The young Iraqis who on 11 September viewed unbelievingly the television screens of cafes broadcasting live the impact of the four planes hijacked by 15 Saudis, two Emiratis, two Egyptians and one Lebanese, could not imagine that something that was happening so far from their reality would end up conditioning and, to a large extent, destroying their future. Nor were those who soon went out into the streets to celebrate the humiliation of this un…