines pull down a statue of Saddam Hussein in the center of Baghdad on April 9, 2003.“Most of the Iraqis wanted to get rid of Saddam Hussein because he treated people badly, but the invasion allowed all these political parties to control the country, which resulted in the handing over of Iraq over to Iran,” Hassan said.“Our religion prevents us from feeling joy about the death of someone, even if this person was an enemy,” Mohsin said.
“Powell, as well as all those who were behind the invasion, are responsible for the death of Iraqis since 2003 until now, because they worked hard not to change Saddam Hussein, but to serve the interests of their own colonial countries,” he said.Manal Hussein, who is 52 and retired from her job in the Ministry of Agriculture, disagreed somewhat with Mohsin.
“We lived for 35 years under the dictatorship of a brutal person who found happiness in killing my people,” she said.
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