ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the post-Saddam period and the alternative discourses of democracy emanating from within Re-Colonial Iraq. It discusses the post-Saddam media landscape which has played a positive role in covering the nation's difficult transition to democracy. The chapter examines the Iraqi people's exercise of their democratic right to protest and the influence these protests have had on the politics of the post-Saddam era. It explains that Iraqi citizens who play an active role in their own governance and participate in democratic mechanisms such as elections and mass demonstrations are helping to create a more robust democracy. With the fall of Baghdad on 9 April 2003, Iraq's media environment was changed forever. Almost overnight it transformed from being Saddam's tightly controlled propaganda machine to one of the most diverse media environments on earth.
