The way to remove Saddam from power.

10 years after the Gulf war Saddam is still on power, it is hard to say that he has lost the support and popularity from his people. He has smartly turned the frustration from the public opinion in the country towards the America and their allies, by blaming them for all sufferings of Iraq’s people.
The world has got to a non-turn situation on their struggles to dismantle Saddam, where they do not know how to handle him. In the aftermath of terror attacks on USA, we have been more aware of risks for chemical and biological weapons, in addition, the attempts of spreading the Anthrax bacteria.
Iraq is one of the countries with access both to biological and chemical weapons and even programs to obtain access of nuclear weapons. The weapon inspectors succeeded to destroy some of these. It has gone almost 6 years since these inspectors were last time were permitted entrance inside Iraq.
Observers believe that Saddam had time to restore these again. Various kinds of sanctions were implemented in recent decades to weakening Saddams government, but they have been until now almost fruitless. You could say that Saddams popularity is unaltered for not to say even higher then it was before the start of the Gulf war.

Today in the north part of Iraq is growing a start of a democratic and civil society, which is very decisive to creating of democratic institutions and gradually a democratic government based on norms of democracy in region and even neighboring countries.
During my visits to this area in summer 2001, I was supprized by the recently well rebuild infrastructures compared with 1991which was totally devastated after backdrawel of the Saddams regime in the beginning of 1991.
Today they have their own governments, central banks, supreme courts, and all other democratic institutions in their areas. Something that was inevitable during my time there, was the freedom and the regular people’s awareness and
talk of democracy, these were so tangible in their daily life. All these were unexpected extraordinary and unbelievable scenes for me as a visitor from Europe after 10 years. This newly democratic oasis in the north could surely turn the public opinion of the Iraqis from Saddam Hussein. With the lesser financial aids from the UN, “988-oil for food program” has the Kurds been able to rebuild their area in various sectors. The economy of the Kurdish area is far better then the areas under Saddams govern. 
If west and America saw this excellent opportunity to promote these democratic progresses made in Iraqi Kurdistan, it could be catalysis for the rest of the country to make some dramatic changes in the governing of Iraq and replacement of Saddam. 

America and their allies would not need to support the Kurds and Kurdish area with weapon and military equipment; it would be enough with financial and long-term economic plans to show the Iraqi people, what you can achieve with a democratic govern and structure. There is no doubt that Saddam could survive any longer time. The Iraqi people would realize that this man is nothing then just trouble for his own folk. 

Ferre Ruhani