Suffering of Iraqi intellectual as a result of corruption and disorder spreading in his country:

Justice for All

Freedom, Justice, Honor, Courage

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Sunday August 30th, 2009

Correspondent from Iraq

I am living in a grassroots country called Iraq where no electricity, no jobs and ignorant people still living until now under customs and traditions belong to middle ages. Of course in such a country only bad guys are ones able to get along with this community because when you live in a country such as Iraq which there is no in a power able to enforce law on his people alike, you would see that strong guy overcomes a weak or peaceful guy. Such as a community is similar exactly to forest where brutal animals ones can get everything by force. Definitely in such a community, uncultured people compete educated people in getting everything, such as jobs and better living conditions, while educated people struggle their live basis, and couldn't get their life's basic requirements. in any a community in the world is missing for law's power, you would see two kinds of people, first kind are who can get along easily with that community, and second kind of people are who can't stand and get along with that community because they are unable to get used themselves to live in a community which misses to system and law. First kind of people, who like live and get along with such community, are more successful in getting their living requirements within their community because they are able to get it by illegal ways that fit their backgrounds. That's why that bad and uneducated Iraqis are luckier in obtaining jobs than their fellow good educated Iraqis because governmental employers in Iraqi government firms don't give any priority or importance to university degree and capability in selecting people for employment. Instead they give priority in employment for people who have relations with employers and political parties ruling Iraq, for example I am a Mechanic Engineer graduating from university since 1995 and since that time and until now I kept look for a job in Iraqi governmental firms as an Engineer, but couldn't find any opportunity for employment, do you know why? because Iraqi government has higher level of corruption in its firms in comparing with the other world's countries since Saddam's time and until now. Nobody can hire you here unless you would have links with people responsible for employment within company or firm. If you have high capability or university degree, it doesn't matter because educational qualifications and capabilities don't have any importance or priority for Iraqi employers than links or relations, you can see here illiterate or uncompleted school people, who have links with officials in government or political Islamic parties, get hired and university degrees people keep unemployed. So since 2003, I preferred to work as an Arabic-English interpreter for US Army within American bases in Iraq because this is only way I could get a job through depredating on my educational capability and not depending on the links or corruption as it is at in Iraqi governmental firms, so I hate keep living in such country and like immigrate to another country which respects educated and intellectuals people and that's why I hate Iraqi community because people in such community prefer uncultured and illiterate people than educated and intellectuals people.