Another sign that all is not going well for the American’s in Iraq…
Iraqi Shi’ite Protesters March on U.S. HQ
More than 6,000 Shi’ite Muslims marched to the headquarters of the U.S.-led administration in Iraq on Wednesday in a second day of protests demanding the release of a cleric arrested by American troops. As U.S. tanks approached, protesters lay down in the road outside a palace complex in central Baghdad that formerly housed Saddam Hussein’s top officials and has now been taken over by Iraq’s occupiers. They shouted slogans and refused to move. The protesters had marched from a mosque in southern Baghdad where they massed on Tuesday following the detention of Sheikh Muayad Khazraji, a Shi’ite cleric. Officials in the U.S.-led administration held talks with protest representatives on defusing the situation but there was no breakthrough. Clerics running the demonstrations dismissed assertions by U.S. officials that they could not release the Shi’ite leader because he was in the hands of Iraqi authorities. “If he is not released, we will widen our protests,” said cleric Hazim al-Araji.
BBC is just now reporting that an "explosion" was heard at the British military hq in Basra.
All is certainly not going well for the twin occupiers. When you are not wanted by the people themselves, to whom you are supposedly gifting the concepts of democracy and liberty, then for what rational purpose are you staying in the country.
The problem is they don't want the UN either, the country would fall into civil war if the U.S. left.
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**The problem is they don't want the UN either....*
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i think they do. At least more than they want the US.
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*....the country would fall into civil war if the U.S. left.
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i don't mean to sound pessimistic, but it seems to be headed that way as it is - WITH the US in charge.
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i think they do. At least more than they want the US.
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i don't mean to sound pessimistic, but it seems to be headed that way as it is - WITH the US in charge.
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The bombing of the UN headquarters would suggest otherwise, time will tell. I'd like to see more international cooperation taking place as well.
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BBC is just now reporting that an "explosion" was heard at the British military hq in Basra.
All is certainly not going well for the twin occupiers. When you are not wanted by the people themselves, to whom you are supposedly gifting the concepts of democracy and liberty, then for what rational purpose are you staying in the country.
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Exactly. Note these demonstrations only seem to be against the United States and the United Kingdom occupying forces in Iraq, and not against any other country that may have sent troops? Whether it be Sunni or Shia Muslim Arabs, both are against the US-UK occupiers, and now the United States is in the process of alienating the Iraqi Kurds.