I was watching the news and as usual it was about Iraq and Baghdad and it hurt. Since the year 1258 there has been nothing but bloodshed in this land. There is yet to be a place a piece of Earth so blood thirsty. Halaku Khan was the chief of Mongols and his deeds I have portrayed in verse. It is all true. The question is Are we not as barbaric as those a thousand years before?
In a recent report by the Lancet more than 600,000 innocent people have been massacred in Iraq. No matter how much the Govt. denies it rings of truth. So I thought why not share it with my fellow poets and tell them a bit about the history of Iraq and Baghdad which means GODSEND. How history is repeating itself.
I wrote it back in 2006
