President Ahmed Al-Shara'a to the Iraqi Dijala channel: I entered Iraq about a week or ten days before the entry of the American forces. The main motive was the responsibility I felt towards the Iraqi people in light of the crises and pain that the region had witnessed. The news reached us inside the prison months after the events took place outside due to a communication breakdown. Among those arrested were a number of figures who today assume political responsibility in Iraq. There was nothing that motivated me to go to Iraq except passion, jealousy and the desire to protect our Iraqi people, even though my life was stable at the time. To follow the latest news and developments in Syria,