It Is nearly seven years after the US-led invasion of Iraq. US
imperialism had hoped for a quick war, the Iraqi oil industry under the
control of US companies and a compliant, stable regime. However, the
situation today is very different to what George Bush and Tony Blair
envisaged.
August 6 saw 4,000 people take to the streets of Chamchamal, a Kurdish
city in northern Iraq, in protest against the huge increase in fuel
prices and the lack of water and electric.
