Vox Populi
Posted by unbrand on 10 April 2005 | 1 Comments
April 9, 2005 was the 2-year anniversary of the toppling of the Saddam statue in Baghdad. The story you won’t find in any American news media is about the protests across Iraq that took place. Thousands of people filled the square where Saddam’s statue came down 2 years ago, but of course, members of British royalty are on honeymoon.
Riverbend gives it to us straight:
BBC and EuroNews were busily covering the wedding between Prince Charles and the dreadful Camilla. CNN was showing the Pope’s funeral. No one bothered with the demonstrations in Baghdad, Mosul, Anbar and the south. There were hundreds of thousands of Shia screaming “No to America. No to terrorism. No to occupation. No to the devil. No to Israel.” The numbers were amazing and a little bit frightening too.
Doesn’t look to me like foreign terrorists are the ones opposed to the occupation. Looks like lots and lots of everyday people pissed off about being occupied. The picture from 2003 shows just how stage-managed that event was. Compared to the picture from 2005, you get a sense for what it is Iraqis really want.