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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:50 AM
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OMG! Look at This Anti-US Protest in Baghdad Today! Yikes!
Edited on Fri Mar-19-04 10:52 AM by leftchick



Shiites and Sunni worshippers join forces in a large protest in Baghdad against the American occupation of Iraq (news - web sites) following the traditional Friday noon prayer, Friday, March 19, 2004. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)


....This is the only place I have seen anything about this. I just came upon it in a slideshow on Yahoo. I guess all the news today is about aWol*s safer, better world and getting OBL's right hand guy.
I wonder if colin can hear them in the US compound?
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plcdude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:51 AM
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1. where does this come from
so we can forward this on to those in the US who will cover it.
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:52 AM
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2. Got a link?????
holy shit...I have to email my stepson god I hope hes okay he says protests happen daily at the prison hes standing in front of...godammit.
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:55 AM
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5. It is just a photo link Mari...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/040319/481/bag11303191531&e=2&ncid=

There is absolutly nothing in Yahoo or google news about this! I pray for your son and my cousin. He is in western Baghdad and is SUPPOSED to be home next month. :(
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displacedtexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:53 AM
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3. We're in real trouble if these guys join forces!
Not good.
Not good.
Not good.
Not good.
Not good.
Not good.
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Oilwellian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:54 AM
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4. The history of Iraq...
tells us they will.
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Jacobin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 11:03 AM
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8. Don't tell CondiSleeza about the history of Iraq and
attempted conquests.

It will put her little brain in a dither. Still and all, since she knows Gawd is on her side, I guess she figures she's invincible.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 12:50 PM
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18. Condi is as relevant as a typewriter repairman
She is a Sovietologist. Trained and studied on aspects of the Cold War. Smart? They say she is but her era has already passed her by.
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Ms. Clio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 07:29 PM
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40. Her work was never considered important or even original by historians
I've read some of the reviews.
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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 09:20 PM
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45. She speaks Russian, too.
Too bad she's got no one to talk to.
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 03:04 PM
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35. That's just the half of it.......
Soon the Wahhabi, the Kurdish, the Bat’this will be joining the Sunni and the Shi`ites. Perhaps they'll put their civil war off until the U.S. is driven out of Iraq?

If so, then this is not good place to be.
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Mika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 09:32 PM
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47. And WAY worse than that!!...
One word....... commies.

:scared: ;-)
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 06:50 AM
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56. I forgot about those dirty rascals
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Jacobin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 11:01 AM
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6. Thank goodness Murkins won't have to see this on TV
I mean, we have a War Prezdent runnin' fer re-selection and this could be seen by some terra lovin' libruls as some kinda failure or somethin', the way they think, n'all. I mean we ALL know Iraq is a wonderful success and heck the god fearin' congriss jes yesterdiy passed a revolution sayin' that we're all safer, n'all.

God bless the media for their wonderful discretion in all of this and god bless Mikey Powell and the FCC for stopin' all the porn and bad librul news on the radio and tv set.

/sarcasm
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liberalnurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 11:02 AM
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7. Now *bush is going to give a National Speech
telling America that we are doing great work in Iraq for the people!!!!


This is a nightmare! Hitchcock couldn't do any better!
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corporatewhore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 11:04 AM
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9. So why are we still there?
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 12:53 PM
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19. It's our obligation to them
Don't you see? We broke it, now we must fix it for them, no matter how many times the Iraqis themselves tell us to GTFO.
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Endangered Specie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 11:05 AM
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10. Not exactly throwing flowers at us are they?
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 11:07 AM
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11. It must be said, for the 2,987,165,173,640,267th time...
An uniter, not a divider. :evilgrin:
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rock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 11:10 AM
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12. Shiites and Sunni
See. I told you bushsucks* was a uniter.
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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 11:11 AM
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13. Write to AP and Reuters!
editor.reuters@reuters.com
feedback@ap.org

Where are the news articles on this??
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 11:16 AM
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14. Thanks


Just sent my email
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 11:17 AM
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15. SENT AND SENT
and I let them have it.
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 12:29 PM
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16. kick
:kick:
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 12:36 PM
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17. don't be silly, I'm sure the roses are in their other hand!
You just can't see them, that's all. And they would all be smiling, but, well, you know, the sun is in their eyes so really, they're just squinting! It's very sunny in Iraq you know.

All is good all is good. So, have you seen that new Mel Gibson movie yet?

(that's all the sarcasm I can muster for the day)
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 02:18 PM
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25. tee hee....Faux News: "Amid chants of U.S.A. and We lurve Boosh,
scores of Iraqis lined the streets today to celebrate their newfound freedom. The small but boisterous crowd held signs that petition the new Iraqi Governing Council to name March 19 "Dancing with Flowers" day. :thumbsup: Mr. Boo$h, :thumbsup:.

/sarcasm
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 01:51 PM
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20. Kick
:kick:
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Minstrel Boy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 02:04 PM
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21. Neither the Shiites nor Sunnis want civil war.
It's the neo-conservatives who keep pumping it. Because having conquered Iraq, they want an excuse to divide it, so it will never again be an independent economic and military power.

Remember that, when the bombs blow up mosques and pilgrims.
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thingfish Donating Member (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 02:08 PM
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22. Well lookit that! Turns out Bush IS a Uniter!
He just united the entire Muslim world against us.

Thanks a lot, Bush. Are you sick of playing cowboys and Arabs yet?
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 02:09 PM
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23. Another photo... This was a huge anti-US protest folks...
Edited on Fri Mar-19-04 02:12 PM by leftchick
.... where the hell is the media?!?




Iraqi Shi'ite Muslims protest against the U.S.-led military presence in the country, in central Baghdad March 19, 2004. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh


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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 02:16 PM
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24. and another photo...
Edited on Fri Mar-19-04 02:21 PM by leftchick


and another....



An Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim (R) shouts during a joint protest by Sunnis and Shi'ites against the U.S.-led occupation of the country, in Baghdad March 19, 2004. REUTERS/Faleh Kheiber


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BlueCollar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 08:07 AM
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57. that poor guy with the rifle
What the hell have we gotten ourselves into? God, I hope we can get out of this situation soon....
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laruemtt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 02:19 PM
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26. don't forget to rate the yahoo
story at leftchick's link

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/040319/481/bag11303191531&e=2&ncid=
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Slippery_Hammer Donating Member (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 02:34 PM
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27. Iraqis unite to condemn interim constitution
Thousands of Muslim Sunni and Shia gathered after Friday prayers in al-Adhamya and al-Kadhimya districts in Baghdad to demonstrate against the interim Iraqi constitution.

The demonstrations came on the eve of the first anniversary of the war on Iraq with the crowd swelling as more and more Iraqis joined in.

Demonstrators chanted "Yes to Iraq, no to sectarianism, no to US occupation", in a bid to show the commitment to national unity among Iraq's various religions, sects, and ethnicities.
~~more~~
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B90497BA-C408-4E65-8ED7-5301CBBF841A.htm


Iraqi Muslim Sunni and Shia marched hand in hand
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Lars39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 02:35 PM
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28. And that's just the men......think how many there would be if the women
were out in force.
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 02:37 PM
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29. Thank you for the link SH!...
Finally a story to go with the photos. This is why I love al-Jazeera!
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rdfi-defi Donating Member (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 02:38 PM
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31. this is great for iraq
the bush admin. says they want democracy, well they are gonna get it alright.
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 02:51 PM
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33. Hey SH your link did not work..... here is a new one...
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B90497BA-C408-4E65-8ED7-5301CBBF841A.htm
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Slippery_Hammer Donating Member (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 03:07 PM
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37. both work for me
They seem to have revised and extended the article.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 02:38 PM
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30. Okay, I'm not watching CNN or MSNBC...are they showing this?
Probably not. What whores....
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 02:50 PM
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32. are you kidding?
no effing way!
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 02:53 PM
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34. damn those "focus groups"
that's what protesters are considered to Bush, right? Focus groups?
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 03:06 PM
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36. Maybe The House Of Reps Can Pass A Resolution...
that these people don't really exist.

It'd be par for the course.

:mad::crazy::mad:
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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 03:09 PM
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38. I've got an idea for Fox News!!
Fox: How about showing a split-screen of Bush's speech today with footage of this protest on the other side? It worked so well for you yesterday with Cheney's speech! Just say it's a really special anniversary celebration.
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Woodstock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 07:05 PM
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39. Still no story? This isn't worth a story?
I did find this

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=679&ncid=742&e=1&u=/usatoday/20040319/cm_usatoday/postwarviolencethreatensiraqstabilityusresolve

if you have time, give it a 5.

But where is the story about the protests?
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Killarney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 08:39 PM
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41. Has anyone seen this on the news? If so
what network?

I have not seen it yet.

Just more and more of Bush's speech and how Iraqi's are so happy with us. :rolleyes:
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Columbia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 08:53 PM
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42. This is the kind of freedom they did not have a year ago
The freedom of speech, assembly and redress.
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Lars39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 09:11 PM
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44. And how many Iraqis have died for this illusion of freedom?
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Columbia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 09:23 PM
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46. Illusion?
You mean this is a 'staged' protest?
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Lars39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 09:59 PM
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51. Staged? No. But just being able to protest is not whole of democracy.
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Columbia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:08 PM
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52. It's a lot more freedom than they had one year ago
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Lars39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:10 PM
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53. One year ago they were getting the shyte bombed out of them.
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Columbia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:14 PM
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54. And now they are free to express their opinions without fear of reprisal
Unlike under Saddam
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 08:15 AM
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58. If this is freedom
Then I'll take my 'free speech zones' thank you.










If you would like to see 100's of other pictures of Iraq freedom see the link below:


http://www.robert-fisk.com/iraqwarvictims_page1.htm
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truth2power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 09:10 PM
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43. Nothing like a common enemy to unite people.
Thanks, Chimpco. With any luck we'll soon have the entire planet united against us.
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 09:37 PM
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48. The End of the Occupation
If all the groups in Iraq that the US actually wants to keep devided figure out who the common enemy is the US & UK will be facing a formidable force. The Iraqis have been colonized before by the Brits and they know what the US wants. Perhaps, the Iraqis will be united after all.

The US Media corp. shills do not wish to cover this because it is not a plus for their masters in the Oligarchy that rules America.
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 09:42 PM
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49. It doesn't surprise me
All the talk about how Iraq was a secular society, I just never really bought it. They were oppressed. Now the Genie is out of the bottle.
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 09:51 PM
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50. A response would be appreciated.
If, as many say the Bushco knew that there would be no WMDS
how did they think that they could get away with the Big Lie?

Also, how could Bushco not conceive of the situation that the Iraqis could unite against the Occupation; that the Iraqis would merely accept a US Pupet Govt. to rule them while the US controlled the oil and privatized the other industries in Iraq and made servants of the Iraqi people?
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IkeWarnedUs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:34 PM
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55. CNN did talk about the protest
I just saw a clip and went to the website and they have a story about it there too. Granted, the snip below is all they say (most of the article is about the two Arab journalists) but there is a picture of the protesters too.

<snip>
In the capital, Iraqis took to the streets to protest the U.S.-led occupation, expressing outrage over poor security and unemployment.

The demonstrations came hours after a few dozen reporters walked out in protest as Powell gave his address.

The reporters were angry over the deaths of two Arab journalists, who they believe were killed by U.S. troops.

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/19/iraq.main/index.html
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