Note: Someone on Memestreams recently challenged me to find *good* news about Iraq that wasn't coming from people directly associated with the Republican Party. So you'll be seeing several links in that theme . . .

] Athraa Hasoon paints a different picture. The Baghdad
] University professor told a crowd at Calvin College she
] lives a normal life, "Everybody goes to jobs. The
] children go to schools. It's okay."
]
] Hasoon and Hayder Abdulkarin are touring the country as
] part of the "Iraq-America Freedom Alliance." They tell
] crowds America is making a difference.
]
] Abdulkarin, a doctor who lost an uncle to Saddam says his
] country is no longer a prison, "Sometimes you need to pay
] for your freedom if you want to make a peaceful country."