Iraq Leaflets Contain Anti-U.S. Propaganda

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041129/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_fallujah_snapshot&cid=540&ncid=1480

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The leaflets were unsigned and unnoticed until the Marines' Iraqi interpreter, nicknamed Sam, picked one up over the weekend as his unit was searching for weapons in the building, which was the local headquarters of the Iraqi Islamic Party.


"To stop American tanks, you must trust your religion," the leaflets read. "Keep away from people who work for the American forces. Keep praying. Count all the American tanks you see and report to us."


After finding the leaflets, the Marines decided to look closer inside the freshly painted building — affluent by Fallujah standards and only slightly damaged during the U.S.-led assault this month. Its windows were blown out and walls pockmarked with bullets.


The ground floor's sprawling auditorium, which could seat several hundred people, had been transformed into a makeshift hospital, with beds neatly stacked on the stage next to stands for intravenous drips.

[LynnTheDem]

1. Considering 97% of Iraqis are anti-American anti-occupiers

Anti-US leaflets is only reasonable to expect.

I wonder how many of those pro-US propaganda leaflets the US dropped on Iraq...

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Well, should they be surprised?

I think it funny that they call photos of weeping women and children "propaganda", as I am sure they were actual shots of real people who had lost their homes / or loved ones, and not actors made up to fake it.

[0007]

3. Didn't our forefathers act the same way with the British?

Why is U.S. in Iraq, I keep forgetting!