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| 'Hundreds' Of Fallujah Sunnis Celebrate US Withdrawal |
| 2011-12-14 |
| Hundreds of Iraqis set alight U.S. and Israeli flags on Wednesday as they celebrated the impending pullout of American forces from the country in the former insurgent bastion of Fallujah. Shouting slogans in support of the "resistance," the demonstrators held up banners and placards inscribed with phrases like, "Now we are free" and "Fallujah is the flame of the resistance." Surrounded by the Iraqi army, demonstrators carried posters bearing photos of apparent insurgents, faces covered and carrying weapons. They also held up pictures of U.S. soldiers killed and military vehicles destroyed in the two major offensives against the city in 2004. "We are proud to have driven the occupier out of Iraq, at the cost of enormous sacrifice," said Khalid al-Alwa, the local leader of the Islamic Party, a Sunni Muslim grouping. Not missing a beat in the history rewrite, it seems. “Those who destroyed Iraq paid the price because the people here held them accountable.” Demanding each and every penny they were owed for acting as informants. The demonstration, which was held in Al-Khadra Mohammediyah Square in the centre of Fallujah, was dubbed the first annual "festival to celebrate the role of the resistance." Check out the crowd pictures, and you will notice some peculiar details, like lots and lots of red, white, and blue-brimmed baseball caps. There are also clusters of red-and-white keffiyeh headdresses which are a symbol of Jordanian heritage, and is strongly associated with Jordan. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #1 See also TOPIX/WORLD NEWS > IRAN TO FILL POWER VACUUM AFTER US IRAQ PULLOUT. The Shias are coming, the Shias are coming??? Lest we fergit MUQTADA SADR > demanded ANY + ALL US TROOPS MUST LEAVE IRAQ = NOT EVEN A MINIMAL US PRESENCE IN IRAQ, otherwise there's going to be trouble wid his + aligned Militia Boyz. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-12-14 21:50 |