Bush's "hopeful sign of freedom"

[ProSense]

Mon Apr 9, 11:54 AM ET

Iraqi Shiite supporters of firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
carry a huge Iraqi flag during an anti-US rally, in the holy city of
Najaf. The White House on Monday downplayed anti-US rallies in
Iraq and said such demonstrations were a hopeful sign of
freedom.(AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

WHouse downplays Iraq demonstrations

Mon Apr 9, 11:54 AM ET

YUMA, United States (AFP) - The White House on Monday downplayed anti-US rallies in Iraq called by radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and said such demonstrations were a hopeful sign of freedom.

Care for a stroll?

[Tempest]

1. They're hopeful signs of freedom to the Iraqis

Freedom from what they see as the American occupation.

Not quite what Bush had in mind.

[TwilightGardener]

2. "Hopeful signs of freedom"--they're not just drinking the Kool-Aid, they've

spiked it with rubbing alcohol. Under what circumstances are angry and menacing mobs being whipped into anti-American frenzy against our (surrounded in Baghdad) troops a hopeful sign of ANYTHING?

[ProSense]

3. A day of violence in Iraq, hour by hour

A day of violence in Iraq, hour by hour

29 minutes ago

A log of developments from across the country on fourth anniversary of Baghdad's fall. A total of 25 people were killed or found dead in Iraq on Monday, according to police and morgues.

_4 a.m. Police in Baqouba said U.S. forces shot at an ambulance, believing someone in the vehicle had opened fire on them. The driver and the patient were not hurt.

_4:30 a.m. Clashes erupted again in Buhriz, about 35 miles north of Baghdad, between gunmen and al-Qaida in Iraq fighters. Thirty civilians and gunmen were wounded, Diyala provincial police said. Al-Qaida casualties were not known.

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_10:15 a.m. Tens of thousands of demonstrators started their march from Kufa toward the old city of Najaf. They were carrying Iraqi flags and handing out leaflets reading: "Yes to Iraq. Yes to Islam. Yes to Muqtada. Occupiers should leave Iraq." Police were massed in concentric cordons around the demonstration.

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_10:06 p.m. Hadi al-A'tabi of Kut morgue said the facility had received three bullet-riddled, tortured bodies that were pulled from the Tigris River near Suwayrah, 25 miles south of Baghdad.

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[ProSense]

4. They continue to

die.

[Kurovski]

5. K&R.

Thanks.

[lonestarnot]

6. Redneck speak to bushitler, "Here's yer sign."