OMG! Look at This Anti-US Protest in Baghdad Today! Yikes!

[leftchick]

Shiites and Sunni worshippers join forces in a large protest in Baghdad against the American occupation of Iraq (news - web sites) following the traditional Friday noon prayer, Friday, March 19, 2004. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)


....This is the only place I have seen anything about this. I just came upon it in a slideshow on Yahoo. I guess all the news today is about aWol*s safer, better world and getting OBL's right hand guy.
I wonder if colin can hear them in the US compound?

[plcdude]

1. where does this come from

so we can forward this on to those in the US who will cover it.

[Mari333]

2. Got a link?????

holy shit...I have to email my stepson god I hope hes okay he says protests happen daily at the prison hes standing in front of...godammit.

[leftchick]

5. It is just a photo link Mari...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/040319/481/bag11303191531&e=2&ncid=

There is absolutly nothing in Yahoo or google news about this! I pray for your son and my cousin. He is in western Baghdad and is SUPPOSED to be home next month. :(

[displacedtexan]

3. We're in real trouble if these guys join forces!

Not good.
Not good.
Not good.
Not good.
Not good.
Not good.

[Oilwellian]

4. The history of Iraq...

tells us they will.

[Jacobin]

8. Don't tell CondiSleeza about the history of Iraq and

attempted conquests.

It will put her little brain in a dither. Still and all, since she knows Gawd is on her side, I guess she figures she's invincible.

[underpants]

18. Condi is as relevant as a typewriter repairman

She is a Sovietologist. Trained and studied on aspects of the Cold War. Smart? They say she is but her era has already passed her by.

[Ms. Clio]

40. Her work was never considered important or even original by historians

I've read some of the reviews.

[kskiska]

45. She speaks Russian, too.

Too bad she's got no one to talk to.

[0007]

35. That's just the half of it.......

Soon the Wahhabi, the Kurdish, the Bat’this will be joining the Sunni and the Shi`ites. Perhaps they'll put their civil war off until the U.S. is driven out of Iraq?

If so, then this is not good place to be.

[Mika]

47. And WAY worse than that!!...

One word....... commies.

:scared: ;-)

[0007]

56. I forgot about those dirty rascals

[Jacobin]

6. Thank goodness Murkins won't have to see this on TV

I mean, we have a War Prezdent runnin' fer re-selection and this could be seen by some terra lovin' libruls as some kinda failure or somethin', the way they think, n'all. I mean we ALL know Iraq is a wonderful success and heck the god fearin' congriss jes yesterdiy passed a revolution sayin' that we're all safer, n'all.

God bless the media for their wonderful discretion in all of this and god bless Mikey Powell and the FCC for stopin' all the porn and bad librul news on the radio and tv set.

/sarcasm

[liberalnurse]

7. Now *bush is going to give a National Speech

telling America that we are doing great work in Iraq for the people!!!!


This is a nightmare! Hitchcock couldn't do any better!

[corporatewhore]

9. So why are we still there?

[redqueen]

19. It's our obligation to them

Don't you see? We broke it, now we must fix it for them, no matter how many times the Iraqis themselves tell us to GTFO.

[Endangered Specie]

10. Not exactly throwing flowers at us are they?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

11. It must be said, for the 2,987,165,173,640,267th time...

An uniter, not a divider. :evilgrin:

[rock]

12. Shiites and Sunni

See. I told you bushsucks* was a uniter.

[Sparkly]

13. Write to AP and Reuters!

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Where are the news articles on this??

[goclark]

14. Thanks

Just sent my email

[Mari333]

15. SENT AND SENT

and I let them have it.

[leftchick]

16. kick

:kick:

[Fleshdancer]

17. don't be silly, I'm sure the roses are in their other hand!

You just can't see them, that's all. And they would all be smiling, but, well, you know, the sun is in their eyes so really, they're just squinting! It's very sunny in Iraq you know.

All is good all is good. So, have you seen that new Mel Gibson movie yet?

(that's all the sarcasm I can muster for the day)

[peekaloo]

25. tee hee....Faux News: "Amid chants of U.S.A. and We lurve Boosh,

scores of Iraqis lined the streets today to celebrate their newfound freedom. The small but boisterous crowd held signs that petition the new Iraqi Governing Council to name March 19 "Dancing with Flowers" day. :thumbsup: Mr. Boo$h, :thumbsup:.

/sarcasm

[redqueen]

20. Kick

:kick:

[Minstrel Boy]

21. Neither the Shiites nor Sunnis want civil war.

It's the neo-conservatives who keep pumping it. Because having conquered Iraq, they want an excuse to divide it, so it will never again be an independent economic and military power.

Remember that, when the bombs blow up mosques and pilgrims.

[thingfish]

22. Well lookit that! Turns out Bush IS a Uniter!

He just united the entire Muslim world against us.

Thanks a lot, Bush. Are you sick of playing cowboys and Arabs yet?

[leftchick]

23. Another photo... This was a huge anti-US protest folks...

.... where the hell is the media?!?




Iraqi Shi'ite Muslims protest against the U.S.-led military presence in the country, in central Baghdad March 19, 2004. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

[leftchick]

24. and another photo...

and another....



An Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim (R) shouts during a joint protest by Sunnis and Shi'ites against the U.S.-led occupation of the country, in Baghdad March 19, 2004. REUTERS/Faleh Kheiber

[BlueCollar]

57. that poor guy with the rifle

What the hell have we gotten ourselves into? God, I hope we can get out of this situation soon....

[laruemtt]

26. don't forget to rate the yahoo

story at leftchick's link

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/040319/481/bag11303191531&e=2&ncid=

[Slippery_Hammer]

27. Iraqis unite to condemn interim constitution

Thousands of Muslim Sunni and Shia gathered after Friday prayers in al-Adhamya and al-Kadhimya districts in Baghdad to demonstrate against the interim Iraqi constitution.

The demonstrations came on the eve of the first anniversary of the war on Iraq with the crowd swelling as more and more Iraqis joined in.

Demonstrators chanted "Yes to Iraq, no to sectarianism, no to US occupation", in a bid to show the commitment to national unity among Iraq's various religions, sects, and ethnicities.
~~more~~
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B90497BA-C408-4E65-8ED7-5301CBBF841A.htm


Iraqi Muslim Sunni and Shia marched hand in hand

[Lars39]

28. And that's just the men......think how many there would be if the women

were out in force.

[leftchick]

29. Thank you for the link SH!...

Finally a story to go with the photos. This is why I love al-Jazeera!

[rdfi-defi]

31. this is great for iraq

the bush admin. says they want democracy, well they are gonna get it alright.

[leftchick]

33. Hey SH your link did not work..... here is a new one...

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B90497BA-C408-4E65-8ED7-5301CBBF841A.htm

[Slippery_Hammer]

37. both work for me

They seem to have revised and extended the article.

[Catherine Vincent]

30. Okay, I'm not watching CNN or MSNBC...are they showing this?

Probably not. What whores....

[leftchick]

32. are you kidding?

no effing way!

[Fleshdancer]

34. damn those "focus groups"

that's what protesters are considered to Bush, right? Focus groups?

[WillyT]

36. Maybe The House Of Reps Can Pass A Resolution...

that these people don't really exist.

It'd be par for the course.

:mad::crazy::mad:

[Sparkly]

38. I've got an idea for Fox News!!

Fox: How about showing a split-screen of Bush's speech today with footage of this protest on the other side? It worked so well for you yesterday with Cheney's speech! Just say it's a really special anniversary celebration.

[Woodstock]

39. Still no story? This isn't worth a story?

I did find this

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=679&ncid=742&e=1&u=/usatoday/20040319/cm_usatoday/postwarviolencethreatensiraqstabilityusresolve

if you have time, give it a 5.

But where is the story about the protests?

[Killarney]

41. Has anyone seen this on the news? If so

what network?

I have not seen it yet.

Just more and more of Bush's speech and how Iraqi's are so happy with us. :rolleyes:

[Columbia]

42. This is the kind of freedom they did not have a year ago

The freedom of speech, assembly and redress.

[Lars39]

44. And how many Iraqis have died for this illusion of freedom?

[Columbia]

46. Illusion?

You mean this is a 'staged' protest?

[Lars39]

51. Staged? No. But just being able to protest is not whole of democracy.

[Columbia]

52. It's a lot more freedom than they had one year ago

[Lars39]

53. One year ago they were getting the shyte bombed out of them.

[Columbia]

54. And now they are free to express their opinions without fear of reprisal

Unlike under Saddam

[DoYouEverWonder]

58. If this is freedom

Then I'll take my 'free speech zones' thank you.










If you would like to see 100's of other pictures of Iraq freedom see the link below:


http://www.robert-fisk.com/iraqwarvictims_page1.htm

[truth2power]

43. Nothing like a common enemy to unite people.

Thanks, Chimpco. With any luck we'll soon have the entire planet united against us.

[Disturbed]

48. The End of the Occupation

If all the groups in Iraq that the US actually wants to keep devided figure out who the common enemy is the US & UK will be facing a formidable force. The Iraqis have been colonized before by the Brits and they know what the US wants. Perhaps, the Iraqis will be united after all.

The US Media corp. shills do not wish to cover this because it is not a plus for their masters in the Oligarchy that rules America.

[BootinUp]

49. It doesn't surprise me

All the talk about how Iraq was a secular society, I just never really bought it. They were oppressed. Now the Genie is out of the bottle.

[Disturbed]

50. A response would be appreciated.

If, as many say the Bushco knew that there would be no WMDS
how did they think that they could get away with the Big Lie?

Also, how could Bushco not conceive of the situation that the Iraqis could unite against the Occupation; that the Iraqis would merely accept a US Pupet Govt. to rule them while the US controlled the oil and privatized the other industries in Iraq and made servants of the Iraqi people?

[IkeWarnedUs]

55. CNN did talk about the protest

I just saw a clip and went to the website and they have a story about it there too. Granted, the snip below is all they say (most of the article is about the two Arab journalists) but there is a picture of the protesters too.

<snip>
In the capital, Iraqis took to the streets to protest the U.S.-led occupation, expressing outrage over poor security and unemployment.

The demonstrations came hours after a few dozen reporters walked out in protest as Powell gave his address.

The reporters were angry over the deaths of two Arab journalists, who they believe were killed by U.S. troops.

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/19/iraq.main/index.html