Flower petals, celebrations (and looting)

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4/9/2003 2:51 PM

Michael Tousek

Flower petals, celebrations (and looting) Many challenges lie ahead, but this is encouraging.     http://english.aljazeera.net/topics/article.asp?cu_no=1&item_no=2196&version=1&template_id=263&parent_id=258         *********(snip)********     [In Baghdad]     ""Residents threw flowers at the armoured column as it swept past, just three kilometres east of the central Jumhuriyya Bridge over the Tigris river. Joy at the apparent removal of Saddam Hussein was tangible, with one man beating a canvas portrait of him with his slipper.     Crowds threw flowers at the Marines as they drove past the Martyrs' Monument, just three km (two miles) east of the central Jumhuriya Bridge over the Tigris river.     Young and middle-aged men, many wearing soccer shirts of leading Western clubs like Manchester United, shouted "Hello, hello" as Marines advanced through the rundown sprawl of Saddam City and then more prosperous suburbs with villas and trim lawns.     "No more Saddam Hussein," chanted one group, waving to troops as they passed. "We love you, we love you." One young man ran alongside a Marine armoured personnel carrier trying to hand over a heavy belt of ammunition. An older man made a wild kicking gesture with his foot, saying "Goodbye Saddam".     Women waved from balconies, girls threw flower petals at young Marines leaning across gun turrets. One woman held her baby aloft. Tank crews picked the flowers from the tops of their fighting machines, smelt them and grinned.""     ********(snip)********     The United States is a benevolent Colossus, and it is doing a good thing in Iraq.     MT     PS. For those of you inclined to dismiss this report as imperialist propaganda manufactured by the corporate-media complex, please note the source.

 

4/9/2003 3:49 PM
Dave Rich	I guess all those Iraqis who are celebrating are the ones who didn't make it to the polls on that day when Saddam got 100% of the vote.

 

4/9/2003 4:41 PM
Mark Hammer	That's always been the best thing about being a dictator - you can get "democratically" elected any time you want (democracy on demand!).

 

4/10/2003 6:07 AM
Matt in TX	I *really* hope we can bring a stable government to them. I would hate to see more of the Iraqi people slaughtered by memebers of the Baath again once we leave

 

4/10/2003 2:06 PM
Frank DeSalvo	Matt,     We "ain't" leavin' till the job is done, bro. We aren't going to leave these people with their asses in the wind again!     ~F     Mark,     "Democracy on Demand". I like that!

 

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