Much of the world’s attention is also focused today on the US presidential election. The headline in today’s Guardian newspaper in London reads: “America’s moment of truth.” The headline in The Times of Johannesburg, South Africa simply reads: “Yes, He Can” under a large photo of Barack Obama. While world opinion heavily favors Obama, many residents in Iraq say they see little different between the two major candidates.

Qahtan Abdul Jabbar: “As for us, we do not care much about the coming (US) president. We do not really care about who will come, because their policy is known for us. We do not know who will win, and actually we do not care, but what we really care about is their policy towards Iraq as an occupied country.”