Sunday, 17 February 2008

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Hi,

I thank my friends who expressed concern about my fate. Well, my life

and that of my family is in a state of great upheaval and flux at the

moment. I have at last succumbed to a life long temptation that I have

resisted for many, many years. At last I had to give in, mainly for

the sake of my children and their future. I leave more than just

property and belongings in Baghdad. I leave memories, not all bad, and

above all I leave with a bitter feeling for a great opportunity

missed, that could have worked. However, I am by no means despondent

of all possibility of change for the better. It is just that I and my

family need some respite.

Although I have tried always to avoid personal matters, I am going to

break this rule this time, just to reassure my dear friends. In just a

couple of days, Inshallah, I shall land in the territory of your

northern neighbor. I must say the Canadian authorities have been very

kind and helpful and I am very grateful and honored to be accepted

with my family as future citizen of that country. We shall honor this

welcome, with God's help, but we shall never forget our Mesopotamia. I

thank God for his blessing and delivery and for protecting all my


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