Iraqi-American Reflects on Five Years of War

More than two-hundred people were arrested Wednesday in dozens of protests nationwide to mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. People took to the streets from San Francisco to New York to voice their opposition to the ongoing US occupation.

For the past few days we have been bringing you the voices of US veterans and active duty soldiers testifying at the Winter Soldier hearings in Silver Spring, Maryland. Today we turn to an Iraqi-American voice to get a perspective on the Iraq war as it enters its sixth year.

Ayad Al-Qazzaz is a professor of sociology at California State University, Sacramento. He was born in Iraq and immigrated to the United States in the 1960s. He joins us from Sacramento.

Ayad Al-Qazzaz, professor of sociology at California State University, Sacramento. He was born in Iraq and immigrated to the United States in the 1960s.