Clashes in Iraq as people protest US occupation

Clashes in Iraq as people protest US occupation
Saturday 21-05-2005

NAJAF: Thousands of Shias, many waving Islam’s holy book over their heads, protested against the US-led occupation in Iraq on Friday, setting off clashes in at least one city as they answered a call by radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to paint Israeli and American flags on the ground and stomp on them.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_21-5-2005_pg7_48

Does it matter to the Americans if the entire population of the Iraq protests every single day? I mean that must be something easy and as usual to ignore for the Americans!