tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:47:31 +0000http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)Blogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-5053759797478605840Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:10:00 +00002009-12-12T09:34:10.953+03:00 Fate is really strange and extremely unpredictable; Tuesday was just another normal day with nothing more than usual, I woke up in the morning and went to work while my wife and daughter were still sleeping (as my wife is still on maternity leave now), I reached the hospital and started working just like any other day with nothing extra on my mind. As it was about 10:20am I heard a far http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/UmNVLeClJ6Y/bloody-tuesday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)14<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/UmNVLeClJ6Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2009/12/bloody-tuesday.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-5942716836226176316Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:43:00 +00002009-11-05T09:02:24.677+03:00Yesterday I had an interview with a French TV channel , the subject was about the checkpoints and it’s effectiveness specially after the two bloody days with the “quality explosions” as the media say…well, I though it’s a good subject to discuss specially that many of people who haven’t been in Iraq doesn’t really know much about this subject.Checkpoints are everywhere, and I mean literally http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/MxEf-RqDGYg/countless-useless-checkpoints.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)28<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/MxEf-RqDGYg" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2009/11/countless-useless-checkpoints.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-5773271178629573892Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:36:00 +00002009-10-26T20:15:17.180+03:00I was working in the clinic as usual when I heard two explosions, with very short interval between them. Well, that’s something normal, no problem…about thirty minutes later the phone of one of my female colleagues rang and it was her husband, he said he miraculously made it, he was in the ministry of justice when the explosions happened “it was something that can be described, it was something http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/_e3RqXvpuo0/another-day-at-office-another-bloody.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/_e3RqXvpuo0" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2009/10/another-day-at-office-another-bloody.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-5342722684222886911Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:16:00 +00002009-10-21T15:16:05.267+03:00I know it has been a really long time since I last posted but dear readers it was for many reasons, to begin with I was really busy and I really couldn’t find time to write anything, then there was the internet censorship thing and later I received a threat from an international organization aimed to kill Iraqis!! But here am I again…please spread the word. Let’s begin with the explosion thinghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/BcIVlrYrUOo/im-back-explosions-and-h1n1-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)15<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/BcIVlrYrUOo" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2009/10/im-back-explosions-and-h1n1-with.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-8014220886368346833Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:16:00 +00002009-06-28T23:26:01.182+03:00I strongly doubt that any person with the slightest interest in the politics don't look at these days as a very important crossroads and a milestone. The US troops will withdraw from the Iraqi streets and be deployed in their bases and Iraq will gain its "sovereignty" as they say in the next few days, but what is behind the news? What is really happening on the ground? And what are the possible http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/XFa4-tQyf84/crossroads.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)28<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/XFa4-tQyf84" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2009/06/crossroads.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-7814469206904857510Sun, 24 May 2009 04:50:00 +00002009-05-24T07:52:30.539+03:00kidsIraqcrimeransomBaghdadkidnappingFew days ago we were getting back home at night from a visit to a relative of us, when we reached our neighborhood; two blocks away from my house, we noticed a gathering of people at the door of one of the houses, it was clear from the faces of the people and the way they were acting that something unpleasant happened. I stopped the car and got out to offer my help in case they needed it. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/ky1dax07bMg/watch-kids.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/ky1dax07bMg" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2009/05/watch-kids.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-2445553340400937072Thu, 14 May 2009 21:59:00 +00002009-05-15T01:04:53.017+03:00Yesterday, I was chatting with my colleague about the situation in Iraq and specially regarding the social aspect…we both reached an agreement that we would witness a social crisis or a disaster…the Iraqis' ethics and manner have really changed in the years after the war…so many people lost the good sides of the Iraqi manners. And since he is much older than me, he said that after each war http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/QwtFJwO1sgI/statistics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)10<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/QwtFJwO1sgI" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2009/05/statistics.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-9161900815696862742Fri, 08 May 2009 05:10:00 +00002009-05-08T08:15:01.874+03:00It has been more than a week since the three of us came back to Baghdad, I know I haven't posted for a long time now but parents knows why and singles should try being a parent and I'm sure everyone would excuses me. I haven't been able to follow the news closely since I came back but I think now I can because my Looli is older she is 8 weeks now and she cries a bit less and sleeps a little morehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/bIqaxfJYWJ4/back-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)19<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/bIqaxfJYWJ4" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2009/05/back-home.