Iraqis Protest US Occupation: 20,000 Take to the Streets in Iraq

by they love us!

Tue, Apr 15, 2003 1:59PM

Point a gun at someone's head and they'll dance and cheer and whatever else for your corporate media cameras and then stupid Americans will become even more stupid about what's going on in the world. But when the fear fades, the anger can be expressed. Twenty thousand protesting Iraqis is more relevant than 100 Iraqi's cheering the US troops ... so why isn't this more prominent in the corporate media?

Around 20,000 demonstrators converged on the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah to protest US-brokered talks aimed at sketching out a post-Saddam Hussein administration.

The Pentagon said it was not yet prepared to declare victory after 26 days of war, but US commanders expressed hope Tuesday the main stage of hostilities was over with the fall of Saddam's hometown of Tikrit.

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§Why no pictures?

by bov

Tue, Apr 15, 2003 4:09PM

I wish we had some pictures with this.

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§Odious Debts

by Scottie

Wed, Apr 16, 2003 3:36AM

Lets have somthing we can all agree on.
I suggest we should declare all money lent to Sadam an "odious debt" Ie the people who lent it have to accept they lent money to Sadam and if they want it back they can sue his estate but the iraqi people (whom the loans were used to supress) dont owe it.

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