Ali, Mohammed and Omar Fadhil, in Baghdad, made public their desire to confront the government and change it by their chosen means. Two years ago, the three would have been incarcerated on the spot. God knows what would have happened to them.

In liberated Iraq, the three had their political party officially registered and were welcomed into Iraqi politics. The Fadhils' Iraqi Pro-Democracy Party is one of 127 nascent political parties, and counting.

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