Iraqis demand US troop withdrawal
Sunday 2 Rabi al-Awal 1426
BAGHDAD: Tens of thousands of protestors poured into central Baghdad on Saturday, on the second anniversary of the fall of the capital, to demand that US troops leave the country.
Chanting “No, no, USA,” protesters converged on Firdus Square, where US troops helped Iraqis pull down a huge statue of ousted president Saddam Hussein two years ago - an act televised around the world that symbolised the end of the old regime.
The rally, organised by radical anti-US Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr, is believed to be the largest demonstration since US troops entered the country. “O God, cut off their necks, the way they are cutting off our necks and terrorising us,” said Sadr representative Sheikh Nasir al-Saaidi, reading a speech from his boss. “There will be no peace, no security, until the occupation leaves.”
Iraqi flags fluttered in the sea of demonstrators, many of whom were dressed in black, the uniform of Sadr’s Mehdi Army militia. Many wore green and black Islamic headbands.
Sadr followers said the rally was the first of many to pressure the new Iraqi government to demand that US troops withdraw, but they stressed Sadr was not calling for a resumption of armed struggle against the US military.
… Some waved the notorious picture of a hooded naked Iraqi detainee, with wires attached to his body. It was released during the Abu Ghraib prison scandal last year that blemished the US record in Iraq.
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