Iraqis protest US 'colonisation'

[dArKeR]

Baghdad - Thousands of people rallied outside the Baghdad headquarters of the United States-led occupation on Friday in a continued protest against a decision to suspend a newspaper owned by a radical Iraqi Shi'a Muslim cleric.

The peaceful protest was the biggest since the occupation last week temporarily shut the weekly, which is owned by Moqtada Sadr.

Sadr supporters chanted "Down with the United States", "Yes to Islam", "No to colonisation" and called for the reopening of the weekly and the defence of press freedom.

They prayed outside one of the entrances of the so-called "Green Zone", the sprawling complex which serves as the occupation's headquarters and is heavily protected by US troops.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=3&art_id=qw1080909720742B262&set_id=1

[Eye and Monkey]

1. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it's probably a duck.

[markses]

2. Ain't no need for quotation marks

The US/UK colonizing forces are colonizers,and colonizing. All the absurd bullshit about liberation is designed for the most imbecilic segments of the population, including many here on this board.

[rooboy]

3. To be fair...

I don't think there are many people on this board who believe the invasion of Iraq was a liberation.

[Aidoneus]

5. You'd be surprised

[sushi]

4. I can't believe

the "experts" on TV wanting Fallujah to be "taught a lesson," leveled, etc. When does it get through to them that the coalition shouldn't have invaded at all, and now that no WMD have been found it's high time to hand Iraq over to the UN and for the troops to leave.