News site: The fall of Saddam paved the way for the advent of a sectarian regime and the absence of

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[size=52]News site: The fall of Saddam paved the way for the advent of a sectarian regime and the absence of power[/size]

[size=45]Translated by: Hamed Ahmed[/size]
[size=45]An international news site reported that the Iraqis are facing a difficult battle to build their country two decades after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, pointing out that the American invasion paved the way for the advent of a sectarian system of government based on ethnic quotas with the absence of power.[/size]
[size=45]A report by (China Daily), translated by (Al-Mada), stated that “Iraq is celebrating these days the twenty-year anniversary of the American invasion of the country and the overthrow of the previous regime, while the Iraqis are still facing a difficult battle to rebuild their country.”[/size]
[size=45]"The stage that followed the fall of the former regime in Iraq was characterized by failure, chaos and instability," said Jawad Iqbal, director of the West Asian and North African Studies Department at Aligarh University in India.[/size]
[size=45]Iqbal added, "The American invasion paved the way for the advent of a sectarian system of government based on ethnic quotas, in addition to the fact that the absence of power at that time enabled the emergence of armed groups."[/size]
[size=45]And he pointed out, "The invasion led by the United States and Britain on March 20, 2003 had taken place after accusing Baghdad of developing weapons of mass destruction, which later turned out to be non-existent."[/size]
[size=45]The report stated, “The fall of Baghdad on April 9 was represented by the removal of the statue of the former regime’s president, Saddam, from the center of Al-Firdaws Square, which was found in a hideout after five months had passed, then he was tried and executed in December 2006.”[/size]
[size=45]The report pointed out, "Experts say that Iraq must not lose hope in looking to the future, stand in the face of challenges, and exploit its human resources represented by the large number of youth."[/size]
[size=45]And he reported, “The United Nations Development Program stated that more than half of Iraq’s population, which is close to 42 million people, are young people under 25 years old.”[/size]
[size=45]Researcher Iqbal goes back to saying, “The post-regime period was marked by inefficiency.”[/size]
[size=45]Iqbal added, "Financial expenditures in Iraq have gone through a state of chaos and devastation, although the country was supposed to have reaped more than $500 billion from oil resources since the fall in 2003."[/size]
[size=45]Iqbal noted, "Young people often go out in protest movements, demanding job opportunities and services."[/size]
[size=45]For his part, Nakpushab Devendra, an analyst of West Asian affairs and a researcher at the University of Erfurt in Germany, said, "The overthrow of the former regime changed the country's political dynamic." He explained this by saying, "I moved away from forming a government based on national unity, and went to a majority government."[/size]
[size=45]The report noted, "The system of government that was followed after the invasion phase is based on the sharing of power on a sectarian and ethnic basis, whereby the President of the Republic is a Kurd, the Prime Minister is a Shiite, and the Speaker of Parliament is a Sunni."[/size]
[size=45]And he added, "The last national elections were held in October 2021, after two years of protests against the government, which resulted in a political deadlock that lasted for a year."[/size]
[size=45]Analyst Devendra returns, saying, "The biggest challenge facing Iraq now is the reconstruction of the country."[/size]
[size=45]Devendra added, "Many regional and international countries have so far pledged funds for reconstruction efforts, but these funds have not been transferred for reasons related to corruption and mismanagement of previous governments."[/size]
[size=45]Devendra said, “Without imposing stricter accountability measures by the government and adopting a transparent method in managing matters, it will be difficult to break the cycle of corruption and inefficiency.”[/size]
[size=45]And the report continues, “Last year, financial control officials revealed the theft of $2.5 billion in tax secretariat funds, in which a network of businessmen and state officials were involved, described as the theft of the century.”[/size]
[size=45]The report stated that “Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Fuad Hussein said in an interview when he visited the Institute for Peace in the United States last February that fighting corruption is not an easy task.”[/size]
[size=45]On a related note, the author of the book (Building a State Under Foreign Occupation), Abdul Wahid Jalal, stated that "the American invasion did not bring proper democracy or freedom to the Iraqis, who suffer from many challenges and hardships amid widespread corruption, mismanagement, and weak services."[/size]
[size=45]And the report went on, "The United Nations estimates that 3.2 million children in Iraq have not received an education in schools due to decades of wars and the lack of investments in the field of infrastructure for schools and educational facilities, after the education system in the country was among the most sober in the region."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "The British BBC reported last March that the amount of money that has been wasted and stolen from public money in Iraq since 2003 ranges between 150 to 320 billion dollars."[/size]
[size=45]And the report went on to say that "most of the Iraqi people did not benefit from the money that was stolen and are facing the consequences of the lack of services, such as continuous power outages, unclean water, and miserable health care in hospitals that were considered among the most prestigious hospitals in the region."[/size]
[size=45]From the China Daily news site[/size]
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