Angry young Iraqis target Kuwaitis, British

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/4909708.htm

BASRA, Iraq, Aug 10 (Reuters) - A dozen men, their faces and bodies drenched with sweat, surround a car and force it to a halt.

A fist pounds the driver's window until it opens, and an enraged young man thrusts his head inside and asks: "Are you Kuwaiti? We killed one already."

Rioters who took to the streets of Iraq's second city on Sunday, furious over power cuts and shortages of fuel for cars and generators in the blazing summer heat, blame British forces and Kuwaitis for their plight.

"They did not give us what they promised, and we have had enough of waiting," said Hassan Jassim, a 19-year-old student at Basra's vocational school, as a crowd behind him hurled stones at a passing water truck and a Kuwaiti registered car.

They accuse Kuwaitis of stealing fuel they desperately need. There has long been mutual resentment between Iraq and the smaller, wealthier neighbour it invaded in 1990.

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[AnnabelLee]

1. Nice to see the peace & stability

bushco has wrought.

/sarcasm

[bahrbearian]

2. It's only been 100 days things are looking much better

it will take a little more time to diviy up the spoils, I mean oil.

[fizzana]

3. Don't you get the feeling that the U.S. is involved in a frantic

game of "Whack-a=Mole" and you know that sooner or later, there is only one result.