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| Iraqi demonstration calls for the death of Saddam Hussein |
| 2004-07-15 |
| At least 1,000 people calling for the death of detained former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein paraded through central Baghdad, displaying posters of relatives killed during his years in power. "Death to Saddam, death to the Baath party", they chanted as they marched down a main road in the Iraqi capital followed by others in trucks. Brandishing posters of executed loved ones and holding banners proclaiming "Our goals are peace and freedom", the protesters wound their way peacefully to gather around central al-Tahreer square. "No no Baath party! Yes yes Iraq!" they chanted, led by a band of men shouting into loudspeakers. Organised by a group of political parties including the Iraqi National Congress of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, the protesters demanded the death sentence for the detained dictator and warned any foreign lawyers planning to come to Iraq to defend him to stay away. Actually, I believe Allawi’s party is the Iraqi National Accord ... "We want the new government to kill Saddam and other leading members of his Baath Party," shouted Mohammed Hussein Fadal al-Rubaie, waving a poster of his dead brother, Ali, 27, who he said was executed in 1983 for being a member of the then-outlawed Dawa party. One young boy at the front of the crowd of largely male protesters held a poster that read: "All Iraqis think Saddam brought shame to our country." |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #7 Good news! Looks like a fair number (majority?) of Iraqis don't like the AQ/Sadaam terrorists any more than we around here do. More power to 'em. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2004-07-15 2:03:16 PM |
| #6 Antiwar's such a fraud! She wants to be the Rachel Corrie of Iraq, going around with a Kleenex box to dry the tears of all of Saddam's old fans, if only she weren't stuck in that Ozzie house she stole from the Abbos! |
| Posted by: Jen 2004-07-15 1:36:54 PM |
| #5 Muck...ya beat me to it! LOL! Oh yeah, remember antiwar's pathetic "Saddam, your people need you" Right....need him to die is more like it. Bet she doesn't touch this one, coward that she is. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-07-15 1:08:17 PM |
| #4 this going to piss antiwar off. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-07-15 12:12:35 PM |
| #3 Iraqi National Congress of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi Of course Allawis party is the Iraqi National ACCORD, the Iraqi National CONGRESS is the party of Ahmed Chalabi - I wonder which party was really there? Idiot reporters!!! |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-07-15 9:52:34 AM |
| #2 Actually "(news - web sites)!" translates roughly to Saddam s*cks in arabic. |
| Posted by: Ol_Dirty_American 2004-07-15 9:43:07 AM |
| #1 Good to see such a demonstration and, especially, that it is covered by the media. Still, I just can't picture the crowd chanting, "(news - web sites)!" Must be a cultural thing... |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-07-15 9:34:32 AM |