Saturday, August 5, 2006

Million Man March - to Baghdad


Who SHOULD BE Sorry Now?


All Americans should be a little sorry right now that things are deteriorating so badly in Iraq. Get this country a dictator, quick! (BTW, what does Condi know about 'birth pangs' anyway?)

Many have warned about a civil war in Iraq. Did you know that apparently Bush didn't know there were two Muslim factions - the Shi'ia and the Sunni?

At any rate, the Israeli - Lebanon crisis has prompted the hater Al Sadr - the rising radical Shi'ite in Iraq - to call for a Million Man March to Baghdad to show hate for Israel and America.

Hey, if you were a US soldier, you wouldn't want crowd control duty on that day:

Waving Iraqi flags and chanting "Death to America! Death to Israel", the demonstrators mounted convoys of buses and headed for the capital on Thursday, some of them wearing white shrouds symbolising their readiness to accept martyrdom.

The demonstration is to be held following Friday prayers in the teeming Baghdad suburb of Sadr City, home to some two million people, and comes at a tense time for the capital.

Sahib al-Ameri, general director of the Foundation for God's Martyrs, part of Sadr's movement said: "Thousands of Najaf people have set off for Baghdad as a response to Moqtada al-Sadr's invitation to take part."Anger over Israeli attacks on Lebanon - which target Hezbollah but have caused widespread civilian casualties - has raised passions in Iraq, where Shia militias have an uneasy relationship with the US-backed government.

US forces have visibly tightened security around Sadr City, a working class Shia district where Sadr's supporters are openly armed.

"Fifteen-hundred of Sadr's followers from Basra have arrived to take part in the demonstration that had been called in Baghdad," said Sadr spokesman Akil al-Bahadli.