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-561836633158029319Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:52:00 +00002009-03-22T02:06:02.565+03:00When a man closely observes the recent history of Iraq, he would easily notice that there is something really wrong that causes such unfortunate events and catastrophes, I personally think the reason behind it is the Iraqi society itself combined with the riches of the Iraqi land which became a curse on Iraqis rather than a fortune and many other reasons combined together to make the dangerous http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/P0sIpboOAms/myth-of-freedom-statue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/P0sIpboOAms" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2009/03/myth-of-freedom-statue.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-2656333713542874775Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:55:00 +00002009-03-09T20:08:43.487+03:00It was 8am, it was time for the moment I have been long waiting for, it was delivery time…after only 2 hours of sleeping my wife's water broke and it was time, we were awake all night because my love had fever all the night, we went to the hospital and she was already exhausted from the night before…at around 1pm they gave her the epidural shot and she staid in the recovery room till 6pm and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/xribX4uIoRE/i-have-angel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)36<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/xribX4uIoRE" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-have-angel.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-3498987179835201461Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:38:00 +00002009-02-21T12:59:49.709+03:00Yeeeees, finally I'm in...I'm writing from Jordan/Amman, I'm writing this while I'm sitting with my parents and in-laws whom we haven't seen for two years...God, it's great to meet with people you have been missing for so long.The trip was really exhausting but all the tiredness just disappeared the moment the officer gave us our passports with the entry stamp in them...we went to Baghdad's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/HwoODnntjsk/im-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)13<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/HwoODnntjsk" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2009/02/im-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-5933152003800206028Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:05:00 +00002009-02-15T15:18:27.858+03:00At last, I almost got what I've been long waiting and wishing for, some of our personal fears have been defeated. About two months ago we applied for a visa to Jordan. Thank god we got it, we got the visa and we were approved for entering Jordan, I still can't believe that this is possible; us getting to Jordan so that my wife could have a natural delivery with good medical care and overcome thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/AZKRH--xaaQ/getting-closer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)10<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/AZKRH--xaaQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2009/02/getting-closer.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-3254960644337963606Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:21:00 +00002009-02-07T19:42:24.659+03:00I'm so sorry my dear readers for being late on giving you insights for the Election Day, but you know me; I wouldn't neglect such important event unless there is a good reason. I was waiting for the New York Times to publish my article.So here is the link for my article in the New York Times newspaperAnd here is the article:I WOKE up with hope, hope for Iraq to be taken along the correct path by http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/F6v6WvN1Y04/purple-pride.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)45<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/F6v6WvN1Y04" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2009/02/purple-pride.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-134517940196920553Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:51:00 +00002009-01-23T10:13:24.470+03:00iraqisIraqforgepartychoiceprovisionalelectionscandidatesfraudpartiesIt is good to discuss the future in these days which brings the past to the present; in days that seems pretty much like the ugly old days and us being in the dark as always it's really important to discuss the main topic that occupies the minds of most Iraqis; it's good to talk about the candidates to prevent another 4-years' disaster if it's even in our hands!Within a week Iraqis will elect http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/-lZFn8oyVrQ/lets-talk-about-candidates-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)14<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/-lZFn8oyVrQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2009/01/lets-talk-about-candidates-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-3471633922383529542Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:05:00 +00002009-01-12T11:37:59.127+03:00iraqisIraqsituationpregnancydentisthealthdeliveryultrasoundBaghdadmedicineGynecologyI didn't know that health services are deteriorated to such level until I became a patient! I knew for a fact that health services are really bad in Baghdad and Iraq in general but I never imagined it was in such a miserable condition. Two days ago and out of the sudden, I felt a tooth ache, it was dull continuous pain with sensitivity to vertical percussion and since I'm a dentist I knew http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/Xq6ecqLD3nQ/reality-of-health-services-situation-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)26<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/Xq6ecqLD3nQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2009/01/reality-of-health-services-situation-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-3464254813009926731Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:48:00 +00002009-01-08T23:54:29.496+03:00US troopssmall projectsUSAIraqgrantsshopsBaghdadThe grants It has been about a month and we're still without electricity in the clinic I work in, it has been a month since I really treated a patient, I just write prescriptions now and I really hate working like this but what can I do…we don't have national grid support to the clinic because it has been built recently and as I said before it's in the outskirts of Baghdad so nobody cares about http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/WVJ-RFhYM50/grants.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)24<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/WVJ-RFhYM50" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2009/01/grants.