The New York Times reports that "In Iraq today, there is a new corps of combatants who show no mercy. Their targets are venal politicians, heavy-handed American soldiers and the dreaded suicide bombers." Indeed this is not a new kind of "army" in Iraq, but an industry; one that under the old regime of Saddam Hussein could not exist. With the freedom of speech in today's Iraq much less curtailed, they feel free to present their works and criticism in Iraq's growing number of newspapers. Just goes to show where Iraq after Saddam is heading and that at least in the eyes of this author, this is a good direction.