Baghdad mayor coup bbc item from aug 8

[dogindia]

link to bbc of aug 8

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4135060.stm

link to nyt of aug 9

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/10/international/middleeast/10iraq.html

This has not been covered by msm tv. I think it shows how complex and bad the situation is there. Why has this story been buried?


edited text from coop to coup

[NMDemDist2]

1. "coup" not "coop"

coup (k)
n. pl. coups (kz)

1. A brilliantly executed stratagem; a triumph.
2.
1. A coup d'état.
2. A sudden appropriation of leadership or power; a takeover: a boardroom coup.



coop (kp)
n.

1. An enclosure or cage, as for poultry or small animals.
2. Slang.
1. An uncomfortably confined space.
2. A prison.

[htuttle]

2. That's "coup"

For a moment, I thought they'd taken a step in the right direction and started a cooperative.

I read about this last week here on DU. First time I'd ever heard of an actual coup in a city government. It's interesting that the US apparently hasn't tried to stop or reverse it, or realizes it can't.

[dogindia]

3. some other web remarks

http://www.tatteredcoat.com/archives/2005/08/11/mayor-of-baghdad-deposed-in-a-military-coup/