Iraqi Shiites Chant 'Death to Israel' and ''Death to America''

[kpete]

August 4, 2006
Iraqi Shiites Chant 'Death to Israel'
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 8:13 a.m. ET



BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of Shiites chanting ''Death to Israel'' and ''Death to America'' marched through the streets of Baghdad's biggest Shiite district Friday in a massive show of support for Hezbollah in its battle against Israel.

No violence was reported during the rally in Sadr City. But at least 26 people were killed elsewhere in the country, most of them in a car bombing and gunbattle in Mosul in the north.

The demonstration was the biggest in the Middle East in support of Hezbollah since Israel launched its attacks against the guerrillas in Lebanon on July 12. The protest was organized by radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose political movement built around the Mahdi Army militia has been modeled after Hezbollah.

Al-Sadr summoned followers from throughout the Shiite heartland of southern Iraq to converge on Baghdad for the rally but he himself did not attend.

more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iraq.html?pagewanted=print

[bronxiteforever]

1. Hope everyone now sees the end result of idiotic GOP foreign policy

The people in the US need to see that their billions of dollars and thousands of lives lost or destroyed have created a monster in Iraq. Good job neocons-is the mission now accomplished?

[underpants]

2. Tony Snow says this is a sign of more freedom thanks to President Bush

Who wants to bet that that is what he will say?