Huge anti-US rally marks Iraq milestone

[brettdale]

Huge anti-US rally marks Iraq milestone

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21527228-601,00.html

HUNDREDS of thousands of Shiites burned and trampled on US flags as they gathered in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf for an anti-American rally called by firebrand cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on the fourth anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Large crowds of men, women and children holding Iraqi flags and anti-US banners massed in Najaf and the nearby twin city of Kufa to protest against what they said was an American occupation of Iraq.

The rally is seen as a show of strength for the cleric who has not been seen for more than two months, since the launch of a security crackdown in Baghdad aimed largely at reining in his militiamen accused of killing Sunni Arabs.

The US military has said he is in Iran but his aides deny the claims.

[Ron Green]

1. Hey, what happened to the flowers?

[Norrin Radd]

2. and the purple fingers?

[John Q. Citizen]

3. The middle purple finger is pointing at the foriegn occupiers.

[Double T]

4. Throwing rocks and detonating IEDs instead of throwing flowers?

Remind me why the USA was compelled to attack and occupy Iraq?

[HysteryDiagnosis]

5. The world is better off without Saddam's romance novels

making the rounds.

[Swamp Rat]

6. Piggie John McCain did not go to Najaf market. He went "weee weee weee!!" all the way home!

oink!

[zbdent]

7. Heard a RWer radio "personality" pointing out that the Iraqis were holding

demonstrations, which they "couldn't have done under Saddam Hussein" ... had to laugh ...

the "rallies"/demonstrations were "Anti-US" rallies ... which I'm sure Saddam would have ENCOURAGED, so they didn't "gain" that right now that we've taken out Saddam ... more likely, the anti-US rallies would probably be squelched by the "occupying forces" ...