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| Iraq |
| 2003-10-31 |
| By SAMEER N. YACOUB ABU GHRAIB, Iraq (AP) - U.S. troops battled Iraqi rioters when a dispute over a marketplace exploded into anti-American fury Friday. Leaflets and rumored warnings called for a "Day of Resistance" Saturday at the start of a three-day general strike to protest U.S. occupation. The bloody, on-and-off clashes in Abu Ghraib, just west of Baghdad, broke out Friday morning when U.S. troops tried to clear market stalls from a main road, Iraqi police reported... "God damn America!" shouted friend Ali Hussein, who said the men were passing by when the Americans opened fire on rock-throwers. "U.S. soldiers are the real terrorists, not us!" he said. Anyone care to guess whether these guys did well, or poorly, under Saddam? |
| Posted by:cingold |
| #8 Yelling Allahu Akbar. And bring back the guy who tied our hands and pitched us off tall buildings. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-10-31 8:26:12 PM |
| #7 How many people really lug portraits of Sammy around and spontaneously whip them out when they meet Americans? |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-10-31 8:11:27 PM |
| #6 Anyone waving around a portrait of Sadsack should be shot automatically. I'm sure that will cut down on the recidivism rate, and maybe bring a little bit of order to all this chaos. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-10-31 6:55:16 PM |
#5 From the article:Two Iraqis were killed, and 17 others and two U.S. soldiers were reported wounded at the marketplace clashes outside Baghdad, as Iraqi rioters waved portraits of Saddam Hussein and shouted "Allahu Akbar!" - "God is great!"Waving portraits of Saddam Hussein, huh? Somehow, I have my suspicions about this "riot". For instance, how many people were involved? The article doesn't say. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-10-31 6:20:50 PM |
| #4 Appropriate force: "He uses his fist, you use your stick. He pulls a knife, you pull your pistol and cancel his ticket right then and there." -- The New Centurions |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-10-31 5:30:17 PM |
| #3 Ali- I think God likes America just fine, thank you |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-10-31 5:19:49 PM |
| #2 Ali Hussein was probably thinking "God Damn Americans lost me my rape room job" |
| Posted by: TS 2003-10-31 4:48:59 PM |
| #1 OBTW, hat tip to Drudge |
| Posted by: cingold 2003-10-31 4:37:12 PM |