Thousands March in Iraq to Demand Early Elections

[DuctapeFatwa]

Tens of thousands of demonstrators shouting "No to America" marched through Basra on Thursday supporting a call by Iraq's most revered Shi'ite cleric for direct elections to form a sovereign Iraqi government.

The demonstration, which concluded peacefully after a speech at a local mosque, was a huge show of strength by the country's Shi'ite Muslim majority, and its top leader Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, against the U.S. blueprint for the transition.

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/reuters20040115_194.html

[J B]

1. I was telling a friend just last night this would happen.

Man. That was fast. Even for me.

[fishguy]

2. Where are the flowers that were to be thrown at American troops?

Cheney said it would happen....

[J B]

3. Cheney says a lot of things.

Doesn't mean they're true.

[David__77]

4. Peaceful political mobilization.

That's a good thing. I hope that they can maintain their discipline and prevent sabateurs.

[zbdent]

5. I'm sure that Bush wants the regular people of Iraq to have

fair and legal elections, just like the US.

I can just imagine him trying to tell the Iraqi people "Wait a minute, that's not the guy we wanted you to vote for. Here's the real president of your country, my friend, . . ."

[methinks2]

6. HAHAHAH

You're so funny!

[zbdent]

7. Thank you, I'm here 'till Thursday.

Shrek.

[NashVegas]

8. Duplicate Thread/Story

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=314835