In April 2003, as opposition to the 'occupying forces' grew, the BBC reporters who had covered the invasion, recorded ‘final impressions’ (sic) of the war.
Ryan Dilley wrote:
“I saw callous and calculated acts of destruction perpetrated by both sides, but balanced by acts of great generosity and kindness.”
I have seen a boy enraged to the point of throwing stones because he was denied a chocolate bar, while another youth — shot through the middle and dying — behaved with utter composure, politeness and dignity.
I have seen a palace the splendour of which was made all the more sickening by the poverty, filth and want in the city beyond its gates. I have seen people with great intelligence and potential, trapped in a situation surely created by fools.
What I am really not sure about is whether I have seen a liberation or an invasion.”
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