HOW THE HELL DID THIS GET ON SBS?

Hassan Janabi - an Iraqi Australian water engineer from Sydney - returned to Iraq after 25 years to help rebuild its infrastructure. Hassan put the situation in Iraq into perspective for interviewer George Negus:

GEORGE NEGUS: How bad has it been for you personally, because, for those of us observing from afar it looks worse than ever at the moment. The violence has been on the increase since the election 700 people killed in the last month alone. It looks like a hell on earth.

HASSAN JANABI: It is a little less than a hell. I think it was a hell under Saddam.

Hassan is in Australia for a brief visit before returning to Iraq. He's a brave man. You owe it to yourself to read the brief interview. (Go here, then scroll down to the interview link.)