Power cuts and lost jobs stir anti-US anger (Remember the Saddam Statue?)

[Khephra]

Power cuts and lost jobs stir anti-US anger

Jonathan Steele in Baghdad and Michael Howard in Sulaimaniya
Friday July 11, 2003
The Guardian

An odd, green metal sculpture, apparently symbolising peace, now adorns the plinth from which US marines pulled Saddam Hussein's statue three months ago. Below it, someone has daubed a misspelt message to the Americans: "All donne, go home."

Though few expect the advice to be taken, and many Iraqis say they would be anxious if the Americans did decide to pull out immediately, the United States has squandered most of the credit it enjoyed at that symbolic moment of liberation.

One exception is the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, where more than 4 million Kurds are more pro-American than they were before. But elsewhere in Iraq relief that the terror and arbitrary nature of the old regime were over quickly evaporated in the postwar chaos.

Two American soldiers were killed on Wednesday, bringing the total number of US combat deaths since May 1 to 31.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,995908,00.html

[Nambe]

1. They want electricity, phones, and jobs! Go figure.

Bring on the UN, dimson doesn't get it.

[DBoon]

2. sound familiar

power cuts? job losses? for a second i thought the story was about california

[JCMach1]

3. Here it is

http://www.thesyndrome.com/archives/00000364.htm