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Iraqis Protest US Occupation: 20,000 Take to the Streets in Iraq
Point a gun at someone's head and they'll dance and cheer and whatever else for your corporate media cameras and then stupid Americans will become even more stupid about what's going on in the world. But when the fear fades, the anger can be expressed. Twenty thousand protesting Iraqis is more relevant than 100 Iraqi's cheering the US troops ... so why isn't this more prominent in the corporate media?
Around 20,000 demonstrators converged on the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah to protest US-brokered talks aimed at sketching out a post-Saddam Hussein administration.
The Pentagon said it was not yet prepared to declare victory after 26 days of war, but US commanders expressed hope Tuesday the main stage of hostilities was over with the fall of Saddam's hometown of Tikrit.
click link to read more, AFP article ...
The Pentagon said it was not yet prepared to declare victory after 26 days of war, but US commanders expressed hope Tuesday the main stage of hostilities was over with the fall of Saddam's hometown of Tikrit.
click link to read more, AFP article ...
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http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/04...
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