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-2101868589260928087Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:48:00 +00002009-01-02T09:47:58.361+03:00Happy new year to everyone, Happy new year to the whole world whether good or bad because the good will continue to be good and evil may start to be good when they are happy so that we can all live in some beautiful place...I know this is just a dream because world have never been like this and will never be because it's the fate of the human race to be on a continuous straggle. In my opinion I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/ARYI3HLEH8M/happy-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)13<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/ARYI3HLEH8M" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2009/01/happy-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-4042100670170720340Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:28:00 +00002008-12-17T17:39:56.968+03:00bushjournalistAlZaidivisitMuntatharshoebraveBaghdadgoodbyeMontathar As most of you know, it's not my nature to write a new post one day after I published a post because I don't want to ruin the older one unless something really big happens. Sacred shoe is not a myth or a fairy tale…the shoe I'm talking about is for Muntathar AlZaidi from AlBaghdadia channel; the brave journalist that I'm sure majority of you have heard of…but what you haven't heard is the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/oiEgk_nZSBo/sacred-shoe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)61<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/oiEgk_nZSBo" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2008/12/sacred-shoe.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-5707317350511863550Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:16:00 +00002008-12-14T21:31:26.579+03:00Happy Eid to everyone although it is a little late!! …Merry Christmas and a happy new year in advance.This Eid was different from the Eids of the past couple of years, it wasn't different for me but it was for many people.For me it was the same; very few family members to visit, no parents to spend time with and almost no place to go to but many people were happier than I was because their http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/-90dI6FFZrE/crossing-unity-bridge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)8<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/-90dI6FFZrE" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2008/12/crossing-unity-bridge.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-543975718873914310Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:31:00 +00002008-11-19T09:28:36.893+03:00The post is update...scroll downAs I was gathering the thoughts of this post I was on my way back from work and listening to the song "It's not Goodbye" by Laura Pausini and I couldn't find a better title for this post than the name of the song…how much resemblance! But it's kind of the resemblance of differences between what I want to write and the meaning of this great song.About ten days ago http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/8oBbzP6RZ0I/its-not-goodbye.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)25<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/8oBbzP6RZ0I" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2008/11/its-not-goodbye.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-5292432701204822264Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:46:00 +00002008-10-26T11:52:28.998+03:00We are on the verge of an absolute chaos that will not only engulf Iraq but the whole area and maybe the whole world…it seems that really bad things are going to happen unless wise choices are made and the problem with those crisis that they are overlapping so resolving a single issue will not resolve the whole problem so I don't really know where to start!! But I'll start with the nearest thing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/iXX817WxxH4/chaos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)35<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/iXX817WxxH4" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2008/10/chaos.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-7926840697177719681Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:06:00 +00002008-09-21T00:11:46.558+03:00It seems like a crack is passing through the built of the Awakening movements for reasons that aren't completely clear yet while the armed groups are getting their power and arrangements back, they even started to show up and carry on some operations and the two things have some kind of an invisible link in-between.I tried my best to find about what happened last week; the two hours bullet show…http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/xXZiw__D4FQ/weakened-awakeningrevitalized-armed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)12<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/xXZiw__D4FQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2008/09/weakened-awakeningrevitalized-armed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-3986441584183746175Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:45:00 +00002008-09-19T16:59:45.596+03:00This week was so disturbed on so many levels, it's like the scenarios of the last year being played again and the hot shots in Washington are bragging about how stable the situation is and how they have accomplished their mission for the "new Iraq".The Cholera is back to action with so many infected cases and more awareness about the disease; for example in the small hospital that I work in now http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/SPSPjK4GQP0/can-sleeping-pill-coated-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)11<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/SPSPjK4GQP0" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2008/09/can-sleeping-pill-coated-with.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-2199695343432455409Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:27:00 +00002008-09-11T01:30:40.281+03:00This name is not for a new brand or for cars' spare parts manufacturer, clearly. It's not for a company although they might be considered a company that played a great role in the daily deterioration of the Iraqi life…well; it might be a bit strange to talk about Bremer at this time but some events which occurred at the same time that draw me to write about this.As I said before it is Ramadan nowhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/A0rtrkzv0FM/bush-and-bremer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)9<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/A0rtrkzv0FM" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2008/09/bush-and-bremer.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606129536642631168.post-5657559689519885456Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:18:00 +00002008-09-09T00:04:19.942+03:00I want to write about three things….first one is an event that the media tried so hard to cover it up but the word spread because of the witnesses and the other thing is the awakening and the current developments and I'll finish it with a real irony.The event I want to talk about took place in Alshaab international stadium where the final match for the Iraqi league between AlZawraa and Arbil tookhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~3/OWRfnigx7Ms/irony.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr.Mohammed)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Last-of-iraqis/~4/OWRfnigx7Ms" height="1" width="1"/>http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2008/09/irony.html