They aren't afraid to speak their mind:
FALLUJA, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq's interim defense minister Hazem Sha'alan has lashed out at U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and leaders of other Arab countries during a pep talk for Iraqi troops before an expected assault on the insurgent-held city of Falluja.
Annan warned in a letter dated October 31 to the United States, Britain and Iraq that such an assault would have a "negative impact" on the prospects for elections, now scheduled for January.
But Sha'alan said on Sunday that Annan did nothing to help Iraqis under the rule of ousted leader Saddam Hussein.
"Where was Kofi Annan when Saddam was slaughtering the Iraqis like sheep?" Sha'alan said.
"Where were the calls we hear from Arab and Islamic countries when Saddam was messing up the country?"
Good for him.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 2:44 PM
