WHAT IS HAPPENING IN IRAQ?

About the Book

What is Happening in Iraq? The ABC of the Current Situation in Iraq. Since the American-British invasion on March 21, 2003, Iraq has been in turmoil. The Iraqi people´s suffering under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein has now been extended by the remnants of his regime. The Saddam Baathists have currently embraced openly the al-Qaeda Wahhabi terrorists ostensibly to fight the occupation forces, but, for the most part, they have in fact joined forces to intimidate and terrorize the Shiite population who constitute the majority of Iraqis. They are trying by all brutal means to prevent the establishment of a true democracy reflecting the will of the majority of the population.

About the Author

Munaf Yassiri was born in Iraq and educated in the U.K. He is now working as a professional engineer living in Canada. He has written a number of books both in Arabic and English on a variety of subjects including: Relationship between objective knowledge and religious discourse; How Islam is understood in non-Muslim societies, Islam and Christianity. In addition, he wrote and published some articles in Canadian newspapers about the current events in Iraq and the Middle East. Although he has been out of Iraq for some time, he has kept close contact with his large extended family in Iraq and Iraqi immigrant communities in Western countries.