Tuesday, April 10, 2007

The Main Protest in Najaf


Photo:

Iraqis demonstrate against the US occupation on Monday in Najaf, bearing Iraqi flags and banners reading "No, no America!"

Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty.

April 9, 2007

Yes, it was a whopper of a protest, and it surely reflects the general feeling in Iraq - that the US and UK troops MUST LEAVE NOW. They carried signs that said US GO OUT and END THE OCCUPATION. They made their feelings and desires clear to one and all who will listen. Yet one US General said that it was great that they were having a peaceful protest, and that they could not have done that four years ago. He was wrong - they sure could have had a protest saying DEATH TO AMERICA under Saddam if they had wanted to. By ignoring the requests of these peaceful protests in Iraq and (prior to the war) around the world, violence is being reinforced as the only solution to problems. If peaceful protests will not get the changes that people want, they are forced to resort to violence, even if this is a very poor choice. I think, however, if the Iraqis did this every single week - it would finally make a difference to the idiot vampires in DC by the name of bush, cheney, rumsfled, and all the rest of the murderous vampires.


If you scroll down on this link to THE RAW STORY, you can see some video of the protests.


MORE PHOTOS AT IRAQ SLOGGER ON THE PROTEST

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