Major protest in Iraq for Support of Hezbollah, "Death to America"

[Jeanette in FL]

Shiites hold pro-Hezbollah rally in Baghdad
Demonstrators extol martyrdom, call for destruction of Israel, U.S.

Updated: 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Tens of thousands of Shiites draped in white shrouds gathered in Iraq’s capital Friday for a pro-Hezbollah rally.

The streets of the Shiite-dominated Sadr City slum in Baghdad were packed with thousands of people for the rally, called by anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Organizers said about 250,000 people had gathered, but the estimate was impossible to confirm.

Dressed in white shrouds — a symbol of their willingness to die — the demonstrators waved Hezbollah’s yellow flags and chanted “Death to Israel” and “Death to America.”

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Al-Sadr followers painted U.S. and Israeli flags on the main road leading to the rally site, and demonstrators stepped on them with relish. Alongside the painted flags was written: “These are the terrorists.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14179529/ for the rest of the article.

Well, well, well, I wonder how our fearless leader feels about this turn of events.

[thepurpose]

1. I posted this earlier, but I hope Bush shows his support today for the

Iraqi people and their new found freedom.

[thepurpose]

2. I'm sorry I posted about this, but not the article you linked to. Thanks.

[Jeanette in FL]

3. No Problem

I didn't see your post on the subject.

I just cannot believe that our troops are there to bring "Democracy" to the Iraqis and now they are protesting us. It is just mind boggling.

[Disturbed]

4. Some Shi'ites just don'tt like it when their fellow Shi'ites

are being slaughtered. Strange folk, aint they?

[FlavaKreemSnak]

5. I am no expert but I don't think it is that exactly

Maybe for some of them it is a Shia thing, but I think it goes beyond that, I think that people in other countries don't have the same way of looking at things, to them it is just being invaded and killed, even if it is by America and Israel, they are against it, and so are in favor of anybody who will fight back.

I have been trying to figure this out myself, I started a thread about it earlier, asking why it is considered terrorism to fight back against America or Israel, so I am not saying I have an answer, I am asking for them!

But I have figured out this much, I think. I don't think that the Iraqis think of it as terrorism when they fight back, and I don't think that they consider Hezbollah to be terrorists for fighting back either, whether they are Shias or not.