In any nation, the army is the protector of the people. During Saddam's regime this principle was different. The Iraqi army used to be the hand of the regime to crush Iraqis and this principle was approved many times in different areas of Iraq like Kurdistan provinces, in Najaf province, in Basra province and many other provinces.

After the collapse we had a big hope that this principle would change especially after establishing the new army. Unfortunately that dream didn't happen that the new government still uses army to strike poor people.

Yesterday, a force from the Iraqi army came to my neighborhoods to evacuate the governmental flats where about 600 families live in. One of my neighbors tried to inquire about the evacuation order. He asked the army force "why does the army implement the evacuation orders? This is not the duty of the army". The question developed into an argument and the soldiers lost their mind because they didn't use to listen but they used to beat, fight and kill. They beat my neighbor violently to give a lesson to others to obey and execute only "Execute and then discusses" Although this rule belongs to Baath Party but it is still valid, effective and basic rule for the new democratic regime in new Iraqi state.
The army who attacked and killed Iraqis in north and south of Iraq during the nineties is still playing the same role in the new democratic Iraq. It is still the hand of the regime not the people protector.