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"The Americans promised so much: democracy, freedom, security - now we have none of these things," said Capt. Mazen Ayash Youssif. "We were better off before. We all prefer the time of Saddam." t bey The depth of their anti-U.S. conviction underscores the difficulties the military faces in winning over ordinary Iraqis, especially in the Sunni zone of central and western Iraq favored by the former regime. "If this is the way the people think here," concluded Valencia, "then we're in a lot of trouble." One officer said he now has two likenesses of Saddam Hussein hanging in his home, one up from before the U.S. invasion. All said the former strongman would easily triumph in any democratic election - a perception not much evidenond the borders of Tikrit, even among many other Iraqis fed up with the occupation. "But you were liberated from a dictator," said Benjamin, the activist, taken aback at the direction the dialogue was taking. Replied another officer, Mohanan Majeed Taha: "We never asked anyone to liberate us. What right did the Americans have to liberate us?"
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