Eyewitness Iraq

First broadcast March 2007

Only seven days after the defeat of Saddam Hussein's regime, Iraqis who had welcomed the end of his brutal time as the country's leader, took to the streets to protest at the disappearance of their security.

It had taken just a week for hope and delight to turn to confusion and anger.

BBC Correspondent Hugh Sykes has been reporting from Iraq since a few days after American troops tore down the statue of Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad.

In this special two-part series, Hugh gives an intimate account of what day-to-day life is like for Iraqis today.

Part two: what is the price of freedom?

Hugh Sykes learns of how the insurgency has been fuelled by the failures of the occupation, namely the failure to provide power and security and the other certainties that are still not certain in Iraq.

He also hears first-hand of the effect of mostly random violence on people who are trying to make a living, bring up their children and watch football in Iraq.

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